News - KAP

The new Manitoba Farm Safety Program, which got off the ground last month, aims to prevent farming accidents in the provinces agricultural industry.

The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers is encouraging Manitoba farmers to participate in an on-line survey being conducted by the provincial government and express their opinions on plans to introduce a tax on carbon.

The province is seeking feedback about potential changes to the funding model of Keystone Agricultural Producers and is asking farmers and other stakeholders to complete an online survey to share their views.

Keystone Agricultural Producers applauds the provincial government’s recent announcement that an immediate review of KAP’s funding system will take place.

Keystone Agricultural Producers’ 2017 annual meeting will be held January 25 and 26 (Wednesday and Thursday) at the Delta Winnipeg. It will start at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and conclude at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

The federal government recently rescinded the “four-in, four-out” rule of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that was put into effect in 2011.

Keystone Agricultural Producers suggests, as the provincial government develops a new carbon pricing system, it needs to ensure that system is flexible enough to be changed if problems are encountered or to take advantage of new technologies that are developed.

Members of Keystone Agricultural Producers adopted a policy on carbon pricing at their recent fall advisory council meeting, in response to the recent federal announcement that a carbon price must be in place in all provinces by the end of 2018.

Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the province to exempt farmers’ direct emissions used in food production as it develops a carbon-pricing system.

The Canada and Manitoba governments are investing more than $432,000 over two years to help Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) establish a new program to provide practical, on-farm expertise, resources and training to enhance on-farm safety.