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Farming can be a risky business. Over the years, threats posed by weather, global markets, and regulations have led to the development of a number of tools to help farmers manage these risks.

The reference margin limit has been removed from AgriStability for 2021 and 2022. This change will have a significant impact for many producers and is retroactive to the 2020 program year. The for ...

Livestock producers have until June 10 to purchase their Livestock Price Insurance calf policies. The purchase deadline has been permanently extended into June, with settlements now offered in and ...

AFSC Connect and the Livestock Price Insurance logins are availalbe.

As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, measures to help protect the health and safety of our clients and communities remain in place all AFSC offices. Restricted access will continue ...

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.

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.