Agriculture committee  With regard to the previous question, if it makes sense economically, farmers will pursue it. At the same time, it has to be a balancing act. You can't have things over-regulated. The money needs to stay in farmers' pockets so they can make those choices to improve their technolo

Agriculture committee  No. It was a drive to efficiency. It's an example of farmers being driven. It's a happy coincidence that it is carbon-friendly, but it is a drive to efficiency, using fewer passes to put a crop in, less fuel and fewer inputs. All of those things are very important. Our technolog

Agriculture committee  Not that I understand. In western Canada, specifically, we have a lot of issues with the money that's paid on grain transportation, for instance, with carbon tax. The railroads pass that tax on diesel fuel and their operations directly to farmers. In a lot of cases, it's thousan

Agriculture committee  Yes, absolutely. Variable rate technology and GPS.... Far more efficiency in passes in the field and lower numbers of passes in crops are a huge advantage for producers here in Canada.

Agriculture committee  I think farmers, especially in western Canada, with a lot of the technology such as direct seeding.... Zero till was invented in western Canada. It was invented in Saskatchewan. We see lots of that technology being exported and the manufacturing numbers out of Saskatchewan that.

Agriculture committee  Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Todd Lewis. I’m a grain, lentil and canola farmer from Gray, Saskatchewan, and second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. I am joined today by our environment and science policy director, Frank Annau. The CFA is Canad