A Senate amendment to a private member’s bill would exempt grain drying but not barn heating and greenhouses
Farm organizations and farmers across the country urge senators to defeat an amendment to Bill C-234 that removed barns and greenhouses from a potential carbon pricing exemption. The proposed changes mean the bill, which would amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, would exempt natural gas and propane used for grain drying but not barn […] Read moreTag Archives natural gas
Grain drying alternatives called few
Engineers working on grain drying technology said alternatives to fossil fuels are years away. William David Lubitz, associate professor at the University of Guelph’s school of engineering, and Chandra Singh, senior research chair in agricultural engineering and technology at Lethbridge College, told the Senate agriculture committee that farmers have no viable replacements for propane and […] Read more
Senate hears new ideas on carbon tax exemption
Testimony at hearings into grain dryer fuel bill calls for expanding exemption, putting farmers in large emitter category
New ideas continue to come forward in the debate over whether propane and natural gas used on farms should be exempt from carbon pricing. The Senate agriculture committee is examining C-234, which passed the House of Commons earlier this year. Last week members heard from farmers and other stakeholders who are grappling with the idea […] Read more
Senate committee begins carbon tax bill review
Propane, natural gas would be exempt from the federal carbon price if private member’s bill makes it through the Senate
The Senate agriculture committee began its scrutiny of Bill C-234 last week, moving a possible carbon price exemption for natural gas and propane on farms one step closer. The bill passed in the House of Commons earlier but didn’t get to the Senate before the summer break. Senator David Wells sponsored the bill in the […] Read more
How to best gas up the grain dryers
The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute began began dryer research four decades ago, publishing its first report in 1985 and establishing it as the dryer authority. PAMI engineer Lorne Greiger offers his insights on fuels and dryer types. Greiger said he thinks portability is the main advantage of propane. As new farming areas open and are […] Read more
Cummins makes green turn
Making electrolyzers differs from Cummins’ core business of diesel engines, but it could become a significant source of company revenue. Electrolyzers are devices that use electricity to break the bond between hydrogen and oxygen in water, separating water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Low prices curb European fertilizer production
OSLO, Norway (Reuters) — Yara has idled more than half of its European ammonia production capacity because of a steep drop in fertilizer prices and reported first-quarter earnings well below forecasts on April 28, as farmers delayed purchases hoping for even lower prices. The weaker results were due to steep market price declines, impacting both […] Read more
