Producers turn up the heat as they demand that provincial governments accept Ottawa’s business risk management proposal
Leaders of several Canadian producer groups called on provincial governments to accept Ottawa’s proposal to improve business risk management programs. During an end-of-year virtual meeting, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president Mary Robinson said federal Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau’s proposal to fix AgriStability, a leading irritant of the BRMs, “represents a fundamental shift in the […] Read moreTag Archives business risk management

Provinces ponder feds’ BRM counter proposal

AgriStability talks could dominate meetings
Ag ministers will likely focus on removing reference margin limit, but different cost share arrangement may be needed
Prairie agriculture ministers may be under pressure to pay up as they head into the first of two federal-provincial-territorial virtual meetings this week. The agenda for the annual meetings on Nov. 20 and 27, delayed from July due to COVID-19, hasn’t been released but will include discussion on the perennial problem of AgriStability and how […] Read more
Groups urge AgriStability reform

BRM review advisory panel members appointed

Ag ministers must decide on program review at meeting

Cattle risk management is a numbers game
Controlling losses | With small margins in the feedlot business, operators must closely monitor their operations
Knowing what he knows now, Greg Appleyard would have found someone to help with risk management 10 years ago. The former owner of Cattleland Feedyard at Strathmore, Alta., had to learn the hard way as he spent 20 years plotting a course through the vagaries of the beef and grain markets. “Eight years ago, if […] Read more