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Starting a farm from scratch can be an overwhelming prospect. You need a business plan, an understanding of financials, risk management, financial backing and more.

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The AgriStability enrolment deadline for the 2021 program year has been extended, without penalty, from April 30 to June 30, 2021. The deadline is being extended to allow producers more time to the ...

AFSC is discontinuing its Rural Business Loan Program effective April 1, 2021. This change allows Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) to concentrate its efforts on agricultural and ...

After several months of negotiation, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers of Agriculture have agreed to remove the reference margin limit for AgriStability. The removal of the ...

Grain bags, twine, silage plastic, bale wrap – all of these contribute to an estimated 7,044 and 11,384 metric tonnes of ag plastic generated by Alberta farms each year.

Lacombe, AB, March 15, 2021 – Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) will streamline its services by amalgamating four branches with neighbouring offices and reassigning staff to and ...

A joint Canada-Alberta AgriRecovery initiative compensates producers for the extraordinary cost of holding market-ready hogs on maintenance rations due to reduced processing capacity.

$800 million increase in agriculture lending for farmers, ranchers and value-added food production in Alberta from Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC).

Canadians will join together on February 23 to celebrate agriculture, farmers and the food we all need and enjoy as part of the fifth annual Canada’s Agriculture Day. This day provides Canadians ...

As a key player in the agriculture industry, AFSC has an obligation to help our clients and the ag industry face increasingly complex needs such as improving productivity, security, sustainability ...