Victoria – The 2023 Canada-British Columbia Wildfire and Drought AgriRecovery Initiative will cover extraordinary costs, and the program terms and conditions define the support limits and eligibility, including:
- Individualized support is provided for extraordinary feed costs due to the loss of access to pasture. These payments will be based on a maximum regional assistance limit and confirmed through receipts for purchases of additional feed:
- up to 70% support for transportation costs to help farmers and ranchers who moved livestock to feed and water through the recovery period
- up to 70% support for extraordinary quality feed testing for additionally purchased forage
- in situations where producers downsized their breeding livestock, support of up to $160 per animal is available for extraordinary replacement costs
- In situations in which producers have been affected by wildfire, the following supports are available:
- where Crown range or pasture is lost due to wildfire, specific support for alternative grazing requirements
- up to $80 per head to re-establish safe winter-feeding facilities and general cleanup
- up to 70% of extraordinary wildfire related costs for:
- livestock veterinary services
- mustering of livestock
- mortality of breeding animals
- critical irrigation and infrastructure repairs that were not insurable
- labour costs to repair private livestock fences
- reseeding and re-establishing tame livestock forage damaged by wildfires
- Up to 70% of the extraordinary costs are available for B.C. beekeepers and honey producers to replace lost bee colonies, apiaries and equipment