Ottawa – Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced that the Government of Canada has allocated $219 million through the AgriRecovery Framework to support farmers and ranchers in Western Canada who are dealing with extraordinary costs due to drought conditions and wildfires. Canadian farmers and ranchers in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have faced a number of challenges this growing …
Canada and Ontario investing up to $10 million to support sectors hit by extraordinary weather conditions Toronto – The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $10 million through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to help the grape growing and beekeeping sectors offset extraordinary costs caused by significant grapevine and bee colony losses due to extreme weather conditions in 2021-22. …
Winnipeg – Manitoba beekeepers will be eligible for support from the federal and provincial governments to rebuild their hives following extraordinary losses incurred over the winter of 2021/22, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced today. There are about 115,000 hives in the province, with 95% of hives belonging to commercial beekeepers. Manitoba’s …
