. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ';ffect in December 1973. Some ;)bservers have noted that once any â ;overnment says in effect, "This ;and must be farmed in perpetu- ity," the owner-operator then can i)e expected to ask, "What about ny income?" The concept of farm-income jtabiHzation in Canada has been in existence for some time. An official British Columbian pubUcation states, in part: "Besides preserving the agricul- tural land-base of the Province, one of the objectives of the Land Commission Act was to encourage family farming. The Fa
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. ';ffect in December 1973. Some ;)bservers have noted that once any â ;overnment says in effect, "This ;and must be farmed in perpetu- ity," the owner-operator then can i)e expected to ask, "What about ny income?" The concept of farm-income jtabiHzation in Canada has been in existence for some time. An official British Columbian pubUcation states, in part: "Besides preserving the agricul- tural land-base of the Province, one of the objectives of the Land Commission Act was to encourage family farming. The Farm Income Assurance Act is a corollary to the Land Commission Act and is a new concept in agribusiness, benefiting both producers and ; At present, incomeâassurance programs are in effect in British Columbia for nine commodity groups: Dairy, broiler hatching eggs, greenhouse tomatoes and cu- cumbers, hogs, beef, table eggs, tree fruits, field tomatoes, and blueber- ries. These programs operate on the basic insurance concept of protect- ing farmers against uncontrollable increases in prices of purchased inputs and severe decreases in market returns. At the same time, the consumer is ensured of a continuing supply of high-quality farm products at rela- tively stable prices. Participation in these programs is on a voluntary basis, except for those commodities covered by mar- keting boards (of which there are several), where participation is man- datory. To participate in the income- assurance program, a producer must apply to the British Columbia Government through the Fed- eration of Agriculture, which the Government looks to as the exclu- sive representative of Provincial farmers. Industry and Government then develop a model to serve as the basis for determining production costs. The model is designed to be representative of the upper 25 percent of producers, measured in terms of efficiency. Production costs are determined by using this model and data of th
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