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Dairy – Animal Health and Biosecurity Producer Program

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Approved eligible expenses and equipment costs are funded at 50 per cent to a maximum program payment of $15,000.

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The Animal Health and Biosecurity Producer Program provides dairy producers with a rebate for approved eligible expenses and equipment that improve biosecurity and animal welfare practices. Eligible applicants must meet program criteria below.

Eligible Applicants

  • Saskatchewan dairy producers (individual, partnership, co-operative or corporation) who can demonstrate a minimum of $50,000 gross farm income in Saskatchewan in the year of application or the year prior to the application. Individual producers must be at least 18 years of age; or
  • First Nation Bands in the Province of Saskatchewan (must be a dairy producer).
  • Saskatchewan dairy producers or First Nation Bands who are proAction registered.
  • Saskatchewan dairy producers or First Nation Bands who have a valid veterinarian-client-patient-relationship (VCPR) with a veterinary clinic or veterinarian licensed with the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association.
  • Saskatchewan dairy producers or First Nation Bands who have a Saskatchewan Premises Identification (PID) number.

Eligible Expenses

Eligible applicants can receive a rebate for more than one project or application but cannot exceed the maximum program payment of $15,000 over the five-year program term of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2028. The deadline for rebate applications is March 31, 2028.

Equipment must be installed and/or functional to be eligible for rebate. Pictures may be requested. Program payments are subject to a minimum rebate of $250. The minimum claim amount is $500.

Eligible Expenses or Equipment

Equipment, items, or activities below are rebated at 50 per cent of eligible costs to the maximum program payment of $15,000. There is no limit to the number of equipment items a producer may purchase within the program maximum rebate.

Eligible items include:

  • Veterinarian assessments are voluntary and are funded to maximum of $500 per operation. This can include more than one assessment or a follow-up assessment. Applicants who share livestock facilities will be considered one operation and subject to the maximum rebate of $500.
  • Biosecurity or animal welfare Protocol Manuals or Standard Operating Procedures developed by a veterinarian or clinic for use on your livestock operation.

Deadline Date

Ongoing

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