In late September, Fertilizer Canada and Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) released their report Implications of a Total Emissions Reduction Target on Fertilizer. That report is a response to the December 2020 federal government announcement that it would “set a national emission reduction target (for 2030) of 30 per cent below 2020 levels from fertilizers and
Comment: Emissions report self-serving and built on false assumptions
Reductions won’t happen in a vacuum and producers will adapt their production systems
Going down: the true farm income picture
Farmers have seen their wealth creation scooped up by others for decades
Farm income up in 2019” was the front-page headline in the June 4 Co-operator. Though superficially true, a closer look at the numbers demonstrates the opposite, and reveals a troubling picture. How we measure and report farm income matters. Net cash income, the measure used in the June 4 story, omits depreciation — the value
The case for a carbon tax (and refund system)
Only with a well-structured refund mechanism will a carbon tax be fair to farmers
Carbon taxes are controversial. Especially contentious is the question of whether such taxes should be applied to farmers. Before farmers make up their minds about carbon taxes, it’s important that they encounter a clear explanation of how a well-structured agricultural carbon tax could work, and how such a tax could help increase net farm incomes.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
