Manitoba's 2026 budget expands farm support programs with higher loan limits, new insurance incentives and $143.7M in agricultural funding.
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Manitoba’s 2026 budget boosts loan limits, insurance and farm support programs
Finance Minister Adrien Sala announces $143.7 million in ag funding, a new forage insurance discount and higher Young Farmer Rebate caps
Comment: Canada’s disappearing ‘average farmer’
Agricultural policy used to be aimed at the middle — but what if the middle is missing?
Canada’s agriculture industry has been undergoing significant changes over the past 45 years. Since the 1970s, the number of farms has been steadily declining, but not all farms have been impacted equally — mid-size farms have been hit the hardest, as the number of small and large farms increases. The mid-size farm category used to
Opinion: Co-operation breakdown
Drought-prompted AgriStability changes are not a sign of continued co-operation
A drought forced the federal and Saskatchewan government to reach an agreement on AgriStability – but is it a sign of what’s to come? Near the start of August, the two governments agreed to allow Saskatchewan producers early access to the 2021 payments they are entitled to. The two ministers of agriculture involved, Marie-Claude Bibeau
Farm aid is raining down south of the border, but not in Canada
These farmers say they don’t want bailouts — but effective risk management programs are needed
American farmers will receive record-high amounts of farm aid this year, but Canadian producers say they don’t want a handout — just a business risk management program that works. The current programs, such as AgriStability, don’t function well, said Sexsmith, Alta.-area farmer Greg Sears. “It’s not predictable, it’s not timely, and it rarely pays out —
Is it time to break through the maze of AgriStability?
Some farmers have long thought so and now the provincial ag minister is also wondering
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Blaine Pedersen has asked his department for ideas on how to replace AgriStability with an enhanced AgriInvest program. Some frustrated farmers say it might be better to scrap AgriStability in favour of something else. Pedersen, who has called AgriStability “a broken wheel,” doesn’t disagree. “There’s lots of challenges with AgriStability so let’s
Farmers fed up with AgriStability
CFA has a three-pronged approach to address farmers’ concerns with farm program
Canadian farmers are fed up with governments failing to fix AgriStability, says Chris van den Heuvel, second vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and a Nova Scotia farmer. “We’re relying on programs that are ineffective, untimely and not impactful,” he said in an interview March 5. “We have been bringing this forth continuously
The quest for a perfect farm safety net program
There’s a long list of plans that have come and gone
The perfect farm income stabilization program is as elusive as utopia itself. But a lot of farmers say they would be happy if AgriStability’s payout trigger went back to an 85 per cent, instead of the current 70. But that would cost governments potentially a few hundred millions of dollars more, estimates University of Saskatchewan
EU farming chief wants rapid Brexit talks, plans new dairy aid
Hannover, Germany | Reuters — Europe’s agriculture industry, already grappling with a dairy crisis, wants rapid talks about Britain’s exit from the European Union to minimise disruption, EU farming commissioner Phil Hogan said on Thursday. “Farmers know better than anyone that you need stability and certainty to plan for the future,” Hogan said in a
Legislation to be passed for two new farm support programs
Our History: January 1991
This ad from our January 17, 1991 issue reminds of when the Prairie Pools operated XCAN, their own domestic and export marketing company. The front-page story that week reported that Grains Minister Charlie Mayer had announced that legislation would be passed to implement two new support programs, GRIP and NISA, for 1991-92. They were necessary