Insights and Stories on Funding

Funding cut shouldn’t affect local 4-H clubs

Mar. 22, 2024 at 9:24 am CDT

A recent federal funding cut shouldn’t affect local 4-H clubs, at least for now, says 4-H Canada. The national organization said its most recent round of funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada totals $1.7 million over three years. In the past, it has received about $1 million per year, said interim CEO Hugh Maynard by email.

Feds plan to invest in processing projects

Feb. 6, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

By Karen Briere

CAHRC puts out funding call for Indigenous training initiatives

Jan. 9, 2024 at 4:45 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Canola sector gets research boost

Nov. 14, 2023 at 2:53 pm CST

By Don Norman

Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies

Jan. 2, 2023 at 7:08 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Ag ministers lock in next policy funding framework

Jul. 22, 2022 at 9:48 pm CDT

The new federal-provincial ag policy funding framework due to take effect next April 1 will include a new ecological goods and services plan and a sweetened compensation rate for AgriStability. Following meetings this week in Saskatoon, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her provincial and territorial counterparts on Friday mapped […]

By Dave Bedard

Sask farmers, ranchers get cash for water management

Jun. 30, 2022 at 1:05 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers have $700,000 flowing their way from the Water Security Agency (WSA), in an effort to improve responsible agricultural management projects such as watersheds. The pilot program is being labeled as the Agricultural Water Management Fund. “Effective water management may be one of the most important factors […]

By Liam O’Connor

AgriCommunication plan to seek farmer-consumer dialogue

Dec. 9, 2021 at 8:03 pm CST

The federal government has put up new funding toward improving consumers’ awareness of the “strengths” of Canada’s ag sector — and to improve farmer awareness of what those consumers want and expect. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Thursday announced an $8 million, three-year funding envelope for the first of two […]

By Dave Bedard

Saskatchewan ranchers backed for runoff control

Jul. 13, 2021 at 5:21 pm CDT

Cow-calf producers in Saskatchewan may be able to get cost-shared funds from the federal/provincial Farm Stewardship Program to build ponds, ditches, dikes or berms to collect or manage runoff. The province and federal government on Tuesday announced such work now qualifies as a beneficial management practice (BMP) covered under the […]

By Dave Bedard

Indigenous-led ag projects get federal funding

Jun. 21, 2021 at 3:23 am CDT

Sixteen projects to help support Indigenous-led food system initiatives will receive $4 million from the federal government. “Our government is working to create a more inclusive agriculture sector that respects the values of Indigenous Peoples,” Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau said in a statement Friday. “These investments are intended to […]

By D.C. Fraser

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Insights and Stories on Funding

Funding cut shouldn’t affect local 4-H clubs

Feds plan to invest in processing projects

CAHRC puts out funding call for Indigenous training initiatives

Canola sector gets research boost

Ontario trims minimum memberships for ag, hort societies

Ag ministers lock in next policy funding framework

Sask farmers, ranchers get cash for water management

AgriCommunication plan to seek farmer-consumer dialogue

Saskatchewan ranchers backed for runoff control

Indigenous-led ag projects get federal funding

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