Keystone Agricultural Producers

The organization lobbies government and industry on issues that affect Manitoba farmers.[4][5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8][9]

KAP uses the news media bring attention to issues facing producers.[10][11] 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.[12][13][14]

KAP promotes agriculture’s contributions to Manitoba and Canada. Through a 2012 bus board 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.[15]

Keystone Agricultural Producers is funded by its members,[16][17] and governed by an elected executive and board of directors.[18] Presidents are elected from the KAP membership, and may serve up to four one-year terms. The current president of KAP is Bill Campbell, who replaced Dan Mazier in 2018.[19][20]

KAP policy is developed by members, through resolutions passed at the annual general meeting and at general council meetings held three times per year. Once passed, a resolution becomes organizational policy[21]