grain drying

SARM President Ray Orb joins conversation on Bill C-234

SARM President Ray Orb joins conversation on Bill C-234

Oct 4, 2023 | 5:23pm
The Senate Ag Committee heard from the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). Ray Orb is the latest to speak on Bill C-234, a private member’s bill that amends the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which would make natural gas and propane used for grain drying and heating barns exempt from the carbon tax. […]

Sask farm gets federal support for new approach to grain drying

Mar 30, 2023 | 1:25pm

The Federal government has announced support for 45 new projects for more efficient grain drying technology on the farm. The latest support amounts to 22 million dollars, bringing the total to 99 grain dryer projects at a cost of more than 37 million dollars. For example, Geerts Farms, a 26 thousand acre family farm near […]

SARM annual meeting opens Monday in Regina

Mar 9, 2020 | 4:28am

Grain movement backlog and the carbon tax will be among the issues raised at the SARM annual meeting, which opens Monday in Regina. SARM president Ray Orb remains hopeful the federal government will provide some form of support for farmers who faced a tough harvest and a costly carbon tax on fuel used for drying […]

SARM President calls for action on carbon tax for grain drying and rail blockades

Feb 20, 2020 | 10:38pm

There are many topics to cover in a limited amount of time for Ray Orb, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. The rail blockades are dominating national media coverage and are impacting grain exports as well. “The grain movement is reported about every two days, so we can see the unloads at the […]

Sask. farmers remain hopeful about relief from federal carbon tax despite PM’s comments

Feb 7, 2020 | 6:00am

Saskatchewan farmers remain hopeful Ottawa will provide some relief from the carbon tax on fuels used to dry their crops. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deflected a question about providing relief to farmers this week by saying a price on pollution cuts pollution and puts money back into people’s pockets. APAS vice president Ian Boxall says […]

Todd Lewis re-elected president of APAS

Dec 6, 2019 | 11:46am

  Saskatchewan farmer Todd Lewis has been re-elected to a fourth term as president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Lewis farms at Gray, southeast of Regina, and was first elected president in late 2016. Ian Boxall of Tisdale and Bill Prybylski of Willowbrook were re-elected as vice presidents. Six directors were elected including […]

APAS meeting to seek rebate on carbon tax on farm fuel for grain drying

Dec 4, 2019 | 6:00am

More than 100 delegates are expected to attend the APAS annual meeting, which opens Wednesday in Regina. President Todd Lewis says one key resolution will push Ottawa for an exemption on the carbon tax on fuel used for grain drying this fall. He says costs are significant to farmers, running into the hundreds of dollars […]

carbon tax heated issue in the Sask legislature

Nov 27, 2019 | 3:19pm

  The carbon tax and a rebate for farm fuel used for grain drying was a key issue of discussion in the Saskatchewan legislature Wednesday afternoon. The NDP accuses the Moe government of providing limited support for a federal carbon tax rebate on grain drying. Premier Scott Moe disagreed. Moe says the NDP has supported […]

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