KAP welcomes new five-year partnership agreement

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is commending Ministers of Agriculture from across Canada on reaching an agreement in principle for the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

“The new funds of $500 million, representing a 25% increase in cost-shared funding, is good news for all producers,” said KAP President, Bill Campbell. “These new funds will directly support the efforts and initiatives to grow our sector. We are very pleased to see the acknowledgment of challenges and a focus on science-based decision making as it relates to commodity specific issues, such as hog, bees, and cattle.” 

KAP says the increase in the AgriStability compensation rate from 70% to 80% is positive, and a priority that KAP has been strongly advocating for. KAP has been working along with provincial and federal partners to seek more timely, equitable and accessible BRM programs to meet the adoption challenges while removing barriers for producers. 

“KAP will continue to work with government to meet climate targets, and these remain a shared priority across our sector. We remain concerned with the increase in GHG reduction targets to 3-5 MT of emissions,” added Campbell. “This will need clear and transparent data sources and measures, but we have yet to see which data and life cycle analysis will be used to determine these targets.”

n Friday, President Trump lost his case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court over his use of the Emergency Powers Act to impose tariffs on the major trading partners of the United States. The day before, USDA released it's acreage prediction at the 102nd Agricultural Outlook Forum.