The bid to reform the rental rate formula for grazing leases has hit a snag — not enough producers filled in a grazing lease cost survey.
The Alberta Grazing Leaseholders Association and other groups have been lobbying the province for years for changes to the rental rate formula “so that it would reflect the true costs of holding a grazing lease.”
But a confidential survey sent out to a random sample of leaseholders earlier this year was met with a “very poor” response, said the association.
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“It is crucial to have accurate and up-to-date data of leaseholder costs, which is then reflected in the rental rate formula,” the association said. “Our efforts to work with (Alberta Environment and Parks) to have a rental rate formula based on industry costs will be futile if not enough grazing leaseholders complete and return the survey.”
