tax relief

The president of SARM is worried the soaring cost of fuel could push some farmers off the land. Ray Orb says small family farms are looking at an additional one thousand dollars a day to fuel equipment this year, and larger farms upwards of an additional 5 thousand dollars a day. He says government need […]

Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced support for drought-stricken farmers. Bibeau announced the early designation of the Livestock Tax Deferral provision for drought regions in the four Western provinces and Ontario. She says this will allow beef producers who are forced to sell their herd due to drought to offset revenues with the cost […]