Money woes on Sask Farms.

[jazz]

There is an alternative to using nat gas to dry grain. Its renewable, carbon neutral and has a high unit heat value.

Burn grain to dry canola.
Burn biodiesel to dry grain.

Couple million bushels up in smoke every year. And hopefully some SJWs starve in the process. Should be helpful for prices too.

[Oliver88]

For fu ck sake grass , you are smarter than that
It is only charged on the gas not the pipeline/infrastructure in the ground
Its 39.4 % of the gas supply cost

I believe grassfarmer and the NFU policy are actually in favour of the carbon tax.

[jazz]

I believe grassfarmer and the NFU policy are actually in favour of the carbon tax.

Some people cling to Marxist socialism no matter what twisted form it takes.

Why should Toronto soccer moms get a carbon tax rebate funded by farmers trying to grow their food? Our country is an absolute sick fing joke.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Because soccer mom's vote, and businesses don't. Simple economics.

[jazz]

Google days quebec don't pay no carbon tax !

They have a cap and trade scam with California. We should make one with Trump. Anything is better than the govt siphoning off cash directly to their coffers.

This is no different than equalization, used to buy votes against our industries.

[grassfarmer]

For fu ck sake grass , you are smarter than that
It is only charged on the gas not the pipeline/infrastructure in the ground
Its 39.4 % of the gas supply cost

So if the clutch goes in your tractor and you send it away to get fixed do you only complain about the $700 clutch parts not the labour, shop supplies, trucking that bring your total repair bill up to $12,000? By the examples shown it's only 15-17% of the total bill.

My guess is the fuel for drying grain will be exempted shortly anyway - likely a mistake that it was included in the first place by clueless politicians of all parties. Even the Green Party has come out in favour of exempting the fuel used to dry grain.

[bucket]

So if the clutch goes in your tractor and you send it away to get fixed do you only complain about the $700 clutch parts not the labour, shop supplies, trucking that bring your total repair bill up to $12,000? By the examples shown it's only 15-17% of the total bill.

My guess is the fuel for drying grain will be exempted shortly anyway - likely a mistake that it was included in the first place by clueless politicians of all parties. Even the Green Party has come out in favour of exempting the fuel used to dry grain.

Getting rid of the carbon tax on grain drying isn't going to solve the problems going forward....its a feel good win so the liberals don't have to anything for farmers and the conservatives get a small win while ignoring their part in gutting BRM programs...

[grassfarmer]

Getting rid of the carbon tax on grain drying isn't going to solve the problems going forward....its a feel good win so the liberals don't have to anything for farmers and the conservatives get a small win while ignoring their part in gutting BRM programs...

Oh well, just tell them to leave it on then.

[bucket]

Oh well, just tell them to leave it on then.

That wasn't the point grassfarmer......its a win win for both sides of government ....nothing really in it for farmers....

Its about tackling the issues for the majority of farmers....the liberals have dragged their feet on this issue for quite a while...

How long did master card have to lobby to get 50 million that popped out of thin air for them...

This carbon tax issue has been a diversionary tactic for 6 months....

Scott Moe's government dedicated taxpayers money of 40 bucks an acre for 5 years for irrigation....he could have paid the carbon tax for grain drying and then asked for a refund from the federal government ...

Leadership and vision isn't about ignoring the problem.....Moe lacks both.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I believe grassfarmer and the NFU policy are actually in favour of the carbon tax.

Very much so, many press releases on the NFU website stating their support for the CO2 tax, and requesting intervenor status in the provinces court challenge, intervenor on the side of the federal government, because:

Goff summed up by saying “The NFU is seeking Intervenor status as a way to do our part to prevent a few provinces from hamstringing federal efforts to meet our international and national climate change obligations.”

and:

our members voted overwhelmingly in favour of this court intervention to support federal jurisdiction over climate change policy.”

But, apparently they thought they were voting for other people to pay the CO2 tax, not them, because now they are asking that the CO2 tax on grain drying propane and nat gas be refunded. Because it is such a dire climate emergency, and nearly everything they publish reinforces that, but, as usual, this only applies to otherpeople, so they want to be exempted so they can continue to destroy the planet, while virtue signalling about what everyone else needs to do to save it.

Our very own Agriville member even contributed. After berating us dumb farmers constantly about it being our fault for not demanding our provinces do something about the CO2 tax on grain drying, instead of blaming the feds like we do, his very own organization has been insisting that the provinces shouldn't have any say in the matter, only the feds.

