Resolution

WHEREAS under the Agri-Invest program, Allowable Net Sales (ANS) are calculated by subtracting the gross sales of an allowable commodity from the purchase of an allowable commodity;

WHEREAS the calculation of commodity purchases for crops such as canola and soybeans includes additional costs bundled with the seed, including insecticide, fungicide and Technology Use Agreements (TUA);

WHEREAS these chemical costs are inflating producers’ allowable commodity purchases, thereby reducing their overall Allowable Net Sales by as much as $40 per acre;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby the federal government to allow producers to exclude chemical costs when reporting their allowable commodity purchases for Agri-Invest purposes.