Insights and Stories on Agricultural Policy Framework

Ag ministers lock in next policy funding framework

Jul. 22, 2022 at 9:48 pm CDT

The new federal-provincial ag policy funding framework due to take effect next April 1 will include a new ecological goods and services plan and a sweetened compensation rate for AgriStability. Following meetings this week in Saskatoon, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial and territorial counterparts on Friday mapped […]

Farmers, exhibitors hail Ag in Motion’s in-person return

Jul. 21, 2022 at 12:57 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget

Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:56 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feds launch consultations on next ag policy framework

Jun. 7, 2021 at 2:40 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Yes or no now on AgriStability changes, ag minister says

Mar. 17, 2021 at 9:47 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Saskatchewan ponders changes to ag extension model

Mar. 7, 2017 at 1:30 pm CST

Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry is considering an overhaul of its delivery system for ag extension services, in time for a new federal/provincial funding framework next year. Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart on Tuesday announced a new online survey on the subject for farmers, ranchers and agribusiness operators, running until the end of […]

By Staff

Manitoba farmers feel left out on farm policy tour

Oct. 4, 2016 at 11:51 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Manitoba has been dropped from an upcoming consulting tour meant to lay the foundation for Canada’s next agricultural policy funding framework. That will limit the province’s producers, the head of an industry group says. The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture and agri-food is holding a […]

By Jade Markus

Ottawa seeks feedback ahead of Growing Forward sequel

May. 9, 2016 at 8:04 pm CDT

The federal government has set up a new web-based questionnaire to gather farmer and industry feedback on the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) ag policy funding framework as it develops the next framework. The next agricultural policy funding framework is due to launch April 1, 2018, the government said in a […]