business risk

  Agriculture minister David Marit is hoping a new 5 year federal-provincial farm policy framework can be hammered out in meetings Thursday and Friday in Saskatoon. Marit says the provincial agriculture ministers are seeking a 25 percent hike in federal funding for farm business risk programs and trade development, while Ottawa’s offer so far is […]

Saskatchewan farm groups are calling for major improvements to farm support plans. Federal and provincial agriculture ministers meet next month in Guelph with Ottawa promising several options to improve business risk programs. Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she has several proposals to bring to the table with her provincial counterparts but would not elaborate. […]