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Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff January 20, 2020

One of the federal opposition parties in full favour of carbon pricing is lending its support to calls by farm groups for a carbon tax break for grain drying. Vancouver Island MP Paul Manly, the Green Party’s caucus critic for agriculture, announced the party’s position Monday. “We support the grain producers of Canada in their

File photo of an Alberta wheat field. (ImagineGolf/E+/Getty Images)

Crops

Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News January 10, 2020

The federal government continues to suggest the carbon tax imposed on Prairie farmers is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may not be causing undue harm to the country’s agricultural sector. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaks publicly about “special considerations” for farmers, while at the same time openly questioning carbon pricing’s effect on their

A GSI grain drying system at Bashaw, Alta. (Grainews photo courtesy Western General)

Crops, Weather

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News January 9, 2020

Ottawa — The Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments continue attempts to convince the federal government’s carbon pricing program puts farmers at a disadvantage. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently suggested the carbon pricing system may not be disadvantaging farmers, questioning the impact of carbon pricing on agriculture, but saying she will continue to seek out more

The Manitoba government is collecting data on the impact the federal carbon tax is having on grain drying in an effort to get an exemption from the tax, says Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pederson. Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has asked for the information so she can make the case to her cabinet colleagues. Photo: Allan Dawson

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Manitoba gathering data to press case for exempting grain drying from federal carbon tax

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News December 24, 2019

The Manitoba government is gathering data to make the case for exempting grain drying fuels from the federal government’s carbon tax. “So we’ll get the numbers together and then to (federal agriculture) Minister (Marie-Claude) Bibeau and we’ll continue to lobby on behalf of our ag producers,” Manitoba’s Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pederson said

Rail cars in Vancouver. (Photo courtesy/copyright Canadian National Railway)

Crops, Markets

Grain groups seek ‘essential service’ status for rail

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 27, 2019

With Canadian National Railway’s conductors and yard workers headed back to work, several Canadian grain groups now want to head off any future job action in the rail sector. CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced separately Tuesday they had reached a tentative agreement ending an eight-day strike by over 3,000 unionized staff. The

Crops, Weather

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 20, 2019

Farmers fighting through a soggy harvest in Eastern Canada have joined their western counterparts’ call for an end to the strike by Canadian National Railway workers — not to get grain out, but to get propane in. Restoring the supply of propane for Quebec’s farm businesses, in the wake of a Canada-wide strike launched Tuesday

File photo of propane tanks. (Joe_Potato/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 18, 2019

Reuters — Regional shortages of propane, which is used for heating homes and barns and by farmers to dry their crops, have led to emergency declarations covering nine U.S. Midwest states amid late harvests of soggy grains. Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin declared state emergencies beginning in late October, and continued last Friday to

Crops, Weather

U.S. propane bottlenecks not affecting Canada

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 15, 2019

MarketsFarm — Despite ongoing shortfalls of propane in some areas of the U.S. Midwest, the situation doesn’t appear to be adversely affecting Canada, according to the Canadian Propane Association. The late harvest in the Midwest has been further hampered by wet conditions, forcing farmers to dry their grain before putting it in the bin. As

Standing corn west of Giroux, Man. on Oct. 21, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 13, 2019

MarketsFarm — With a significant amount of corn still in the fields on the U.S. northern Plains, the harvest may be grinding to a halt, according to MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. In particular, Burnett noted, the corn harvest has been further slowed by a propane shortage, which has caused issues for farmers trying to acquire

Crops, Other

Scramble for propane marks Mother Nature’s latest challenge for U.S. farmers

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter November 6, 2019

Chicago | Reuters – Months after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains. Normally, farmers use propane as fuel for grain dryers to reduce moisture levels in corn crops to ready for sale or to safely store the grain. But the

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Tag Archives Grain drying

Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

Fraser: The case against carbon pricing for farmers

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

Manitoba gathering data to press case for exempting grain drying from federal carbon tax

Grain groups seek ‘essential service’ status for rail

Propane-starved East’s grain growers seek end to CN strike

U.S. states declare emergencies to help farmers in propane shortage

U.S. propane bottlenecks not affecting Canada

Corn harvest a struggle for three U.S. states

Scramble for propane marks Mother Nature’s latest challenge for U.S. farmers

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