The Western Canadian Wheat Growers had something to say about the Federal Agriculture Minister's comment earlier this week.

Minister Lawrence MacAulay stated in the Senate,“…you would find that most farmers support the moves we have made to make sure that we put a tax on carbon.”

Chair of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, Jim Wickett, said he's dead wrong.

"We would be the only producer in the world that's paying this tax. All of our competitors are not paying this tax. We trade our grain on the world price, and we have to take what the world price is, and this would just be an expense on our bottom line, and would certainly put us at a competitive disadvantage."

Wickett added, he's not sure who's been briefing the Ag Minister, but they're feeling misrepresented.

"Maybe two, or three, of his neighbours in Prince Edward Island agree with the carbon tax, but you'd be hard-pressed to find many farmers in Western Canada that would certainly agree with a carbon tax."

In a release, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers said, farmers should be rewarded for the huge carbon sink that agriculture creates, not penalized through a tax.