With a federal election on the horizon, agriculture organizations are taking a look at some of the actions they want to see for the future.
For the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, they've been calling for changes to be put forward for the Carbon Tax, which has seen the consumer side recently come off.
Vice-President Chris Procyk says he hopes to see that continue to be a policy point for all federal parties in the upcoming election.
"Affordability and things like that need to be addressed. We'll see in the months ahead, after the election, depending on what party gets in, what happens to the future of the consumer carbon tax. But the challenging part could also be the industrial carbon tax, where a lot of fertilizer manufacturing and stuff like that would happen and would pass costs on to the producers."
Procyk says he doesn't expect any changes that would happen in the short term and affect the upcoming growing season.
As we head into the federal election, he hopes that the parties find a way to balance environmental stewardship and agricultural stability.
"Agriculture relies on the environment to make our living. I don't think there's anybody who would say agriculture doesn't care about the environment, because we obviously do. You know, I think some of the policies, while good for the environment, directly put more costs on the back of producers."
Procyk says he wants to see ag policies become positive policies that can work towards the benefit of the whole country.
That can start with a clear mandate that would come from the federal election.
"I think we've heard for a while that the ministries have been waiting for a mandate from whatever government is in power. So it's time for an election to happen and then just get to work."
Procyk says he'd like to see smaller centres, such as Estevan, lead the way for agriculture policy as the sector has a big impact on smaller cities.