Cap & Trade

[dmlfarmer]

In whose jurisdiction are carbon credits for farmers. Who makes the frame work: each individual province or the Federal government. Where do producers, conservation land and pasture owners fit?
How do we define and influence the process? Are we leaving it to others to define? How is it, where is the process... if their is a Cap & Trade, we should have something to trade? Shouldn't we?

Vicki:
In Alberta, if it is scientifically proven that a practice sequesters CO2, then the person who sequesters the CO2 can sell "credits" equal to the amount of CO2 sequestered to large emitters of CO2. The credits are sold by public auction so the value of the credits varies depending on supply and demand. The demand is primarily driven by the levies the province imposes on large emitters who fail to meet emission reduction targets.

Zero tillage is one way farmers can earn carbon credits. Alberta developed its own protocol to determine how much CO2 is sequestered by practicing zero tillage and that determines how many credits a farmer practicing zero tillage is allowed to sell.

That is not the only way carbon credits are generated. Follow this link and you will find a list of the current reduction protocols approved by Alberta. Clicking on each one will tell you how the protocol was determined.[URL="http://aep.alberta.ca/climate-change/guidelines-legislation/specified-gas-emitters-regulation/offset-credit-system-protocols.aspx"]http://aep.alberta.ca/climate-change/guidelines-legislation/specified-gas-emitters-regulation/offset-credit-system-protocols.aspx[/URL]

[Horse]

Sask3. You are so full of shit, the reason you have gone no till is so you can grab more, just look at your posts about the climate change, its all about your bottom line.

[sk_wheatking]

Sask3. You are so full of shit, the reason you have gone no till is so you can grab more, just look at your posts about the climate change, its all about your bottom line.

There isn't a farmer around that can say with a straight face that they went zero till because they wanted to help the environment. Everyone did it to up their bottom line and knock out wind erosion issues. No till has made marginal land productive. It also makes good time with a one pass operation while cutting back man power and fuel because of less passes and equipment to run. It was and still is one of the greatest advances in farming history.

[Robertbarlage]

we did it to conserve moisture guess worked dam good cause it's fricken wet! lol

[bucket]

Why hasn't anyone put a value on carbon sequestering?

Crop insurance has yearly records of seeding intensity.

They could look at your records. Determine the value. And either pay the 10 dollars per tonne or apply it against your crop insurance... and as Trudeau's tax increases the more we make. Tin foil time.


If you go protill a quarter then you may have to pay a fee....but once its back in continous cropping you are paid.

Might take some extra field men but with the right program it could be easily administered for everyone.

[blackpowder]

Here we get paid roughly $1.50/ac/year. Owned by land owner, signed over by most to actual farmer.
Protill etc, and lose payment for that year.

[Guest]

Here we get paid roughly $1.50/ac/year. Owned by land owner, signed over by most to actual farmer.
Protill etc, and lose payment for that year.

BP , is that just since carbon tax went on , or always there? we had that 10-15 yrs ago?
... incidentally , I have it figured that this sask budget going to cost us $3-$3.25 /ac on our farm

[SASKFARMER3]

So for the 9600 is it really worth it?

I think they are light on what they should be paying a farmer.

[blackpowder]

Weve been getting for over 10 yrs anyway.