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Use safe access such as proper steps or ladders when pumping fuel into storage tanks.

Avoid disaster with simple farm fuel management steps

With producers buying fuel tanks in record numbers, now is the time to review safe practices

By Jeff Melchior June 19, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes Everyone loves a bargain, and producers got a big one this spring when fuel prices dropped to lows not seen in ages. With average prices ranging around 65 cents per litre for diesel and 50 cents for gasoline with tax exemptions, producers quickly queued up at their local suppliers to shave some dollars off their […] Read more

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No Prairie farm fuel shortages expected in pandemic

Continuity plans in place to keep fuel moving

By Jennifer Blair, GFM Network News March 18, 2020

Prairie farmers shouldn’t see a disruption to their farm fuel distribution as a result of COVID-19 safety measures. “Our members are committed to minimizing disruptions to the Canadian fuel supply as a result of the pandemic response,” Canadian Fuels Association spokesperson Jason Vaillant said in an email. “Our members are working tirelessly to maintain operations […] Read more

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, shown here in April 2016. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

By Allan Dawson October 26, 2017

Farm fuel will be exempt from a carbon tax, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said in an interview Thursday on the eve of announcing his government’s Made-in-Manitoba Climate and Green Plan. “It does exempt some farm costs — farm fuel, for example,” he said. “I know we’ll get pushback from some industry groups that are not […] Read more

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Saskatchewan cuts farm fuel tax exemptions in budget

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 22, 2017

“Purple gas” is about to become a quaint old figure of speech for Saskatchewan farmers as the provincial tax exemption for bulk gasoline for farm use ends April 1. The provincial government on Wednesday rolled out a budget designed to dial back the province’s reliance on resource revenue in the face of slumping markets for […] Read more

Bibeau keeps role as federal ag-minister, Canada gets a new environment minister

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Klassen: Feeder cattle market grinds lower

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Bibeau keeps role as federal ag-minister, Canada gets a new environment minister

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Klassen: Feeder cattle market grinds lower

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Avoid disaster with simple farm fuel management steps

No Prairie farm fuel shortages expected in pandemic

Farm fuel to be exempt from Manitoba carbon tax

Saskatchewan cuts farm fuel tax exemptions in budget

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