Chip Nellinger has one central piece of advice for grain farmers heading into the 2021-22 crop year — fasten your seatbelts. “It’s going to be a real volatile, bumpy ride in my opinion this spring and summer,” the Blue Reef Agri-Marketing analyst said during the United States Farm Report segment of the 2021 Commodity Classic […] Read more
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Farmers closer to carbon tax relief, but not for heating fuel
Carbon tax relief may be coming soon for Canadian farmers who use propane or natural gas to dry grain. But…
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Transport Canada’s rail safety oversight draws fire
Canada's Auditor General is criticizing Transport Canada for lack of safety oversight on railroads. A Feb. 25 report from the…
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A Canola System With Different Agronomic And Pricing Options
With canola remaining in high demand with good prices, growers are looking for ways to grow as much as…
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New carbon market will not credit past farming practices
Draft regulations for Canada's new carbon market show farmers won't receive credit for removing any greenhouse gas emissions before 2017.…
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FCL energy earnings drop, food profits climb
Last year was one for the books at Federated Co-op Limited. "From a financial perspective, 2020 really consisted of two…
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Farmers closer to carbon tax relief, but not for heating fuel
Carbon tax relief may be coming soon for Canadian farmers who use propane or natural gas to dry grain. But it remains to be seen if that relief will also be extended to grain farmers and livestock producers who use propane and natural gas to heat barns and other essential farm buildings. Last month, Bill […] Read more
Transport Canada’s rail safety oversight draws fire
Canada’s Auditor General is criticizing Transport Canada for lack of safety oversight on railroads. A Feb. 25 report from the office says the federal institution tasked with regulating transportation has made important improvements to safety and inspections, but “it did not assess whether its oversight activities improved rail safety.” More than $328 billion worth of […] Read more
New carbon market will not credit past farming practices
Draft regulations for Canada’s new carbon market show farmers won’t receive credit for removing any greenhouse gas emissions before 2017. Minister of Environment and Climate Change (ECCC) Jonathan Wilkinson announced March 5 the offset market, known as the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System. But producers won’t be getting any credit for being zero-till, or having […] Read more
Union blasts safety measures, foreign worker system
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FCL energy earnings drop, food profits climb
Last year was one for the books at Federated Co-op Limited. “From a financial perspective, 2020 really consisted of two distinct parts. The first four months went pretty much as planned and the last eight months went nothing like as planned,” said chief executive officer Scott Banda during FCL’s annual meeting March 1, which for […] Read more
Grain drying relief gains traction
Despite voting against a proposal to exempt certain farm fuels from the carbon tax, the federal government says relief for grain drying is coming. On Feb. 25, Bill C-206, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (qualifying farming fuel), took a step closer to becoming law after receiving second reading and being […] Read more
Farm groups form carbon coalition
Proposed federal carbon tax hikes seen as a threat to farmers have prompted the formation of a national coalition to oppose the carbon plan. “I think it raised a lot of concerns for how farmers would disproportionately be impacted because of their reliance on fuel and on natural gas to feed Canada and the world,” […] Read more
