EPISODE · Jul 27, 2020 · 46 MIN
Your Farm Insurance Might Not Pay When You Need It
from Growing the Future · host Jake Ayer, Dan Aberhart
Jake Ayer's family has farmed since the 1400s, first in Devonshire, England, now near Minto, Manitoba. As Vice President of Keystone Agricultural Producers, he took the industry's frustration with business risk management programs straight to the House of Commons, and made the case that the backstop farmers pay into isn't backing them up when disaster actually hits.What's Inside- Why a university carbon tax debate turned into a career representing farmers on national policy- What testifying to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture, mid internet outage, actually looks like- The real cost breakdown behind 2019's "harvest from hell," and why AgriStability didn't cover most of it- Why he isn't asking for a handout, just insurance that actually pays what it promises- How Manitoba's highest-in-Canada share of young farmers is reshaping who sits at the policy tableConnect with Growing the FutureWebsite: growingthefuture.caYouTube: Growing the FutureInstagram: @growingthefuturepodcastLinkedIn: Growing the FutureSubscribe to the Growing the Future Podcast wherever you listen, and register for Convergence Conference 2027 at convergence.ag. Register for the Convergence Conference at convergence.ag and stay updated by subscribing to the Growing the Future Podcast at growingthefuturepodcast.ca.
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Jake Ayer, Vice President of Keystone Agricultural Producers and a seed grower at Minto, Manitoba, joins Dan to talk about how a classroom debate over the carbon tax turned into a seat at the national policy table. He walks through his House of Commons testimony on business risk management, delivered mid internet outage, and the real dollar cost his farm absorbed during 2019's "harvest from hell" that existing insurance programs never covered. The tension is that farmers pay into a safety net built to catch them, and in his experience it too often doesn't, not because the money isn't needed, but because the programs are too complex and too narrow to pay out when it counts. Producers walk away with a clearer sense of what's broken in farm risk management and why getting involved, even nervously, still moves the needle.
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