Consumers Confident in Farmers’ Ability to Overcome Challenges: Survey

Dec 13, 2022

A new survey shows consumers remain confident in the ability of Canadian farmers to overcome increasing challenges, including extreme weather events, global conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic, and supply chain disruptions.

According to the 2022 Perceptions of Canadian Agriculture Survey, released Monday by Climate FieldView and conducted among members of the online Angus Reid Forum, 98% of Canadians surveyed said they recognize the country's farmers importance to domestic food security, and four-in-five reported they are confident in farmers’ ability to continue meeting domestic food demand.

For those who lacked confidence, the most common responses noted concerns around extreme weather events and climate change as major factors (37%), and limitations on resources such as fewer farmers and land for farming (38%).

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Video: Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard

On Friday, April 24, 2026, from 12 noon–1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), presented this webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:

“Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard”

The Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, or advanced biofuels. Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the RFS is implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This webinar provides an overview of the legal authority and structure for the RFS program and explain how it works, including the program’s system of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and categories of renewable fuels. Additionally, this webinar addresses EPA annual volume requirement rulemaking and associated recent legal issues.