The author argues that determining agricultural funding priorities in this country must include input from farmers rather than being a top-down process led by government.  |  File photo

Ag research deserves a ‘new deal’

I started my career in Manitoba’s agriculture industry with the provincial government in February 2001. There, I was introduced to the five-year funding structure used by Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments to support the Canadian agriculture industry. Early in my career it was called the Agricultural Policy Framework. This was followed by Growing Forward, […] Read more