Keystone Agricultural Producers

Keystone Agricultural Producers
Abbreviation KAP
Formation 1984
Type non-profit
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba
Website www.kap.mb.ca

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is Manitoba’s largest general farm policy organization, with 4,000 members that include farmers and farm commodity groups...[1] KAP is one of the province's most active lobby groups[2] and is a member organization of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.

KAP was formed in 1984 to replace the former Manitoba Farm Bureau, and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba[3]

Activities

The organization lobbies government and industry on issues that affect Manitoba farmers.[4][5] For example, KAP was part of the effort to develop legislative sanctions for Canadian railways that failed to transport minimum grain volumes for farmers in 2013.[6][7] As a result, the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway were fined a combined $150,000, and the federal government brought in the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act in 2014, which required railways to move a minimum amount of grain per week.[8][9]

KAP uses the news media bring attention to issues facing producers.[10][11] During heavy flooding in 2014 when nearly 2 million acres in the province were lost to water damage, KAP was vocal in the media about the need for better crop insurance coverage.[12][13][14]

KAP promotes agriculture’s contributions to Manitoba and Canada. Through a 2012 busboard campaign entitled “Sharing the Harvest,” KAP advertised the fact that farming, along with the food and beverage-processing and food-service industries, generated over $10 billion per year in Manitoba in 2010.[15]

Organizational structure

Keystone Agricultural Producers is funded by its members,[16][17] and governed by an elected executive and board of directors.[18] Presidents are elected from the KAP membership, and may serve up to four one-year terms. The current president of KAP is Dan Mazier.,[19] who replaced Doug Chorney in 2015[20]

KAP policy is developed by members, through resolutions passed at the annual general meeting and at general council meetings held three times per year. Once passed, a resolution becomes organizational policy[21]

References

  1. ↑ Western Producer. "Manitoba farm group grows". producer.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Exploring the little-known world of lobbying in Manitoba". Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Keystone Agricultural Producers: An Inventory of Its Records at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Western Producer. "Have farm groups become federal cheerleaders?". producer.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Manitoba Cooperator. "The farm organizations 'that matter'". manitobacooperator.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Railway grain moving minimum extended again". www.winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Manitoba Cooperator. "Rail problems continue as prairie ag groups tackle CTA review". manitobacooperator.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Railway fines for failing to transport grain don't reflect damage: lobby groups". www.edmontonjournal.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Farm groups upset with 'small' fines for railways". www.leaderpost.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Farmers reap better year: KAP boss". winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Manitoba Cooperator. "KAP, APAS fear pleas for Agrirecovery falling on deaf ears". manitobacooperator.ca. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Flood of 2014 a $1B hit for Manitoba farmers: KAP". cbc.ca. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Aid for land unseeded worries farm leader". winnipegfreepress.com. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Manitoba Cooperator. "Man cattle producers get agrirecovery feed assistance". manitobacooperator.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Good harvest benefits more than farmers". winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "A quick look at some farm policy organizations". grainnews.ca. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Manitoba Cooperator. "KAP GM is confident hiring a membership coordinator will pay off". manitobacooperator.ca. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Libraries - Keystone Agricultural Producers fonds". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Westman farmer installed as head of KAP". brandonsun.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  20. ↑ Western Producer. "Risk management will remain a priority". producer.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  21. ↑ "Policy Development". kap.mb.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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