REGINA — Ten additional designated Rural Municipalities (RMs) are now added to the area eligible for full federal-provincial cost-shared funding of an initial payment of up to $150 per head through the 2023 Canada-Saskatchewan Feed Program.
The fund is administered by the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation.
The application deadline is extended to March 15, 2024. The submitted application needs to indicate the number of breeding animals on hand as of Aug. 21, 2023, and kept until Jan. 31, 2024. This deadline extension allows Saskatchewan producers additional time to review and finalize applications with actual extraordinary costs and breeding animal inventory.
A reminder producers will need to submit their receipts or appropriate documents for the extraordinary expenses. Eligible extraordinary expenses include purchased feed, self-hauling or transportation costs for feed or breeding animals, and/or land rented for additional grazing acres or additional feed production. Eligible animal species include beef cattle and other grazing animals, limited to bison, elk, deer, sheep, goats and horses. A Saskatchewan Premises Identification (PID) is required to be eligible for the Program. This Program covers 70 per cent of extraordinary costs related to feed and freight incurred after May 1, 2023, now through to March 15, 2024.
An online application form is available at scic.ca. A user guide is available to assist producers in completing their application. If producers require guidance or have any questions, they can contact SCIC's dedicated team by phone or email.
