Starting this week, groups can apply for funding from Ottawa’s 23 million dollar program to prepare for an outbreak of African Swine Fever. Funding is designed to support projects like biosecurity assessments and improvements, wild pig management, improving existing abattoirs, and swine fever research projects. Applications from academic institutions, associations, businesses, indigenous groups, provincial and […]
The federal government is providing over 2 million dollars for 3 farm youth organizations. The Canadian 4-H Council will receive up to 1.8 million dollars over 2 years to develop new resources to empower youth through leadership programs. 4-H Canada is expected to reach more youth and advance awareness of Canadian agriculture, food knowledge and […]
The federal government has announced 7.8 million dollars will be spent to help keep workers safe at prairie meat plants. The special federal representative for the prairies, Jim Carr, says the Emergency Processing funds will support 24 meat processing companies across the prairies. He says the funding helps these businesses keep employees safe and the […]
A Saskatchewan non-profit organization is encouraging producers to take advantage of federal government support programs for protecting species at risk. Simply Agriculture Solutions executive director Travis Quirk says there are several species at risk in Saskatchewan and support can include returning farmland to native prairie grass. Among the species at risk are the barn swallow, […]
The federal government is now accepting applications for the Emergency On-Farm Support Fund for migrant workers. The 35 million dollar fund will go to improve living quarters for temporary foreign and Canadian workers to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. Agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says the improvements are cost-shared with the applicants up to […]
