KAP Involved In Developing Education Tax Report

Jun 12, 2017

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is working with the Manitoba School Boards Association and other groups, to develop a report for the provincial government on different ways to fund education.

KAP has been asking for a new funding model for years, to correct the inequity of producers being taxed on farmland and buildings, while non-farmers are only taxed on their residences.

"One way of looking at it is taking advantage of maybe having this opportunity to talk about it before it becomes a full on review or task force or something like that," said KAP President Dan Mazier.

Source : Portageonline

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.