Keystone Agricultural Producers

This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (September 2018)

|

Keystone Agricultural ProducersAbbreviation| KAP

|

Formation| 1984
Type| non-profit
Headquarters| Winnipeg, Manitoba

Key people

| Bill Campbell, President
Website| www.kap.ca

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is Manitoba’s largest general farm policy organization, with over 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[edit]

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 bus board 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[edit]

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 Bill Campbell, who replaced Dan Mazier in 2018.[19][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[edit]

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. ^ McNeill, Murray (29 January 2015). "Farmers reap better year: KAP boss". winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
11. ^ Manitoba Cooperator (5 September 2014). "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. ^ Tweed, Charles (11 July 2014). "Aid for land unseeded worries farm leader". winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
14. ^ Manitoba Cooperator. "Man cattle producers get agrirecovery feed assistance". manitobacooperator.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
15. ^ Geary, rea (31 August 2012). "Good harvest benefits more than farmers". winnipegfreepress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
16. ^ "A quick look at some farm policy organizations". grainnews.ca. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
17. ^ Manitoba Cooperator (6 May 2015). "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. ^ "Tag: Dan Mazier".
21. ^ "Policy Development". kap.mb.ca. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Authority control

General|

* VIAF
* 1
* WorldCat

National libraries|

* United States