Live Breaking News & Updates on Ron Huvenaars

Stay updated with breaking news from Ron huvenaars. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Oil is at $70 — pay your bills: Farmers fume as frustration mounts over oil companies' unpaid leases and rural taxes


Article content
Hannah Konschuh, a grain farmer growing wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas in Alberta’s Wheatland County, has been fighting with oil and gas companies that either haven’t paid or are aggressively trying to reduce their leases for the wells that dot her land.
She’s not alone. Further south toward Medicine Hat, Ron Huvenaars, a farmer growing barley, wheat and quinoa, and who is also president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, says he’s been helping a growing number of Alberta farmers deal with energy companies looking to cut costs by withholding payments to farmers. ....

United States , Nova Scotia , Medicine Hat , Doug Dafoe , Jay Averill , Jason Nixon , Keith Wilson , Ron Huvenaars , Spencer Hilton , Paul Mclauchlin , Hannah Konschuh , Geoffrey Morgan , Gavin Young Postmedia , Paul Hamnett , Braeden Larson , Ken Sauve , Rural Municipalities Association Paul Mclauchlin , Wilson Law Office , Brookfield Asset Management , Farm Credit Canada , University Of Calgary School Public , Ember Resources Inc , Area Surface Rights Society , Postmedia Network Inc , Canadian Association Of Petroleum Producers , Alberta Energy Regulator ,