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a red tractor obscured in dust while working in dry soils. Pic: Alexis Stockford
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The double-edged sword of being an agricultural innovator

Canadian agriculture needs innovation and resilience, but being first in line also means taking on risk, sometimes without much of a safety net

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A new report suggests Canada’s farmers have been “overly reliant” on business risk management programs such as crop insurance, AgriStability and AgriRecovery as “the only risk management solution.” Should farmers now go out on a limb trying new ways to mitigate those risks?
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew (seated) and Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn during the Jan. 16, 2024, announcement at Manitoba Ag Days.
Local news, News

Lower premiums, new pilot for veggies ahead for crop insurance

Crop insurance changes were announced at Manitoba Ag Days on Jan. 16

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Manitoba producers can expect lower crop insurance premiums on most products, attendees of Ag Minister Ron Kostyshyn’s Manitoba Ag Days address heard Jan. 16. Average premiums for annual crops under AgriInsurance are expected to hit $16.21 per acre in 2024, down from $19.21 in 2023. It’s a good news, bad news scenario for producers. [VIDEO:
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Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Protecting our farms for the long term

Farmers are supporting farmers to improve business risk management in the face of climate change

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A recent opinion piece in the Manitoba Co-operator references the Business Risk Management Task Force report that Farmers for Climate Solutions released almost a year ago (“NFU stance on BRM programs mystifying,” Feb. 16).  The article makes a number of claims that are not correct and require clarification. I am a farmer who has been
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Crops

AgriInsurance coverage expected to rise in 2023

Crop insurance amendments laid out at Ag Days in Brandon

AgriInsurance coverage is expected to reach $5.3 billion in 2023, up from the $4.7 billion projected last spring, the provincial ag minister announced at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon on Tuesday. “The costs and risks related to farming in Manitoba continue to climb,” Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson said in a release. Average coverage is estimated
“During this time of high interest rates, it’s becoming more imperative for producers to use low-interest financing tools.” – Syeda Khurram.
News, Other

Farmers cash in on interest-free loans

This summer the federal government upped the interest-free portion of the Advance Payments Program

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Manitoba administrators of the Advance Payments Program say clients are making use of the increased interest-free portion and borrowing more money. “The amount of the advances have [increased] significantly,” said Randy Ozunko, who manages the program for the Manitoba Pork Council. The APP is federally funded and administered by producer groups. It offers up to
File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Ontario to extend labour-related crop loss coverage

Losses due to COVID-19-related labour disruptions covered

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A temporary crop insurance expansion that covers Ontario farms against crop losses due to “on-farm labour disruptions” caused by COVID-19 will be held over for yet another year. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, announced in late December the feature first introduced in 2020 will be included again in 2022, at the same coverage
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, shown here with Craig Riese (l) of Keystone Agricultural Producers and Manitoba Beef Producers president Tyler Fulton, speaks on July 22, 2021 at The Forks in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Other, Weather

Tax deferrals, crop insurance changes en route against drought

Assessments underway for AgriRecovery, minister says

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Updated — As the federal government looks to manage impacts of ongoing drought conditions in Canada’s West, producers in parts of five provinces can already expect to be eligible for the livestock tax deferral program. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Thursday in Winnipeg that producers in drought-designated areas of southern Alberta, southeastern British Columbia, northwestern

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