After undergoing some major changes through the ’80s and ’90s, business risk management (BRM) programs for farmers across Canada have remained largely the same for the last two decades. While there have been a few tweaks to AgriStability and its siblings in the BRM family of programs, AgriInsurance, and AgriInvest, the risks that farmers and… Read More
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On July 28, the federal, provincial, and territorial ministers met to hammer out an agreement-in-principle for the next version of the ag policy framework (APF). Beginning April 1, 2023, the next version will be called the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP), and will include some big changes from the current version, including more total funding… Read More
On today’s episode of RealAg Radio hear from Steve Funk, with MNP, about potential changes to business risk management under the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Program. Also on the show is Josh Linville, with StoneX, with a fertilizer market update, and learn about a new program called Farmer Coach, from Kristjan Hebert and Evan Shout…. Read More
Happy day-after-the long weekend, Canada. Is it Monday? Is it Tuesday? Does anyone know? What we do know is we have a great lineup for you on today’s episode of RealAg Radio, brought to you by MNP. You’ll hear: Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson, RealAgriculture’s resident agronomist, on the wild storm that went through Ontario, and… Read More
Today’s episode of RealAg Radio is fun one — with (most) of the same people on our RealAg Issues Panel…just in a bit of a different order. Guest hosted by RealAgriculture’s Kelvin Heppner and Lyndsey Smith, today’s show tackles a number of different topics, including rail movement, labour codes, potato trade resumption, and more! Kody… Read More
On this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio, your host Shaun Haney continues the recap the year. Today’s show includes interviews from March, April, and May. You’ll hear: David MacNaughton, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. on relations between the two countries; Kyle Jeworski, president and CEO of Viterra, on their canola crush facility outside of Regina,… Read More
AgriStability, the whole farm, business risk management program has been in place for Canadian farmers for 16 years. In that time, it’s been maligned and criticized, and it continues to be subject to an ongoing tug-of-war between federal and provincial politicians. But with a new ag policy framework to be unveiled for 2023, changes to the… Read More
Thanks for tuning into RealAg Radio! On this mid-week edition of the show, you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney: Steve Funk of MNP, on how business risk management (BRM) reform will impact different sectors of the industry; Rejeana Gvillo of Farmers Business Network (FBN), on the United… Read More
The reference margin limit (RML) of AgriStability was a feature put in place back in 2013 with Growing Forward 2, and since then has been a confusing and misunderstood feature of the program. The recent agreement to business risk management program reform has caused quite a stir, but what does the RML removal mean for… Read More