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Premier Wab Kinew, with Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn (left) and Minister of Municipal and Northern Relations Glen Simard (far left), announce farm support against tariffs at Maple Leaf Foods in Brandon April 2.
News & Opinion

New money to pad Manitoba farms against tariff pain: UPDATED

Farm business risk management support announced as part of Manitoba’s anti-tariff economic defence

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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said the province would be bolstering the safety net offered by agricultural business risk management programs with more than $150 million in provincial funds, including $10 million to match federal AgriStability funding and $140.8 million for other programs such as AgriInvest, AgriInsurance and wildlife damange compensation.
A trade war could be just as damaging to farmers as a drought, so business risk management programs should be adapted to reflect this, said Tyler McCann from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. | Getty Images
News

Policy institute calls for open review of ag spending

It’s been 13 years since agricultural spending was reviewed, and some programs may no longer meet producer needs

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A full-scale review of Canadian agricultural spending should be a top priority in this time of global uncertainty, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.
Farmers make case for aid in case tariffs imposed
News

Farmers make case for aid if tariffs imposed

Uncertainty over whether the U.S. will impose tariffs on Canadian agriculture is already resulting in lost sales, meeting hears

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Farmers from various Canadian agricultural sectors told federal officials this week the government must be prepared to help if tariffs take effect.
Federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers met in Whitehorse, Yukon from July 17 to 19. Photo: Supplied
News

Ag ministers discuss BRM changes 

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Canada’s agriculture ministers wrapped up their annual meeting in Whitehorse Friday saying they continue to look at changes to business risk management programs to make them more responsive.
Stuart Chutter, senior policy advisor with AFSC, is looking for a diverse group of cow-calf producers to participate in an analysis of the AgriStability program. Photo: Nicole Sendziak
Beef cattle, Livestock

Manitoba beef eyes Alberta AgriStability pilot

The program aims to identify how to close gaps for cow-calf producers

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Manitoba’s beef sector is hopeful an Alberta pilot program that addresses AgriStability’s position on cow-calf expenses might spread to other regions. “We hope to see it kind of nationwide as long as the pilot shows benefit to our industry, whether that’s reflecting pasture costs in the eligible expenses or looking at how they do the
Water flows through a washed-out culvert on the CN rail mainline at Truro, N.S. on July 23, 2023. (Photo: Nigel Gloade/Millbrook First Nations/Handout via Reuters)
Weather

Nova Scotia farmers granted late AgriStability entry

Enrolment for 2023 now an option until Dec. 31, 2024

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Nova Scotia farmers who aren’t in on AgriStability for 2023 and whose operations were hit hard by weather events this spring and/or summer now have until the end of next year to enroll. The Nova Scotia and federal governments on Friday announced enrolment for the ag income stabilization program, which ended on April 30, has
Smoke rises from a wildfire near Wildwood, Alta., about 100 km west of Edmonton, on May 5, 2023. (Photo: Alberta Wildfire/Handout via Reuters)
Markets, Weather

Alberta farmers granted late AgriStability entry

Enrolment deadline now Sept. 29

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Any Alberta producers who were considering AgriStability — but only in hindsight — for the income stabilization plan’s 2023 program year now have until Sept. 29 to apply. Ottawa and the province announced Aug. 4 that they’ve reopened the jointly-funded program, as wildfires and/or “extremely dry” growing conditions have dragged on many Alberta producers’ work
Smoke rises from a wildfire in Alberta’s Strathcona County, east of Edmonton, on May 5, 2023. (Photo: Video screengrab from @hellohildy on Twitter via Reuters)
Livestock, Weather

Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock

Central areas catch break with moisture, cooler weather; CN service resumes

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Alberta’s ag societies and livestock auction marts are offering up pen space for producers forced to evacuate animals away from dozens of wildfires in the province’s northern and west-central regions. As of early Thursday evening, the province was tracking 76 active wildfires, of which 22 were listed as “out of control” and 17 as “being

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