Agriculture gets mentioned in the federal budget but short on details
MELFORT, Sask. – There wasn’t any specific announcement for agriculture in yesterday’s federal budget.
Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan president Todd Lewis said the carbon tax and agriculture were mentioned but there was not a lot of details.
“We saw a piece about rebating some of the carbon tax back towards farms. It’s not insignificant funding, it’s $100 million,” Lewis said. “It’ll be interesting to see what’s announced down the road.”
Lewis said there was also word of $50 million to help farmers purchase more energy efficient grain dryers mentioned in the budget document.