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The Beef Cattle – Producer Rebate Program provides beef cattle producers with a rebate for veterinarian assessments, Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) audit and approved eligible equipment expenses that improve biosecurity and animal welfare practices.
Eligible Applicants
You are eligible to apply for a rebate if:
- You are a Saskatchewan beef producer (individual, partnership, corporation) or First Nations Band;
- You are at least 18 years of age;
- You file income tax demonstrating a minimum $50,000 of gross farm income in Saskatchewan in the year of application or the year prior to the application; or
- You are a First Nations individual, or a First Nations Band, carrying out the business of farming and can demonstrate a minimum $50,000 of gross farm income in the year of application or the year prior to the application; and
- You have a Saskatchewan Premises Identification (PID) number; and
- You have completed the required VBP+ training or certification steps.
Eligible Expenses
Biosecurity
- Segregation pen:
- Metal panels, metal gate(s) and metal feed bunk(s);
- Gates(s) and metal bunk(s) must be purchased and claimed in conjunction with the metal panels.
- Deadstock site (fencing):
- Posts (metal or wood), wire, fasteners (staples);
- Fencing to prevent access to stored feed and standing water:
- Posts (metal or wood), wire, fasteners (staples).
- Cleaning and disinfection station(s):
- Hand wash and/or boot wash stations.
Animal Welfare Improvements
- Tilt table:
- Stationary or portable, hydraulic or manual;
- Hoof trimming chute:
- Stationary or portable, leg restraints;
- Bud box:
- Metal;
- Cattle oiler;
- Loading chute:
- Metal, and
- Portable or stationary, adjustable;
- Livestock scale:
- Weigh scale package. Package may include load bars or load cells, platform, basic weigh indicator only and cables;
- Max rebate: $550 for basic weigh indicator when purchased as part of package or standalone;
- Feed scale:
- Scale used in conjunction with feed or mixing wagon,
- Feed or mixing wagons are not eligible;
- Squeeze chute:
- All chute types including portable or stationary, manual or hydraulic including powerpak, all types of gates, built-in palpation cage, extra restraints including neck extender, head holder, sternum bar;
- Head gate if purchased standalone;
- Alleyway:
- Metal – all types and lengths;
- Crowding tub:
- Metal – all sizes;
- Traction matting for loading facilities and working cattle facilities:
- Rubber matting;
- Calf-catching pen:
- To be used with an all-terrain vehicle, and
- All-terrain vehicles are not eligible;
- Calving/maternity pen:
- Metal, all types with head gate;
- Portable calf cart:
- With headlock;
- Calf tip table/chute/spin chute:
- Including neck extender;
- Remote surveillance for calving:
- All equipment, antennas and cables to support the following:up to four indoor cameras and up to four outdoor cameras (e.g.: 20x PTZ), repeater and recording unit with hard drive;
- Pain control administration training by a veterinarian:
- Training costs and mileage; and
- Vaccine cooler:
- Vaccination/medication organization system including vaccine tubing, holsters and medicine administration guns.
