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Cattle producers urged to use insurance options

Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. outlines what it is doing to improve how producers can protect themselves

A senior policy analyst with Alberta’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. says cow-calf producers must do better when it comes to using insurance to protect themselves. In December at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Stuart Chutter talked about the coverage currently available to livestock producers and how AFSC can also […] Read more

The Agricultural Financial Services Corp. is looking for a diverse group of cow-calf producers across Alberta covering a broad range of feeding styles to provide input on how to improve AgriStability.  |  File photo

Alta. looks to improve AgriStability for cattle producers

Agricultural Financial Services Corp. says new initiative will allow ranchers to address risk management discrepancies

Sixty-six percent over 11 years — that’s how much extra support Alberta cow-calf producers would have received had certain feed and pasture costs been fully covered under a major business risk management tool. However, the Agricultural Financial Services Corp., which delivers the AgriStability program in the province, hopes to change that by asking cow-calf producers […] Read more