FarmCash Applications Now Open For Alberta Producers

Sep 04, 2020

Farmers can now apply for a post-harvest fall cash advance.

Through FarmCash, Alberta producers can apply for a cash advance of up to $1 million on over 50 agricultural commodities from crops and livestock to honey.

Farmers can complete the online application for free, with funds for qualified recipients expected to arrive in three to five business days.

With FarmCash, producers may be eligible to receive cash advances up to $1 million, with the first $100,000 interest-free, and the remainder at TD Prime minus 0.75 per cent.

FarmCash is a competitive Advance Payments Program option available under Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and administered by the Alberta Wheat Commission.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.