Livestock producers to benefit from 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program

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Melville – Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced additional payments will be provided to eligible livestock producers already enrolled in the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program. The Program, introduced on October 20, 2023, was put in place to help maintain the breeding herd in drought-impacted regions of the province. Initial payments were …

Saskatchewan’s agriculture biotechnology sector benefits from $9.5m funding

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Saskatoon – Parliamentary Secretary Francis Drouin, on behalf of federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced a funding agreement with Ag-West Bio provided under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative. Ag-West Bio will receive $9.5 million over the next 5 years to advance their work in the province’s agriculture biotechnology …

Investing $6.6m in Livestock, Forage Centre of Excellence in Saskatchewan

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Regina – Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced $6.6 million in support today for innovative livestock and forage research being conducted in the province. The commitment provides funding over the next five years to the University of Saskatchewan’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE), an organization that focuses on beef, …