PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Welcome to our new general manager
Royalties on seed is another
issue that will affect us now and later.
Endpoint versus trailing royalties, or
maybe another model? We need to consider
this carefully.
I bring these issues to light because
they will affect the future of our farms
and the future of our industry.
When we talk about the future, we
must also talk about young farmers. All
of the things I have just discussed will
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KAP has spoken up in support for
the Senate’s recent report that calls for
measures to help farmers adapt – from
increased investment in adaptation
research to enhanced education services.
The federal carbon tax plan also
lacks mitigation programming so that
agriculture can be part of the climate
change solution. KAP will work with the
Canadian Federation of Agriculture to
lobby for these essential tools.
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affect them – now and when they take up
the reins of the industry.
Right now, they need programming
that will help them access land, machinery
and low-cost financing.
Many of KAP’s policies and our
efforts specifically consider young farmers.
For example, in the consultations we
have had with the province on the allocation
of Crown lands – which is moving
from a points system to an auction system
– we have stressed concerns about
young farmers being at a disadvantage
to established producers.
We want mechanisms in place that
will assist young farmers to compete
equally in the new auction-based system.
Another issue we need to be concerned
about – and that KAP is working
on – is the regulations for the recently
passed Sustainable Watersheds Act. We
know that drainage regulations put in
place now will affect farmers well into
the future.
We have just put in a submission to
the consultation process for these regulations.
One of our main requests is that
drainage of class 3 wetlands – which are
seasonal in nature – are not subject to
the same compensation that farmers pay
for drainage of class 5 wetlands – which
are permanent.
We have already successfully lobbied
for removal of minor drainage projects
from a licensing process to a registration
process.
We need to consider the future of
our industry and our young farmers as
we plan future policy. We need to think
about what we want agriculture to look
like and we need to move these ideas
forward. That’s what KAP is all about. FV
I’m very pleased to announce that Patty Rosher is
KAP’s new general manager.
Patty brings with her a wealth of experience in our
industry and the ability to continue KAP’s work of
making farms more profitable and sustainable.
Prior to joining KAP, Patty was the policy director
at Manitoba Agriculture. She previously held
the role of director of Boards, Commissions and
Legislation with the department, and before that
was the acting general manager and CEO of the
Food Development Centre.
Patty also spent 17 years at the Canadian Wheat
Board in policy, program management and
marketing.
She holds a master’s degree in business administration,
a master’s degree in science (agricultural
economics) and a bachelor’s degree in commerce.
“I look forward to working for Manitoba’s agricultural
producers to help them overcome the obstacles
that hinder the industry,” she said. “I also want
to work to assist Manitoba’s young farmers make a
success of their farms.”
8 § Manitoba Farmers’ Voice § Spring 2019
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