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Publishing date: Mar 05, 2021  â¢Â March 5, 2021  â¢Â 2 minute read  â¢Â
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Canadian farm groups are coming together to lobby governments to pay more attention to what hurts and what helps farmers battle carbon emissions.Â
Dave Carey, co-chair of the Agriculture Carbon Alliance (ACA), said it represents 200,000 farmers.Â
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It says the proposed schedule of carbon taxes, rising to $170 a tonne by 2030, is simply too much for farmers to afford. And right now it supports a private memberâs bill to exempt farmers from the carbon tax on natural gas and propane used to dry grains and heat barns.Â
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