Insights and Stories on Grain Drying

Farm groups push for Bill C-234 passage

Jun. 19, 2023 at 6:11 am CDT

Prairie farm groups are pushing the Senate to prioritize a bill that would exempt propane and natural gas for grain drying and barn heating from carbon tax. In a joint statement June 13, Keystone Agricultural Producers, the Alberta Federation of Agriculture and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan urged the […]

Carbon price exemption for farm gas clears Commons

Mar. 30, 2023 at 6:47 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

New farm fuel carbon tax rule to return to Commons

Nov. 18, 2022 at 2:24 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Clean ag tech adoption fund open for applications

Jun. 17, 2021 at 4:05 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Top court upholds federal carbon pricing policy

Mar. 25, 2021 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Nia Williams Steve Scherer

Carbon tax rebate on grain drying fuels coming

Mar. 3, 2021 at 6:28 pm CST

Farmers can expect a rebate on carbon taxes paid on fuels used to dry grain, Jim Carr, the federal cabinet’s special representative for the Prairies, told the Canadian Crops Virtual Convention on Tuesday. However, he didn’t provide any details. “There is promising news on this front,” Carr told the meeting, […]

By Allan Dawson

Grain drying relief moving forward, one way or other

Feb. 28, 2021 at 12:00 am CST

Despite voting against a bill to exempt certain farm fuels from the carbon tax, the governing federal Liberals say tax relief for grain drying is coming. Conservative MP Philip Lawrence’s private member’s bill C-206, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (qualifying farming fuel), passed second reading […]

By D.C. Fraser

Diesel prices, carbon tax cause headaches for farmers

Feb. 16, 2021 at 8:23 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Crude oil prices have been steadily on the rise since last November as oil-producing nations implement production cuts and Canadian farmers already affected by climbing diesel prices will have to dig deeper into their wallets this April. On April 1, the federal government’s carbon levy on diesel will […]

By Adam Peleshaty

New greening programs planned for ag alongside carbon tax hike

Dec. 14, 2020 at 8:12 pm CST

A new federal climate plan which further cranks up taxes on carbon emissions also includes pledges of new programs to help sink more carbon into farmland. The government on Friday released the sequel to its 2016 Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change — a “strengthened” climate plan, titled […]

By Dave Bedard

Carbon pricing not having ‘significant impact’ on grain drying, Bibeau says

Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa — Grain drying costs an average of $210 to $819 per farm in carbon taxes, according to federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Her department used data provided by grower groups – including Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) – to arrive at […]

By D.C. Fraser

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