Saskatchewan producers are going to take big hits from cuts to the two major federal business risk management programs: AgriStability and AgriInvest. These cuts weren’t the result of lobbying from the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. They weren’t recommended by the Saskatchewan government. During more than three years of involvement in the Growing Forward 2 […] Read more
Stories by Doug Faller
Should farmers pay for railways’ pensions?
The Canadian Transportation Agency recently announced that prairie grain farmers will pay 9.5 percent more to ship their grain. Based on the 2011 total freight bill under the revenue cap of $952 million, a 9.5 percent increase means another $90 million straight out of the pockets of prairie farmers. It means another $2.92 per tonne […] Read more
