Sask Ag Today Roundtable Episode 13
https://youtu.be/iRPkElIzApI
Farm groups disappointed in amendment to Bill C-234
Extreme disappointment is the reaction around the agriculture community, as Bill C-234 was amended to remove the carbon tax exemption for natural gas and propane used to heat & cool barns and other farm buildings. It was a tight vote…
New Attendance Benchmark set at Canadian Western Agribition
This year’s Canadian Western Agribition recorded the highest attendance since 2005. There were 142,807 people who came to the 2023 show, a 19 percent increase from 2022, and event CEO Shaun Kindopp is proud of that. “The best part about…
Farm equipment costs have gone up in recent years
There’s more evidence of just how quickly farm equipment costs have escalated. Manitoba Agriculture updates its Farm Machinery Guide every two years. To come up with custom and rental rates for equipment, they need the new price values of all the…
Bill C-234 Gets Sidetracked by Amendment
An amendment to remove barn and greenhouse heating and cooling from a bill that would exempt propane and natural gas from the carbon price was passed yesterday in the Senate by a narrow margin. The amendment, put forward by Senator Pierre Dalphond, passed…