The winter sun is growing stronger and across Canada, spring seeding is just weeks away and decisions about crops and spring financing are being made.
In other words, it’s time for the farmer marching season.
With Agriculture Canada income projections for 2006 dismal and bankers getting nervous about last year’s debt, farm leaders will be marching to government offices across Canada looking for promises of government support.
And front line farmers soon may be on the streets to draw attention to their plight.
“At this point, we are arranging meetings with the minister and the premier to find out what plans they have to deal with the looming situation,” said Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers president David Rolfe.
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“But I suspect if the right signals aren’t sent by the provincial government, the mood of farmers will shift quickly. No demonstrations are planned yet and farmers aren’t lining up for rallies but my guess is we are not far away.”
In Ontario this week, farmers demonstrated on Valentine’s Day in Guelph and Toronto to demand a provincial program that gives grain and oilseed farmers an enriched safety net program for 2006.
