*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
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Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow an article about farmer organisations in Western
Canada pointing out how GHG friendly farming practices have become.
Thank you Tom Goddard, Senior Policy Advisor, Alberta Government, for
sharing.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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*From:* Wheat Growers <[log in to unmask]>
*Date:* April 6, 2016 at 9:03:29 AM MDT
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*Subject:* *Western Canadian farming yields carbon reductions*
*Reply-To:* Wheat Growers <[log in to unmask]>
Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association
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Western farming yields carbon reductions
Wheat Growers and industry colleagues,
I wanted to send you a quick note to let you know the Wheat Growers have an
op-ed in the Saskatoon *StarPhoenix* today titled 'Western farming yields
carbon reductions,' which you can read here
<http://wheatgrowers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c32998e0b3497a38f81f3e42c&id=8a6ac0bf70&e=6cdffbf400>
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Margaret Hansen, our Saskatchewan VP, and Stephen Vandervalk, our Alberta
VP, have written a compelling article on how modern grain farming on the
prairies is a good news story on reducing carbon emissions.
With all the discussions on carbon happening globally, in Ottawa, and in
our provincial capitals, it's important we tell our story as growers and
the ag industry on how we're already achieving great environmental
outcomes, and will continue to do so.
That being the case, policy-makers need to take into account the great work
growers are doing if they're going to create carbon pricing schemes.
As Margaret and Stephen argue, it would be a perverse policy decision to
further tax growers on inputs when farmers are already achieving the
desired outcomes of government.
Give it a read here
<http://wheatgrowers.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c32998e0b3497a38f81f3e42c&id=60fbd46502&e=6cdffbf400>,
and we'd really appreciate your feedback--this affects the profitability of
grain farming, so this will be a major public policy issue the Wheat
Growers will be working on for some time...
Thanks--have a great day!
Cheers,
Robin
Robin Speer, Executive Director
+1 (587) 998-4741 – M
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