Regina – A total of $6.8 million in funding was announced today by Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit for livestock and forage research activities.
Provided through the Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), this investment will support a total of 30 new research projects for 2024. This year’s funding is a nearly 14% increase compared to last year.
This year’s projects, which are awarded funding on an annual competitive basis, focus on topics such as the development of a rapid and sensitive pathogen surveillance method for Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle, development of new red clover cultivars for Western Canada, and African Swine Fever preparedness with a focus on evaluating manure management and treatment strategies and understanding pathogen survival in mortality management.
In addition to the federal-provincial ADF funding, a total of $478,597 for 8 livestock and forage projects was contributed by 5 industry co-funders:
- Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association
- Saskatchewan Forage Seed Development Commission
- Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission
- Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
- Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission
“Investments like these are helping the agriculture sector prepare for the future. These research projects will help our farmers adopt more sustainable practices and new methods to counter the effects of drought, diseases and other environmental challenges they face, so they can stay competitive and protect their bottom line.” – Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food