Carbon pricing is a hot topic among Manitoba farmers, and it's one the next generation is honing in on.
Today, Keystone Agricultural Producers carried a resolution to "lobby the Government of Canada and the Government of Manitoba to be accountable and transparent with revenue collection and redistribution relating to carbon taxes."
The resolution was come up with by second year grad students from the University of Manitoba's Agriculture diploma program.
"The university is really showing us and pushing us that this is really a game of numbers... there have been student budgets, we're doing projects where the dollars and the cents really matter and as a class we sort of collectively agreed that this is one of those costs that could affect our profitability and it could in the long run effect longevity and sustainability," says student Jake Ayre.
Ayre, along with Carter McKinney and Bailey Sigvaldason spoke about their goals in coming up with the resolution. The goals are to get a portion of the tax collected put back into agriculture, to be proactive and sustain a profit, and to change the public perception of farmers when it comes to the environment and accountability.
Keystone Agriculture Producers AGM concluded today; the Young Farmers Conference will end tomorrow.
