Listen: APAS says farmers continue to be pinched by carbon tax

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) has updated the costs associated with the most recent increase in the carbon tax from $65 per tonne of CO2 equivalent to $80 dollars per tonne.

Since 2019, APAS has tracked the cost implications using a per-acre example of wheat production from the farmgate to port position.

Vice President Bill Prybylski said APAS calculated a 62-bushel-an-acre wheat crop in the black soil zone could incur an additional $7.24 per acre in costs due to the carbon tax this year.