It is absurd for the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act to offer an exemption that seems to encourage farmers to use diesel-fired burners for grain drying, while penalizing those who use cleaner-burning natural gas or propane,” said Kyle Korneychuk who farms at Pelly, Saskatchewan. “We believe this is an oversight that can be corrected by setting up a rebate as soon as possible.”

Do as I say, not as I do. The climate crisis is only a crisis if someone else is paying for it, the hypocrite who constantly preaches it, sure isn't willing to pay for it, and admitted it publicly.
Link: https://www.nfu.ca/nfu-asks-minister-of-environment-and-climate-change-to-rebate-fuel-used-for-on-farm-grain-drying/ https://www.nfu.ca/nfu-asks-minister-of-environment-and-climate-change-to-rebate-fuel-used-for-on-farm-grain-drying/

Which all begs the question, can the atmosphere really differentiate between the CO2 that a farmer releases drying grain vs. the CO2 that an NFU member releases flying to their national conventions to discuss the perils of climate change? And if not, why should grain dying be exempt in the face of such an existential crisis?

[macdon02]

We are gonna watch a giant test run of burning less oil in China, there's traffic bans, flight cancellations, industry to skidding to a halt. Let's watch what this costs. 50000 gal of fuel in a 747, average burn on a 10 hour flight is 36000 gal. China has run their debt as high or higher then any developed nation in the world. I think they are gonna do a Chinexit into smaller states and this'll knock the legs out of any country depending on crude exports to pay the interest on their debt. Estimates on peak infection are April/May with infections doubling every 6.2 days. It's not so much the death rate as the infection as the breaking of supply chains worldwide. Those bearings for your combine come from China. IF, because at this point idk, this drags out for 100 days, it'll break the supplychain on so many items on shelves in Walmart, JD, CNH, GM and Ford causing a short term burst of supply inflation that hasnt been seen in our lifetimes. There is real risk the world economy is built upon a country that squats to take a crap and waters their livestock in the same hole. I don't think there's gonna be mountains of dead like Mao did, but it'll be the supply chain fracturing that's the real issue. Maybe we should of sold them a toilet instead of the last boat load of canola. It's been over a generation since smallpox, measles, polio and the rest of the nasty bugs have surfaced and it's taken for granted you don't need to be sanitary. Like war, a new generation forgets the lessons learnt but the previous. Can you get the crop in if you can't buy a box of 60 chain because the steel plant in China is shutdown? We have so much environmental regulation that you don't just start a steel plant in Canada or any manufacturing for that matter. It's interesting times, btw the locusts are in 4 or 5 countries right now and im guessing most insecticide is manufactured in China. Everything is connected. The "Green Swan" might be more toxic then the black swan event.

[burnt]

Very much so, many press releases on the NFU website stating their support for the CO2 tax, and requesting intervenor status in the provinces court challenge, intervenor on the side of the federal government, because:

and:


But, apparently they thought they were voting for other people to pay the CO2 tax, not them, because now they are asking that the CO2 tax on grain drying propane and nat gas be refunded. Because it is such a dire climate emergency, and nearly everything they publish reinforces that, but, as usual, this only applies to otherpeople, so they want to be exempted so they can continue to destroy the planet, while virtue signalling about what everyone else needs to do to save it.

Our very own Agriville member even contributed. After berating us dumb farmers constantly about it being our fault for not demanding our provinces do something about the CO2 tax on grain drying, instead of blaming the feds like we do, his very own organization has been insisting that the provinces shouldn't have any say in the matter, only the feds.

Do as I say, not as I do. The climate crisis is only a crisis if someone else is paying for it, the hypocrite who constantly preaches it, sure isn't willing to pay for it, and admitted it publicly.
Link: https://www.nfu.ca/nfu-asks-minister-of-environment-and-climate-change-to-rebate-fuel-used-for-on-farm-grain-drying/ https://www.nfu.ca/nfu-asks-minister-of-environment-and-climate-change-to-rebate-fuel-used-for-on-farm-grain-drying/

Which all begs the question, can the atmosphere really differentiate between the CO2 that a farmer releases drying grain vs. the CO2 that an NFU member releases flying to their national conventions to discuss the perils of climate change? And if not, why should grain dying be exempt in the face of such an existential crisis?

BOOM.