The Washington Farm Bureau estimates farmers have paid at least $153 million and likely far more this year in cap-and-trade fees, even though lawmakers intended to exempt agriculture from the tax on fossil fuels.

Breanne Elsey

Washington Farm Bureau director of government relations Breanne Elsey makes a presentation Nov. 30 in Olympia to the Washington Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on cap-and-trade fees paid by farmers.

Farm Bureau director of governmental relations Breanne Elsey told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Nov. 30 that refunds to farmers shouldn’t be viewed as costing the state money.

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