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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday January 30, 2020

Jan 30, 2020 | 11:10 AM

Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) called for immediate action to support Canadian farmers who have just been through the ‘harvest from hell’.

GGC chair Jeff Nielsen said farmer members should be directly reimbursed from the federal government for the millions of extra dollars in carbon tax they paid to dry their grain.

“The 2019 harvest season has put undue burdens on farmers’ livelihoods and every part of the country has been hit hard,” Nielsen said in a news release. “Beyond just the crop left in the field, farmers have faced major grain drying expenses, courtesy of the federal carbon tax, to ensure at least some crops make it to market.”

Nielsen said after a difficult 2018, where net farm incomes dropped 45 per cent from the year prior, the trend has only worsened.

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Canadian agri-food exporters welcomed federal government efforts to keep the World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism in place.

The executive director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, Claire Citeau said Canada and 16 other nations are making an effort to keep rules-based trade.

Citeau said the WTO is essential in ensuring the rights of Canadian exporters are respected and maintained.

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The pulse industry is collecting data on the environmental footprint of pea and lentil production in Western Canada.

Alberta Agriculture said the survey will provide the industry with credible information on their environmental performance in support of the increasing market demands for sustainability information.

Producers taking the survey will share their production data.

The government said individual farm data will not be disclosed and confidentiality of that data is assured.

It said consumers are becoming increasingly aware different foods and food products have varying levels of impact on the environment.

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