Farmers Continue to Lobby Against Federal Carbon Tax

Mar 16, 2020

As winter turns to spring, many producers are hoping things dry up quickly to allow them to return to their fields and finish the harvest they started last fall.

Once off the field, the majority of those crops will need to be dried. Prairie farmers, especially those in Saskatchewan where the Federal Carbon Tax has been in place for a year, are seeing massive bills for fuel used to dry their crops.

For months now, there have been calls from many groups, asking the federal government to exempt those fuels used for grain dryers. But so far, there's been no response from the feds on that request. The Federal Ag minister says her department is still reviewing the situation.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.