News - KAP

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is pleased to announce the re-election of the President and two Vice Presidents, following its annual meeting last week.

Keystone Agricultural Producers’ farmer delegates from across the province gathered last week to discuss relevant and timely agricultural issues, and to set the direction for the organization for the year ahead.

Keystone Agricultural Producers applauds the Federal Court of Appeal for rejecting the appeals from Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Canadian National (CN) regarding the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) grain revenue cap adjustment.

Keystone Agricultural Producers met with Manitoba’s Minister of Finance Greg Selinger on December 8 to present KAP’s recommendations for the 2009 Provincial Budget. Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk was also in attendance.

As good stewards of the land, farmers in Manitoba make sound environmental choices in their farming operations everyday.

Manitoba’s farmers are calling on federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to expand a tax deferral program for livestock producers who experienced flooding this past season.

Keystone Agricultural Producers and Delta Waterfowl were recognized as environmental trailblazers with a prestigious award from the Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development.

Yvonne Rideout is the General Manager of Keystone Agricultural Producers and as much as she concedes that farmers don’t want more rules, they are a part of life.

The president of KAP sees another difficult year ahead for the red meat sector. Ian Wishart sees that few things have changed in the sector that faced, what can politely be called, challenging times in 2008.