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KAP’s advisory council further refined the general farm organization’s carbon tax policy at its April 20 meeting passing of a resolution to review all other options, including a GST-style approach so farmers could get carbon taxes in products they buy rebated. KAP’s standing policy to exempt agricultural production from the tax so farmers remain internationally competitive, credit farmers for their beneficial practices protecting the environment and for government to show where every carbon tax dollar is raised and spent, remains in place.

Keystone Agricultural Producers adds detail to its carbon tax policy

Some KAP delegates argued the farm group should oppose a carbon tax,  but others said since a tax was inevitable KAP should help government  create a tax that won’t make farmers uncompetitive

By Allan Dawson April 27, 2017

Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) carbon tax policy was further refined at its advisory council meeting here April 20. But an almost hour-long debate on five carbon tax-related resolutions revealed some KAP members want KAP to oppose a carbon tax. “We want to wait and get everybody (in competing agricultural countries) on board before we move

Crops

Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 21, 2017

Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers has joined other farm groups in calling on the federal government to keep a regulation that allows farmers to defer grain sales into the following year for tax purposes. The government announced in its recent budget that it is considering eliminating grain ticket deferrals because it is a left over from

Livestock, Markets

Falling farm gate prices highlight ‘long overdue’ topic

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus February 28, 2017

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s latest Farm Product Price Index marks a year of annual declines, predominantly led by the cattle sector. The whims of the market are one source of losses, but two producer group heads say the data call attention to the country’s processing sector. Year-over-year declines in Canada’s Farm Product Price Index

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced at Ag Days the province will explore changes to how Keystone Agricultural Producers collects membership fees from farmers. (Allan Dawson photo)

Manitoba surveying farmers on KAP funding system

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News February 27, 2017

The Manitoba government wants “farmers’ and stakeholders'” feedback on potential changes to Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) funding model — and fast. The deadline to fill out an online survey or download and email it in is March 9, the government said in a release Thursday. “The current approach to funding our province’s general farm organization

Local news

Carbon pricing focus of KAP resolutions

Carbon pricing continues to generate debate as Canada moves closer to climate change deadline

By Shannon VanRaes February 2, 2017

Carbon pricing is coming, but Manitoba producers are still trying to suss out exactly what that will mean for their farms. At Keystone Agricultural Producers’ annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week, three resolutions were put forward on the issue, including one asking for clarification on the organization’s position on the carbon pricing. That resolution

As soybeans break out of the Red River Valley, Westman looks to become a logical choice for any future crushing plant.

Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Westman group exploring feasibility of soybean-crushing plant

Westman Opportunities Leadership Group chair Ray Redfern says with soybean production expanding and perhaps hog production too, a plant in western Manitoba could make sense

By Allan Dawson January 12, 2017

A group of community leaders is studying the feasibility of building a 5,000-tonne-per-day soybean-crushing plant in western Manitoba. The newly created Westman Opportunities Leadership Group (WOLG) is a volunteer group whose membership includes business, farm and civic leaders from the region. “Most of the (soybean) growth from here on in will certainly be in Westman,”

Crops

Duration limit lifted from foreign worker program

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 20, 2016

Canadian farm groups are among the sectors hailing Ottawa’s decision to axe the cumulative duration rule, or “four-in, four-out” policy, which stood to sideline temporary foreign workers from the Canadian market. The federal government announced last Tuesday (Dec. 13) it would lift the restriction, effective immediately. The cumulative duration rule had been in place in

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Point of pride

By Gord Gilmour November 24, 2016

Have you ever noticed how a lot of people feel like anyone who disagrees with them is too stupid to know better? Nowhere is this more widespread than the political realm and the trend seems to grow with each passing election campaign. Not only are people wrong if they disagree, they’re uniformed, irrational or biased

Local news

Feds, province invest $432,000 towards farm safety education and training

Keystone Agricultural Producers will administer the new program.  The hope is for sweeping change in attitudes towards safety, KAP president says

By Lorraine Stevenson November 15, 2016

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) will receive a major cash injection of $432,000 over the next two years to establish a broad-reaching and extensive new farm safety program. The funds announced by both provincial and federal ag ministers last week will flow through Growing Forward 2 and used to provide practical, on-farm expertise, resources and training

Dugald farmer Edgar Scheurer told the KAP advisory council the “entire (education taxation) system needs to be changed instead of seeking “band-aid solutions.”

Local news

KAP says fund education through income tax and residences

Farmers complain about skyrocketing tax increases on farmland, even though province-wide  they are up only 15 per cent on average, according to a Manitoba government official

By Allan Dawson November 14, 2016

Keystone Agricultural Producers members have taken their stance on education tax reform one step further and are calling for the funds to be raised through income tax and a tax on residences. That adds to their long-standing call for removing the heavy tax burden on farmland and production buildings, and came during their annual advisory

Daily Network News

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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Keystone Agricultural Producers adds detail to its carbon tax policy

Keystone Agricultural Producers defends cash ticket deferrals

Falling farm gate prices highlight ‘long overdue’ topic

Manitoba surveying farmers on KAP funding system

Carbon pricing focus of KAP resolutions

Westman group exploring feasibility of soybean-crushing plant

Duration limit lifted from foreign worker program

Editorial: Point of pride

Feds, province invest $432,000 towards farm safety education and training

KAP says fund education through income tax and residences

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