Grain farmers are adamant that Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau was wrong when she said this week grain farmers were, at most, paying $819 a year in carbon tax to dry their products, so they don't need a break on the federal carbon tax. Ontario farmers, along with grain-growers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, are asking Bibeau to reconsider her determination not to exempt grain-drying from the carbon tax. Right now it applies at $30 a tonne in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. And the Grain Farmers of Ontario estimated $5.50 an acre for corn and about $2.18 for all grains. Todd Lewis, Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan chair, said some of his farmers spend more than $10,000 in carbon tax on grain drying.

Source: CBC News June 13, 2020 12:56 UTC