The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has released the results of its survey of producer experiences with the three business risk management programs under the Growing Forward 2.

The survey polled Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers about their use of Agri-Stability, Agri-Invest and Agri-Insurance (or Crop Insurance).

APAS President Norm Hall says the survey shows serious problems with Agri-Stability, which the federal and provincial governments need to address:

"Thirty-five percent of our respondents have dropped out of Agri-Stability since Growing Forward 2 came into effect three years ago. That is not a very good benchmark for the continuation of the program as it is. Do we look at getting out of this program and do something new? Or do we try and improve this program?," he said.
              
Agri-Invest ranked most favorably among survey participants, with 73% of respondents strongly agreeing that they would recommend the program to other producers, while Crop Insurance received moderately positive responses.