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Insulators for electric fencing will be a black-and-white PST-exempt expense for ranchers in Saskatchewan starting April 1, 2022. (Gallagher.com)

Saskatchewan clarifying certain on-farm PST exemptions

More items to be specified as exempt in tax regulations

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Saskatchewan farmers’ and ranchers’ concerns about some inconsistencies in how and when provincial sales tax is applied to purchases of on-farm equipment will be dealt with in a revised list effective late next week. The province said Wednesday in a budget release that a “number of clarifications” will be made to its Provincial Sales Tax
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Crops

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Potash, crude oil resource revenues help cut deficit

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Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures on $17.2 billion in revenues,
Parts shortages could become acute during seeding season.
Equipment, News

Tight supply gums up works on parts

Lack of parts is a bad recipe when mixed with the tight timelines of seeding

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The ag sector’s supply chain issues are also showing up at the parts counter. Shipment delays and parts availability issues are an increasing concern for farmers, as they gear up for spring. “My biggest concern is if you have issues at seeding time and are unable to source parts,” Bill Campbell, president of the Keystone
PPE
News

Farm accident sends harvesting company to court

Protective equipment, while the law, is actually the last line of defence, says safety expert

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An on-farm incident that injured a worker and landed his employer in court isn’t as simple as broken regulations, says an ag safety expert. “It’s bigger than just PPE (personal protective equipment),” said Robert Gobeil, agricultural safety and health specialist with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). Skyline Harvest Corp., a Blumenort-based company, received an
A CNH manufacturing plant at Sorocaba, west of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil. (Photo courtesy CNH Industrial)
Crops, Markets

CNH sees revenues rising to 2024 on precision agriculture plans

Margin at agricultural unit seen at 14.5 to 15.5 per cent

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Milan | Reuters — Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial on Tuesday gave guidance for a total revenue growth of up to 24 per cent through 2024 as it presented a new business plan after spinning off its truck, bus and engine units. In a bid to focus on its higher-margin agriculture and construction machine businesses,
A restoration company vehicle sits in a flooded field at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Weather

AgriRecovery underway for flood-battered B.C. farms

Feds, province put up $228 million

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The federal and British Columbia governments’ response to last fall’s destructive flooding now includes what’s said to be the biggest farm disaster recovery package in the province’s history. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and her federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced cost-shared funding of $228 million for the Canada-B.C. Flood Recovery for Food Security
Keefer Terminal (foreground) at the Port of Thunder Bay. (PortOfThunderBay.ca)
Crops, Other

Thunder Bay shipping season wraps up

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MarketsFarm — The last vessel of the shipping season will depart the Port of Thunder Bay on Friday. Grain handling volumes were down on the year, but increases in other categories helped limit the overall reduction in movement through the northern Lake Superior port. The 2021 navigation season will come to a close with the
“They’re saying provide the parts and the repair manuals to the repair place, and then you’re off the hook.”
Equipment, News

NDP proposes ‘right to repair’ bill for farm equipment, vehicles

Current laws need updating, but extensive research is needed, says industry expert

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Editor’s note: This article has been altered from its original form to clarify that Harvey Chorney was speaking as a farmer, rather than in his capacity as strategic advisor at the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI). [UPDATED: Jan. 25, 2022] An NDP private member’s bill proposes to give Manitoba farmers and independent mechanics the right
“The momentum’s building and the support, not only in the region, but province-wide, is really starting to bear fruit.” – Tim Hore, ACC.
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ACC ag education hub $500,000 closer to breaking ground

Manitoba’s post-secondary ag training capacity is set to grow once ACC’s Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture breaks ground

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The Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, touted by Assiniboine Community College (ACC) as its future hub for ag programs and applied research, is a half-million dollars closer to breaking ground. On Dec. 16, the Brandon-based college announced a $500,000 joint donation for the project, divided between the Brandon Area Community Foundation and Gord and

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