Insights and Stories on AFSC

Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock

May. 11, 2023 at 7:24 pm CDT

Alberta’s ag societies and livestock auction marts are offering up pen space for producers forced to evacuate animals away from dozens of wildfires in the province’s northern and west-central regions. As of early Thursday evening, the province was tracking 76 active wildfires, of which 22 were listed as “out of […]

Alberta harvest in home stretch as province dries up

Sep. 30, 2022 at 7:27 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Alberta ag lender drops rural business loans

Apr. 5, 2021 at 6:04 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Alberta hog farmers to get set-aside via AgriRecovery

Mar. 5, 2021 at 9:27 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Alberta crop insurer taps reserve to cut premiums

Jan. 29, 2021 at 4:50 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Alberta’s AFSC to refund hail premiums on drowned crops

Aug. 20, 2020 at 2:34 am CDT

Grain growers in Alberta’s Peace, northeastern and northwestern farming regions whose waterlogged crops are deemed “non-viable” can now file for full refunds on AFSC hail insurance premiums. AFSC, the province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, announced Wednesday it will accept such applications from eligible growers from now until Sept. 11. Applications […]

By Dave Bedard

WLPIP calf price insurance deadline extended

May. 15, 2020 at 5:24 am CDT

Cattle producers in the western provinces will get extra decision-making time this year on the calf price insurance available through Western Livestock Price Insurance (WLPIP). The Prairies’ Crown ag insurance corporations announced Thursday that the deadline to buy WLPIP calf price insurance for 2020 has been extended to June 18. […]

By Dave Bedard

Loans pledged for wildfire-damaged Alberta farms

Dec. 24, 2017 at 2:51 am CST

Ranchers and farmers in two southeastern Alberta municipalities hit by wildfire in mid-October may soon be able to apply for interest-free rebuilding loans. The province’s Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) on Wednesday announced loan applications will be available Jan. 8 for eligible producers in Cypress County and the MD of […]

By Staff

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

Apr. 27, 2017 at 8:07 pm CDT

Alberta’s provincial government has named a new board of directors to its farm financing and crop insurance agency, to replace the board it fired last year. Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier on Thursday announced the appointment of a new eight-member board for the provincial Agriculture Financial Services Corp., (AFSC), which has […]

By Staff

Alberta pledges ‘streamlined’ crop insurance inspections

Apr. 27, 2017 at 4:36 am CDT

Alberta’s provincial crop insurance agency will “streamline” its inspection procedures to better deal with unharvested acres from last fall, the government said Wednesday. The announcement from provincial Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier follows a conference call with officials from Agriculture Financial Services Corp. (AFSC) and from the province’s wheat, barley, canola […]

By Staff

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Insights and Stories on AFSC

Alberta fairs, auctions offer space for evacuated livestock

Alberta harvest in home stretch as province dries up

Alberta ag lender drops rural business loans

Alberta hog farmers to get set-aside via AgriRecovery

Alberta crop insurer taps reserve to cut premiums

Alberta’s AFSC to refund hail premiums on drowned crops

WLPIP calf price insurance deadline extended

Loans pledged for wildfire-damaged Alberta farms

Alberta recruits new board for AFSC

Alberta pledges ‘streamlined’ crop insurance inspections

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