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Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is Manitoba’s largest general farm policy organization, with 4,000 members that include farmers and farm commodity groups... KAP is one of the province's most active lobby groups〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exploring the little-known world of lobbying in Manitoba )〕 and is a member organization of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. KAP was formed in 1984 to replace the former Manitoba Farm Bureau, and is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Keystone Agricultural Producers: An Inventory of Its Records at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections )〕 == Activities == The organization lobbies government and industry on issues that affect Manitoba farmers. For example, KAP was part of the effort to develop legislative sanctions for Canadian railways that failed to transport minimum grain volumes for farmers in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Railway grain moving minimum extended again )〕 As a result, the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway were fined a combined $150,000, and the federal government brought in the Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act in 2014, which required railways to move a minimum amount of grain per week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Railway fines for failing to transport grain don't reflect damage: lobby groups )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Farm groups upset with 'small' fines for railways )〕 KAP uses the news media bring attention to issues facing producers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Farmers reap better year: KAP boss )〕 During heavy flooding in 2014 when nearly 2 million acres in the province were lost to water damage, KAP was vocal in the media about the need for better crop insurance coverage. KAP promotes agriculture’s contributions to Manitoba and Canada. Through a 2012 busboard campaign entitled “Sharing the Harvest,” KAP advertised the fact that farming, along with the food and beverage-processing and food-service industries, generated over $10 billion per year in Manitoba in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Good harvest benefits more than farmers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keystone Agricultural Producers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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