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Sask. Government Pledges $119 Million to Assist Drought-Affected Livestock Producers

Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture recently announced $119 million in direct support for drought-affected cattle producers.

The AgriRecovery program will provide a per head payment to help maintain breeding stock. This financial relief will help producers with extraordinary costs caused by drought, such as accessing feed and water.

In addition to cattle producers, funding will be available to producers of other ruminant animals.

AgriRecovery is part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership agreement, with funding shared on a 60-40 federal-provincial basis. The federal government is requested to provide an additional $178 million for a total program of $297 million.

The amount of the per head payment will be finalized pending federal agreement. With full federal participation, it would be $200 per head to cattle producers, with a portion provided as an immediate per head payment and the remaining amount issued later in the fiscal year based on year-end herd numbers.

The province plans to issue an initial payment of $100 per breeding female with the remainder being available when the agreement is finalized and after confirmation the breeding herd is retained.

On August 6, the federal government committed $100 million in federal AgriRecovery dollars to be shared across all affected provinces.

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) will deliver the AgriRecovery program to Saskatchewan producers. Details on how producers can apply for the program will be made available in the coming days.

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