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Alberta EFP

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Read the most recent edition of Agri-News for: enhanced AgriStability supports in 2025, RDAR’s 5-year milestone in ag innovation, and what’s new in the 2026 Ag Census. Enrol for AgriStability by July 31! #ABAg #CdnAg secure.campaigner.co...

August 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM Everybody can reply

thewesternproducer.bsky.social

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British Columbia farmers to receive increased AgriStability supports vist.ly/3zfes #cdnag #westcdnag #BCag

British Columbia farmers to receive increased AgriStability supports | The Western Producer

British Columbia farmers to receive bump in AgriStability compensations due to weather concerns, international trade instability

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July 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM Everybody can reply

Alberta EFP

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Have you herd? 🐮 The deadline to enroll in AgriStability has been extended to July 31, 2025! Learn more - #efpt.ly/432pDH7" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">bit.ly/432pDH7 #efp <a href="/hashtag/abefp" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#abefp #sustainableagriculture #sustainablefarming #albertaag #agriculture

April 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM Everybody can reply

Jeremy Simes

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Beck says farmers need support and the SKP should sign on to the AgriStability enhancements. Will Moe commit to doing that? #skpoli

March 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Medias 🇨🇦

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Enhancements announced for federal AgriStability program to combat drought, tariffs

Enhancements announced for federal AgriStability program to combat drought, tariffs | Globalnews.ca

Enhancements are being applied to the AgriStability program, aimed at providing additional financial support to producers facing trade instability and adverse weather conditions.

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July 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM Everybody can reply

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal

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“Under the federal-provincial agreement, changes to AgriStability can only be made if two-thirds of provinces agree.”

July 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM Everybody can reply

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Fray 🇨🇦

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Did we miss this release while we were distracted with tariffs? #cdnpoli

Protecting Canadian agrifood workers and building a stronger agrifood sector
President Trump's tariffs threaten Canadian industry, jobs, and our economy at large. This is particularly true in the agrifood sector.
Mark Carney has announced a new Liberal plan to protect → Increase the support for farmers and ranchers to buy workers and businesses in Canada's agrifood sector:
new, more efficient farm equipment with an additional $30 million to the Agriculture Clean Technology
> Protect Canada's commitment to supply management
Program. This will support farmers in growing their
and supply-managed sectors including dairy, poultry,
businesses and hiring more workers, while reducing
and eggs. This will protect Canadian jobs, insulate
emissions.
these segments of our food supply from fluctuations in production cost, and guarantee Canadian farmers a minimum price for their products.
> Make permanent the doubling of revenue protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program, from $3 million to $6 million per farm, in the case of significant revenue drops in revenue caused by the impacts of tariffs, extreme weather events, and other external shocks;
→ Double the loan guarantee limit, from $500,000 to $1 million, of the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program and expand terms to 20 years. This will help the next generation of young farmers start their own farms by facilitating the purchase of land, construction or improvement of farm infrastructure, purchase or repair of equipment, and more.
→ Build more domestic processing capacity, including food processing capacity in rural and remote areas, with a new $200 million Domestic Food Processing Fund.
→ Increase support for farmers, ranchers, and producers to access new markets for their food products with an additional $30 million in the AgriMarketing Program.
This will expand on recent successes, including the recent opening of new Agri-Food Offices abroad.

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→ Work with the Canada School Food Program and provinces and territories to prioritize the purchasing of Canadian food products as much as possible, supporting our farmers and ensuring Canadian kids have access to local, fresh food grown right here in Canada.

→ Work with the Canada Food Inspection Agency to ensure mutual recognition of food safety standards with reliable trading partners. This will cut red tape to accelerate access to new technology approvals without compromising health and safety.
These measures build on the $1B in lending available to farmers and ranchers through Farm Credit Canada.
CANADA STRONG

Quick Facts
Canada's agri-food system supports 2.3 million jobs, and provides 1 in 9 Canadian jobs, and generates 7% of our GDP, or $150 billion.
» Primary agriculture (farms, nurseries, and green-houses) supports 247,500 jobs and $31.7 billion of GDP.
→ There are 189,874 farms in Canada.
» In 2021, there were 29,830 farms in Quebec.
> There are 9,400 dairy farms in Canada.
» There are 4,333 dairy farms in Quebec, representing 25% of Quebec's agricultural revenues ($3.3 billion).
→ In 2023, Canada exported nearly $100 billion in agricultural products. 60% of these goods went to the United States.
→ In 2023, Canada's agriculture and agrifood expor the Indo-Pacific region reached $22.8 billion.

April 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM Everybody can reply

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Castanet.net

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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs #Ottawa

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs - Business News

The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China.

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March 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Jeremy Simes

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NDP's Trent Wotherspoon is up and says this SKP should get a deal on child care. He says farmers are still facing issues on the Chinese tariffs. APAS has called on this gov't to sign on to better AgriStability, he says. When will the SKP step up and ensure supports for producers? #skpoli

May 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

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/2 protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program, from $3 million to $6 million per farm, in the case of significant revenue drops caused by the impacts of tariffs, extreme weather events, and other external shocks;

April 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM Everybody can reply

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Norfolk Economic Development 🍁

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The AgriStability enrolment deadline has been extended to July 31, 2025. This gives farmers more time to sign up for this important risk management program.
If you're not enrolled yet, now’s your chance.

Visit AgriStability to learn more buff.ly/y5JEaIB

May 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM Everybody can reply

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁

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From the Liberal Platform
#FoodSecurity

liberal.ca/cstrong/secu...

