Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Keystone Agricultural Producers fonds
General material designation
- Textual record
- Records in Electronic Form
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
42 m of textual records.
1 audio cassette.
3 black & white photographs
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Keystone Agricultural Producers is a democratically controlled farm lobby organization which represents and promotes the interests of agriculture and agricultural producers in Manitoba. It is a grassroots organization wholly run and funded by its members, with all policy set by producers throughout Manitoba. KAP has standing policies on a variety of issues including Safety Net Programs, Western Grain Marketing, Land and Resource Use, Taxation, Environment and Sustainability, Livestock Manure Management Strategy, Farm Labour, Health and Safety, Affiliations, Farm Inputs and Finance, Transportation, Government Services, Property Rights and Wildlife Resources and Trade. Policy is set by delegates and directors elected from individual and group members. Close to twenty committees, comprised of members and the President (ex officio), research a number of issues and report back to the executive and the General Council. Both the elected executive and management are responsible for implementing policy in the best interests of the members. Its mission is to be Manitoba's most effective, democratic policy voice, while promoting the social, physical and cultural well being of all agricultural producers.
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Manitoba Farm Bureau, the predecessor to the Keystone Agricultural Producers, was formed in January 1965, necessitated by years of turmoil between farmers and associations/organizations. This grief resulted from a steady decline in membership participation, a shortage of finances, lack of unity between groups, and constant internal quarrelling. In short, these various independent organizations were not meeting the voluntary and commercial needs of their members. On October 16, 1964 a committee was appointed to make a plan for a formal provincial farm organization. On November 16, the committee presented its report and suggested the name be Manitoba Farm Bureau. It proposed the following membership: all commodity groups, commercial co-operatives, Manitoba Women's Institute, Manitoba Federation of Agriculture, Diploma Agricultural Graduates' Association, agricultural societies, municipal associations, livestock breeders' associations, farm management groups, and the Manitoba Farmers' Union. The Plan was accepted with minor amendments, although the Manitoba Farmers' Union refused to join. The stated aims and objectives of the Manitoba Farm Bureau were as follows: to unify the purposes and policies of organized agriculture in Manitoba, to promote the interests of farmers and farmers' organizations and promote common interest through collective action, to formulate and promote provincial, national and international agricultural policies to meet changing economic conditions, to represent farmers before government and authorities, to study and protect interests of membership relating to existing and considered legislation (both provincial and federal), and to promote the social, economic and cultural well-being of rural Manitoba, and develop programs of mutual assistance and self-help. The Manitoba Farm Bureau continued to operate until 1984 when it was replaced by the Keystone Agricultural Producers.
Custodial history
The fonds was donated to University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections by the Keystone Agricultural Producers in six separate accessions between 1986 and 2001.
Scope and content
The first accession consists mainly of office files of the Manitoba Farm Bureau which were generated from 1965 to 1984. Also included are files produced prior to 1965 by the Manitoba Farm Bureau's predecessors. These files, arranged for the most part in their original chronological order, contain the following: by-laws, reports, submissions, minutes, news releases, and correspondence of the Manitoba Farm Bureau and its eighteen-member organizations. Also included are materials from outside related organizations such as L'Union Catholique des Cultivateurs, National Farmers Union, federations of agriculture of other provinces, etc. After the proper chronological sequencing, up to 1984, there are files which were not included in this manner. They cover other activities which took place during 1979 and 1980. A flood in the basement of the Manitoba Farm Bureau headquarters destroyed a number of earlier files. The five other accessions are largely unprocessed and consist of agricultural publications, files, reports, correspondence, by-laws, minutes, newsletters, press releases, memorandums, financial statements, resolutions, submissions, notices of meetings, mailing lists, press clippings, policies, and pamphlets and brochures regarding KAP and other agricultural organizations and issues.
A1993-092: This collection consists of numerous agricultural publications and one audio cassette tape concerning a camp music workshop.
A1996-032: This collection consists of files, reports, correspondence, and related materials pertaining to and documenting the history of the Keystone Agricultural Producers.
A1998-029: The collection consists of correspodence, by-laws, minutes, newsletters, press releases, memorandums, financial statements, resolutions, submissions, reports, notices of meetings, mailing lists, press clippings, policies, pamphlets and brochures, and periodicals regarding the Keystone Agricultural Producers and associated agricultural organizations and issues.
A2000-031: The collection consists of correspodence, by-laws, minutes, newsletters, press releases, memorandums, financial statements, resolutions, submissions, reports, notices of meetings, mailing lists, policies, pamphlets and brochures, and periodicals regarding the Keystone Agricultural Producers and associated agricultural organizations and issues.
A2001-034: The collection consists of correspodence, minutes, newsletters, press releases, memorandums, financial statements, press clippings, submissions, reports, notices of meetings, mailing lists, and policies regarding the Keystone Agricultural Producers and associated agricultural organizations and issues.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on this material.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
There are no restrictions on use.
Finding aids
Printed finding aids are available in the Archives reading room and on-line finding aids are available at the links below: MSS 69 (A.86-66, A.87-59) MSS 69 (A.93-92) MSS 69 (A.96-32) MSS 69 (A.98-29) MSS 69 (A.00-31) MSS 69 (A.01-34).
Generated finding aid
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised by N.Courrier (January 2019).