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8 "APG continues to advocate for the provincial government to conduct a secondary impact study of the indirect costs that the carbon levy will have on producers' inputs." APG PURSUING MULTI-PRONGED POLICY INITIATIVES POLICY UPDATE Farm Safety APG con nues to be ac ve in farm safety ini a ves including grain safety entrapment extension and through AgSafe Alberta ac vi es. Tim van der Hoek will be APG's nominee for the AgSafe Alberta Society, the newly formed industry-led farm safety associa on. PMRA and Pes cide Re-evalua ons APG con nues to be engaged in providing input to the government in order to protect our producers' ability to combat crop pests. The most recent announcement is that Lambda-Cyhalothrin is to be completely eliminated. Commonly known as Matador to our members, this synthe c pyrethroid is commonly used to combat bed bugs and other household pests. We are working with our provincial counterparts, the Grain Growers of Canada and Pulse Canada to provide a submission due late September. APG, the provincial crop commissions and Pulse Canada submi ed our collec ve stakeholder submission to the Pes cide Management Regulatory Agency regarding the Health Ministry's concerns with the perceived risk Imidacloprid poses to aqua c invertebrates. Imidacloprid is the first of three neonics registered in Canada that are to be re-evaluated. Thiamethoxam is next and, for pulse growers, a much more widely used and relied upon seed treatment. APG along with SPG, MPSG, OBG and Pulse Canada will be working to deliver peer-reviewed, scien fic and accurate data, informa on and management prac ces to ensure that the PMRA does the same. Producers rely on our importers to use peer- reviewed, sound scien fic process in establishing maximum residue limits, phytosanitary standards and other trade impediments. We expect the same of our na onal government. Sustainability There are many defini ons of sustainability and the same can be said as to the number of programs, ini a ves and cer fica ons. Team Alberta is working to bring a self assessment tool to Alberta crop producers through a one-stop- shop website that will contain informa on on all the various farm plans, protocols, sustainable sourcing pla orms and allow producers to see how they measure up. Carbon Pricing, Taxing, Measuring or Otherwise APG con nues to advocate for the provincial government to conduct a secondary impact study of the indirect costs that the carbon levy will have on producers' inputs. Through the Agri-Environmental Partnership of Alberta (AEPA), Crop Sector Working Group and Team Alberta, APG remains engaged on this issue. The cropping sector has never been recognized for the environmental benefits of produc on prac ces and adop on of new technologies in emission reduc ons. There may exist poten al to evaluate new technologies and accurately quan fy their emission savings, and provide producers with tax or deprecia on tools to more rapidly adopt these technologies and prac ces to find economic and environmental savings. Team Alberta is working to engage Emission Reduc ons Alberta, the Ministry of Environment, Biological Carbon Canada, AEPA, GGC and others to ensure that pulse growers are not disadvantaged by taxing carbon, while not being recognized for the environmental services we provide. Nevin Rosaasen, APG Policy & Program Specialist

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