Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson visits a field near Miami, Man., to find seeding well underway. Manitoba farmers will spend approximately $2.6 billion in seed, fertilizer and fuel during the 2017 crop season.
VIDEO: Seeding in southern Manitoba gets rolling
VIDEO: Spring wheat seeding off to a good start
On May 2, Manitoba Co-operator reporter Allan Dawson spoke with Brian Derksen near Miami, Man., about how conditions were for seeding his spring wheat crop and what he plans to put in the ground next.
Carbon tax impact discussed at sustainable energy association AGM
A tax of $10 a tonne would cost the average Manitoban an extra 26 cents a day, but farmers are still in the dark about their potential bill
Manitoba farmers are debating a carbon tax, but it isn’t easy since the provincial government hasn’t released any details. Taxing carbon is meant to discourage emissions. But as “price-takers,” farmers fear taxing it will reduce their competitiveness and profits. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) wants farmers exempted from paying a tax on carbon emitted directly
Spring seeding — one of Manitoba’s biggest mega-projects — about to begin
Progress will be delayed in parts of sodden western Manitoba, say KAP delegates
A$2.6-billion mega-project will soon start in Manitoba — but it won’t likely make many headlines. It’s called spring seeding and it’s an annual event in Manitoba. “The more than $2.6 billion we (farmers) invest in fertilizer, fuel and seed dwarfs any other private sector investment in the province,” Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Dan Mazier
Support grows to keep deferred cash purchase tickets
KAP and the Western Grain Elevator Association say a proposal to end the option is bad for the grain sector
Support to retain deferred cash purchase tickets for western grain farmers is building. Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) passed a resolution to that end at its advisory council meeting here April 20 to keep the option. The Western Grain Elevators Association (WGEA), which represents Canada’s six major grain elevator companies, also wants to keep deferred cash
KAP has a plan to tackle skyrocketing farmland taxes
But it’s going to require farmers lobby their municipal councils and then for farmers and municipalities to pressure the Manitoba government to act
Last fall many Manitoba farmers were shocked by double-digit increases in municipal tax bills on farmland because of its higher assessed value, but Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has a plan for relief. KAP, which has been studying the issue since last August, says on average the assessed value of Manitoba farmland in 2016 jumped 45
Keystone Agricultural Producers adds detail to its carbon tax policy
Some KAP delegates argued the farm group should oppose a carbon tax, but others said since a tax was inevitable KAP should help government create a tax that won’t make farmers uncompetitive
Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) carbon tax policy was further refined at its advisory council meeting here April 20. But an almost hour-long debate on five carbon tax-related resolutions revealed some KAP members want KAP to oppose a carbon tax. “We want to wait and get everybody (in competing agricultural countries) on board before we move
Carbon tax more efficient than regulations: Coyne
And just because the Americans don’t have one doesn’t mean Canada will be less competitive, according to the National Post columnist
If Canadians want to cut carbon emissions to mitigate climate change, a carbon tax is the most efficient way to do it, says National Post, columnist Andrew Coyne. “My economics training tells me that’s the best way to approach this,” Coyne told the Canadian Global Crops Symposium April 12. “Carbon pricing I guarantee you is
Lawsuit alleges farmers short changed $151 million as CWB wound down
According to a statement of claim $145 million was transferred from the CWB’s pool accounts to its contingency fund
As the Canadian Wheat Board wound down farmers were wrongly shortchanged by a decisions that helped fund its transition into a privately-held company, legal documents allege. The former Conservative government wrongly allowed the transfer of $151 million that should have gone to farmers who delivered CWB grains during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 crop years, Brookdale,
VIDEO: KAP delegates vote to consider more carbon tax options at April 20 meeting
The Manitoba government says it is putting a price on carbon emissions. To ensure competitiveness Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) standing policy is farmers should be exempted from paying a tax on carbon emitted from farm production, including emissions from burning fossil fuels, applying fertilizer, as well as methane from livestock and manure storage. On April