Food Security
Our farmers and fishermen and women do hard work, good work. It’s the backbone of so many of our rural and coastal communities. This is a time of immense upheaval – from Trump’s tariffs, trade wars, and the significant impact of climate change. Farmers, fishers, and others who help put food on Canadians plates are seeing the impacts of climate change firsthand and it’s important that we work together to support sustainable and resilient practices.

Food security is about more than just ensuring there is enough food on our plates, it’s also about protecting Canada’s economic sovereignty. When Canadians are worried about inflation and their financial security, it’s important that we make sure food prices are in reach for all. It’s about every family across Canada, including in the North, having confidence that they have access to fresh, nutritious, and affordable food. And making sure that, while America attempts to weaken our economy, Canadians can know that they are supporting our farmers, fishers, and food producers.

A Mark Carney-led government will:

Strengthen Canada’s food security by investing in greenhouses, hydroponics, and other controlled environment agriculture that allow us to grow more types of food, here at home. We will work with the private sector to protect Canadian food security.
Work to increase the resilience of food supply chains and support innovation [more].
Amend the mandates of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to ensure they consider food security and the cost of food in all their regulatory decisions without compromising on health and safety. Currently, these important agencies only look at their respective mandates through a health and safety lens.
Direct the Canada Infrastructure Bank to prioritize investments in agriculture, fisheries, agri-food, and the food supply chain, particularly those that improve food security and reduce the cost of food for Canadian families, unlocking potentially billions in investment for the sector.

Help Canadian farmers get their goods to market at low cost, particularly in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. We will do this by extending the Extended Railway Interswitching pilot by three years. As part of our commitment to support Canadian workers, we will explore all options to exclude non-Canadian railways from being included in this project.
Support modern water management practices and safeguard local water resources as part of the freshwater action plan [more].
Farmers and Agri food

Our farmers and the workers and businesses that feed Canadians have faced Trump’s uncertainty before. We need this industry to be strong to protect food security in Canada.

A Mark Carney-led government will:

Keep Canada’s supply management off the table in any negotiations with the U.S. We will protect Canada’s commitment to supply management and supply-managed sectors, including dairy, poultry, and eggs. This will

including dairy, poultry, and eggs. This will protect Canadian jobs, insulate these segments of our food supply from fluctuations in production costs, and guarantee Canadian farmers a minimum price for their products.
Make permanent the doubling of revenue protection for farmers under the AgriStability Program, from $3 million to $6 million per farm, in the case of significant revenue drops caused by tariffs, extreme weather events, and other external shocks.
Build more domestic processing capacity, including food processing capacity in rural and remote areas, with a new $200 million Domestic Food Processing Fund, applicable to both agricultural and fisheries products. This could include processing milk into baby formula.

April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM Everybody can reply

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Vernon Matters

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AgriStability program enhanced to better support B.C. farmers who lose crops

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AgriStability program enhanced to better support B.C. farmers who lose crops

The provincial and federal governments have made changes to the program that provides financial support to B.C...

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July 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM Everybody can reply

Darlene Jacques

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www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/ott... Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China.

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March 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM Everybody can reply

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Heather AE MacDonald

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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/ott... via @CdnPressNews

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has announced support for the country's agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

March 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM Everybody can reply

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worldbytenews.bsky.social

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Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs

OTTAWA — The Canadian government has announced support for the country’s agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment…

Ottawa increases AgriStability cap to help industry as it faces Chinese tariffs

OTTAWA — The Canadian government has announced support for the country’s agriculture sector as it deals with tariffs imposed by China. The federal agriculture department says in a news release that the current payment cap under AgriStability, a program that works similarly to crop insurance, will double to $6 million for the 2025 program year. Support also includes increasing the compensation rate from 80 per cent to 90 per cent.

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March 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM Everybody can reply

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thewesternproducer.bsky.social

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BREAKING: Ottawa increases AgriStability compensation in face of Chinese tariffs vist.ly/3mxypzw #cdnag #westcdnag

Ottawa increases AgriStability compensation in face of Chinese tariffs | The Western Producer

Ottawa has announced support for farmers affected by the Chinese tariffs.

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March 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM Everybody can reply

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thewesternproducer.bsky.social

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Fuel rebate rule change will affect taxes and AgriStability vist.ly/4b57p #cdnag #westcdnag

Fuel rebate rule change will affect taxes and AgriStability | The Western Producer

The federal government recently announced updates to the fuel rebates that farmers have been receiving since 2019-20.

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October 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM Everybody can reply

thewesternproducer.bsky.social

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AgriStability updates offer stronger support for farmers vist.ly/463zh #cdnag #westcdnag

AgriStability updates offer stronger support for farmers | The Western Producer

One of the most significant updates to the AgriStability program for the 2025 program year is the increase in the compensation rate.

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September 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM Everybody can reply

thewesternproducer.bsky.social

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AgriStability deadline extended vist.ly/3m2rxx9 #cdnag #westcdnag

AgriStability deadline extended | The Western Producer

The deadline for enrollment in the 2025 AgriStability program has been extended to July 31 from April 30.

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April 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM Everybody can reply

Mike

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Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes farmtario.com/daily/agricu...

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes | Farmtario

federal government proposed several months ago to increase the compensation rate from 80 to 90 per cent and double the maximum payment from $3 million to $6 million

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August 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM Everybody can reply

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David Mackey

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🌾 AgriStability boost.
We're making permanent the doubled revenue protection — $6M per farm — helping farmers weather tariffs, climate events & market shocks. #supportfarmers

April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM Everybody can reply