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“If you don’t have a program that addresses the events specifically, then it can sometimes be a blunt tool to address it.” – Tyler Fulton.
Livestock, News

BRM programs a poor fit for challenged livestock sector

With so much extreme weather, is it time to change the approach to the livestock sector’s safety net

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This time, it was April when disaster struck. Calves were dropping across the province. Livestock operations, bitten hard by the 2021 drought, were urgently waiting for pastures to green. Nobody needed a half-metre of snow, enough precipitation to send parts of the province under water and extended power outages. In the aftermath, producers began to
“We’ve kind of been in communications with them constantly over the course of the last eight months or so and, while it’s kind of late, it’s still a very welcome change that targets the individuals that were most impacted.” – Tyler Fulton, Manitoba Beef Producers
Livestock, News

AgriRecovery program expanded

The “producer share,” previously a bone of contention with some producers, will be hitting the wayside, among other changes

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Manitoba’s beef producers say that AgriRecovery changes announced in the last week of March strike a number of items from their drought aid wishlist. “We’re really pleased with the changes that (government has) made,” Manitoba Beef Producers president Tyler Fulton said. “They’ve been responsive. We’ve kind of been in communications with them constantly over the
“It’s still debt, at the end of the day. It’s certainly not from a grant money standpoint. But it gave access to short-term cash.” – Wilco van Meiji, Farm Credit Canada
News

Producers look for credit bridge

High feed needs, plus low feed supply, plus less than optimal cash flow means producers are looking for a financial boost to get them through to spring

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Winter pressure on already strained feed supplies has some producers searching for credit, as they look to tide themselves over until spring. Cash flow has been tight in a sector racked by drought last year — including a depressed cattle market as a glut of producers were forced to downsize herds. Cattle producers have since
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Potash, crude oil resource revenues help cut deficit

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Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures on $17.2 billion in revenues,
“MBP has been advocating since the onset of the program for recognition of some of these other extraordinary expenses that weren’t included in the feed assistance component... ” – Carson Callum, Manitoba Beef Producers.
Livestock, News

AgriRecovery program expands

Harvesting extra feed acres, hauling water, or opening up new areas for grazing are now up for aid funding

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Livestock producers hoping to tap AgriRecovery will now be able to claim things like land rentals, fencing or costs for hauling water or harvesting extra forage acres during last year’s drought. The province and federal government announced the expanded Livestock Feed and Transportation Drought Assistance program Feb. 2. Elk producers are now also able to
A restoration company vehicle sits in a flooded field at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 30, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Weather

AgriRecovery underway for flood-battered B.C. farms

Feds, province put up $228 million

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The federal and British Columbia governments’ response to last fall’s destructive flooding now includes what’s said to be the biggest farm disaster recovery package in the province’s history. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and her federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced cost-shared funding of $228 million for the Canada-B.C. Flood Recovery for Food Security
Letters, Op/Ed, Other

Letters: Eichler should worry

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Editor’s note: This letter was written before the announcement that the Manitoba government had shuffled its cabinet and had appointed Derek Johnson as Manitoba agriculture minister. Recently one of the Winnipeg radio stations had two climatologists as guests. They were discussing last summer’s drought and both mentioned Manitoba was the epicentre of the disaster. If a
The province’s horse breeders say they’re being frozen out of drought relief programs.
Livestock, Other livestock

Horse breeders push back against AgriRecovery exclusion

DROUGHT | The horse industry argues its ranches were equally drought stricken as its beef-producing neighbours

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Horse breeders in Manitoba are questioning why PMU horses are the only equines eligible for feed and animal transportation programs through AgriRecovery. “There are a lot of horse breeders in the province of Manitoba who have foals on the ground that are just as big and contributing just as much, if not more, to Manitoba’s
“We have the money. It’s there for them when they need it..." – Ralph Eichler
News

Eichler not worried on AgriRecovery uptake

Jump-started fall feed may be delaying applications, ag minister says

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Manitoba’s agriculture minister says he’s not overly concerned about AgriRecovery uptake numbers so far. As of Oct. 22, the province had reported 118 farmer applications approved, accounting for $1.67 million of the total $155 million approved for AgriRecovery programs this year. The province has continued processing applications since those numbers were recorded, as well as unveiling a third
Cattle search for grazing on one of the Interlake’s sparse pastures in July.
Livestock, News

Details announced for livestock breeding herd restoration funding

The Herd Management Drought Assistance program will be Manitoba’s third program launched under AgriRecovery

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Application packages will soon be on offer for a third livestock AgriRecovery program — this one targeted towards replacing breeding stock farmers were forced to cull this year. On Nov. 30, the province unveiled details of promised funding to rebuild those herds sucker-punched by drought. The new Herd Management Drought Assistance program will help fund

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