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Keystone Agricultural Producers president Bill Campbell speaks during an online meeting, Jan. 26, 2021.
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KAP president Bill Campbell urges farmers ‘to get involved’

VPs Verwey, Ayre also acclaimed during KAP's first online annual meeting

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Get involved. That’s Bill Campbell’s message to his fellow Manitoba farmers. Campbell, who grows crops and cattle at his farm near Minto, was acclaimed president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) 37th annual meeting held online for the first time Jan. 26 to avoid spreading COVID-19 pandemic. He’s held the position since midway through 2018
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KAP hires new communications, government relations co-ordinator

Graham Schellenberg previously worked as a provincial policy analyst, communicator

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has welcomed Graham Schellenberg as its new communications and government relations co-ordinator. “To continue to learn about (agriculture) and to be involved in such great work is something I’m really excited about,” Schellenberg told the Co-operator. Schellenberg began his job with Keystone Agricultural Producers at the beginning of the month. Prior to joining KAP, Schellenberg worked for the
KAP to host ‘In the Know’ mental health training
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KAP to host ‘In the Know’ mental health training

The agriculture-specific course will be delivered through Zoom between January and March

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Agriculture-specific mental health literacy training will be available for Manitoba farmers through Keystone Agricultural Producers starting January 18. KAP will host ‘In the Know’ — a course developed especially for farmers to inform them on mental health, how to cope with the stresses of farming, and how to start safe conversations about mental health. “Our
Doug Chorney (left) is the Canadian Grain Commission's new chief commissioner. He was appointed assistant chief commission in 2017 and had being acting chief since June. KAP general manager Patty Rosher (right) was appointed assistant chief commissioner of the Canadian Grain Commission Dec. 21, 2020.
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CGC’s Doug Chorney promoted to chief, Patty Rosher appointed assistant chief commissioner

In addition to its regular work, the grain commissioner and grain act are under review

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The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has a new chief and assistant chief commissioner. Doug Chorney, the CGC’s acting chief commissioner, has been promoted to chief and Patty Rosher, general manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) since March 2019, is the new assistant chief commissioner. Both appointments were announced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude
To discourage carbon emissions and mitigate climate change, the federal government is increasing the carbon tax to $170 a tonne over the next decade.
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KAP pushes back on federal carbon tax increase

Farm equipment fuel is exempt from tax, but not grain drying or barn heating

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The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is calling on federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau to “support farmers and stand up to her government’s recently announced carbon tax increase.” “Putting in place an exemption for fuel used for drying grain and heating and cooling barns, just like the one in place for greenhouses, is a start,” KAP
Doug Chorney. (Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)
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Former KAP president promoted at CGC

KAP GM to replace Chorney as CGC's assistant chief

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The acting chief commissioner for Canada’s grain handling regulator has formally levelled up to the chief’s role, while the GM of Manitoba’s general farm group replaces him at the second seat. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday appointed Doug Chorney — an agricultural engineer and grain and oilseed grower at East Selkirk, Man. —
We really want to cement KAP as the farm policy leader. We want to bring the policy discourse up a notch.” – Patty Rosher, KAP
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KAP closer to completing new strategic plan

Details will be presented at the AGM, but there’s a proposal for a ‘grassroots committee’ to explore membership fees and district consolidation

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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is putting the finishing touches to a new strategic plan. “We really want to cement KAP as the farm policy leader,” Patty Rosher, KAP’s general manager told its online district meeting Nov. 27. “We want to bring the policy discourse up a notch. We need to think about the long-term financial
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Pedersen touts margin-based insurance as alternative to AgriStability

Manitoba's ag minister says the program would be more bankable for farmers

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Blaine Pedersen isn’t a big AgriStability supporter. Neither are most farmers, but while many farm groups have been pushing to fix the farm support program, Manitoba’s minister of agriculture and resource development has been exploring four alternatives, including a margin-based insurance program that might be able to replace AgriStability, also a margin-based program. Canada’s agriculture
It’s not true to say that AgriStability is fundamentally broken, says Keystone Agricultural Producers.
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Letters: BRM not ‘fundamentally broken’

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In a November 5 Manitoba Co-operator article on AgriStability reform, we read some frustration into Minister Pedersen’s comment, “And what we keep asking KAP to do is to look at the long term on this.” KAP is intently focused on the long term. That is why our vision statement is “A sustainable and profitable future
KAP, fruit growers backed for COVID-related costs
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KAP, fruit growers backed for COVID-related costs

Online infrastructure, work-from-home setups led to unexpected costs in 2020

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Federal funding for organizations supporting small businesses will help Keystone Agricultural Producers and Prairie Fruit Growers Association pay for unexpected expenses brought on by COVID-19. For KAP, this includes setting up staff to work from home and hosting webinars. “All these things have additional costs, which for a small organization was unexpected,” said Patty Rosher,

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