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REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL ENERGY USE IN CANADA, 2001 PREPARED BY: THE CANADIAN AGRICULTURAL ENERGY END-USE DATA AND ANALYSIS CENTRE (CAEEDAC) UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 2002Table of Contents Section 1: CANSIM Data 8 Section III: Other Farm Data 21 Farm Fuel: Saskatchewan 22 Farm Input Price Survey (FIPS, 2000) 22 Machinery and heating costs in Saskatchewan (2000) 23 Section IV: Energy Use on Farms – Documents and reports 24 Attachment A: The FARMDOC Project 24 Source: /about/index.html Attachment B: The Saskatchewan Custom Rate Guide 24 Attachment C: On-farm Evaluation of E Diesel Fuel 26 Attachment D: All About Diesel 27 What is diesel technology? 27 What are the characteristics of Diesel fuel? 27 Diesel Engines and the Environment 27 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 28 Decrease in total overall emissions: 28 Off-Road Diesels 28 Clean Diesel Engines of the Future 29 Scope Of Agriculture Diesel Applications 29 Regulations And Standards 30 Emission Reductions 30 Alternative To Agriculture Diesel Engines 31 Economic Impact 31 Summary 32 Attachment E: An Example of Direct Seeding Economics - the Dark Brown Soil Zone of Alberta 33 Yield and Revenue 33 Cost Comparisons 34 Machinery costs 34 Herbicide costs 36 Direct seeding saves time 37 Summary 37 Attachment F: Fuel Use Calculators 38 Attachment G: U.S. Farm Energy Use 39 Attachment H: Routine maintenance, tillage choices can save gallons of farm fuel 43 Attachment I: Exemptions from Fuel Tax 45 Marked Fuel 45 Alberta 45 Attachment J: Estimating Farm Fuel Requirements (Downs and Hansen) 46 Fuel Requirements for Crop Production 46 Example for Diesel Tractor 46 Attachment K: The Diesel Industry And Farming 50 Other Attachments: Report On Diesel Use In Farming From The Conference Board Of Canada CAEEDAC Report on Canadian Agricultural Energy Prices Information on a Number of Public Policy Topics Related to the Ethanol Industry: A Report by Kelly Associates, 2002 Farm Fue