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KAP has complained for years that the current model of education taxation is unfair to farmers.
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KAP renews call for education tax reform

The farm group also calls for continued local autonomy for school boards through elected trustees

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Farmers are paying too big a share of education taxes in many municipalities, the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says in a submission to the Manitoba government’s Commission on Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education. “KAP therefore recommends that the commission explore moving away from funding education through property taxes and evaluate alternative funding methods in Manitoba,
A recent Statistics Canada report said 2018 Canadian and Manitoban farm net cash incomes fell 20.7 and 18.5 per cent.
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Flat revenue, higher expenses squeeze Canadian farmers

KAP president Bill Campbell says the trend to higher operating expenses adds to farmers’ risk when revenues stagnant

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No matter how you measure it, Canadian and Manitoban 2018 farm income took a big, double-digit, hit in 2018. The two biggest culprits were flat revenues, in part because of trade restrictions, and higher expenses, including for commercial feed, interest and machinery fuel. Minto farmer Bill Campbell, having felt the “squeeze” in his own operation,
Joey Dearborn is KAP’s new communications co-ordinator.
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KAP has a new communications co-ordinator

Val Ominski is retiring from KAP and Joey Dearborn has been hired to fill her position

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Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) communications co-ordinator Val Ominski is retiring at the end of June. Joey Dearborn has been hired to fill the position. For the last seven years, Dearborn, who grew up in Emerson, Man., has been employed with the Manitoba government, most recently as a press secretary for Agri­culture, Crown Services, and Infrastructure,
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Getting HR right a challenge

A new focus on human rights requires care and respect by farm employers

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One of the biggest challenges facing farmers is finding the right people at the right time to work on their farms. It’s a situation made even more challenging by a changing hiring landscape that puts limitations on the kind of questions an employer can ask of a prospective employee, according to one expert in the
Lateral flow strip technology has made testing for DON faster and less expensive. The newest Raptor machine shown here in the CGC’s Grain Research Laboratory can run three samples simultaneously. The cartridge system also allows three replicates of a single sample to be run in the same well. The test takes three minutes. Once loaded the device operates unattended.
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Farmers divided on wheat-grading changes at KAP

Should the grain commission add them as grading factors?

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If falling number and DON (deoxynivalenol) are added as wheat-grading factors will it help or hurt wheat producers? That sums up the discussion after Doug Chorney, assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC), spoke at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) advisory council on April 2. KAP didn’t take a position, but its Grain
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Human nature

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It’s one of those philosophical questions — can there really be too much of a good thing? In the case of glyphosate it would seem the answer might be yes, especially when it comes to crop residues. There’s little doubt why so much of the product is used here in Western Canada. It’s nothing short
Canadian farmers export 80 per cent of their production and the Canadian Grain Commission is important to that process, KAP president Bill Campbell says.
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Farmers will get their say

KAP wants the CGC to continue adding value and protecting farmers

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The Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) review being led by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is in the preliminary stage and the entire grain sector is encouraged to provide input, says Michelle Bielik, AAFC’s director of the Crop and Supply Chain Policy Division in the Strategic Policy Branch. “We are right now
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Air cleared at Canadian Grain Commission?

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Manitoba Co-operator reporting discord among the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) three commissioners has cleared the air around the CGC’s office, according to sources. In March sources told the Co-operator there was division and mistrust among the commissioners, over Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s review of the Canada Grain Act and the CGC, which administers it. It
The halt on canola shipments to China is hitting farmers first and hardest, according to KAP.
Local news, Oilseeds

KAP wants government action on canola spat

While Chinese and Canadian officials are talking, so far China hasn’t agreed to a face-to-face meeting

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is frustrated the federal government hasn’t done more to restore Canadian canola exports to China a month after the current trade dispute began. At press time Monday the Chinese had not replied to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s request to send a Canadian delegation to China led by the Canadian Food Inspection
One farmer at the KAP meeting questioned if government aid is warranted since farmers have tools to protect against canola price fluctuations.
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KAP grapples with China canola trade dispute

Can science trump politics and what sort of government aid, if any, is needed?

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What, if any, support the federal government should provide canola farmers following the loss of their biggest canola customer China, was discussed at the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) advisory council meeting here April 2. Members also talked about how to get the Chinese government to engage with Canada to try and fix the impasse. China

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