Resolution

Department: Canadian Federation of Agriculture & Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

WHEREAS producers now more than ever need to actively manage their own risk through forward pricing and hedging due to deficient government business risk management programs;

WHEREAS the financial risk involved in hedging (margin calls) is a real barrier to increased producer participation in hedging livestock and grain;

WHEREAS the federal government has commissioned a study to investigate the feasibility of providing loan guarantees for margin calls;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS work through the CFA to lobby the federal government to initiate a pilot program for the pork industry for this concept.