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Maximum program payment of $15,000 per operationDescription
The Poultry- Producer Assurance Rebate Program provides poultry producers with a rebate for 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 poultry producer;
- You are 18 years of age;
- You must file income tax in Saskatchewan demonstrating a minimum of $50,000 in gross farm income in the year of the application;
- You have a Saskatchewan Premises Identification number.
- You have completed the relevant training and audit as follows:
- Chicken:
- Raised by a Canadian Farmer On Farm Food Safety Program; and
- Raised by a Canadian Farmer Animal Care Program.
- Turkey:
- On-Farm Food Safety Program; and
- Flock Care Program.
- Egg Producers:
- Start-Clean Stay-Clean; and
- Animal Care Program.
- Hatching Egg Producers:
- Canadian Hatching Egg Quality (CHEQ); and
- Animal Care Program.
- Chicken:
- You have had an assessment completed by a veterinarian licensed in Saskatchewan.
Eligible Expenses
Biosecurity
- Fencing/coverage for bedding storage (Max rebate: $2,500):
- Posts (metal or wood), wire, material (staples);
- Mortality disposal site (fencing only) (Max rebate: $750):
- Posts (metal or wood), wire, material (staples);
- Manure storage (fencing to prevent contact and access) (Max rebate: $2,500):
- Posts, wire, material (staples);
- Feeder caps:
- Covers for feeders in enrich housing system;
- Water treatment monitoring equipment:
- Water filtration system may include chlorination, greensand filter;
- Signage for controlled and restricted zones:
- Gate and visitor signs specifying biosecurity;
- Cleaning and disinfection station(s):
- Hand wash stations;
- Commercial sweeper:
- Walk-behind unit;
- Battery powered; and
- Sanitation of mobile equipment:
- Backpack sprayers;
- Stationary or portable for vehicles and equipment; and
- Fogging machine for disinfection.
Animal Welfare Improvements
- Advanced warning/communication system:
- Welfare alarms including temperature, fan alarms;
- Lighting improvements:
- LED flickering – appropriate control system, dawn to dusk lighting controllers, shatterproof lighting and appropriate bulbs (Maximum rebate on bulbs $250);
- Fencing for bird separation:
- Wire or plastic mesh fencing;
- Cage dividers:
- Wire mesh;
- Monitoring and recording for flock care:
- Video monitoring and light intensity meters;
- Slat flooring:
- Polypropylene or plastic slat flooring;
- Curtain system to control air movement and temperature:
- Curtain system specifically designed for poultry barns;
- Enrichment items for enrichment cages:
- Perches, scratch pads;
- Hanging weigh scales:
- Digital or spring scale;
- Air quality:
- Carbon dioxide sensor, ammonia sensor;
- Litter moisture sensors:
- Probe, alarm;
- Approved bird euthanasia devices:
- Cervical dislocation devices, chamber and cart gassing and associated equipment; and
- Hot weather management equipment:
- Misting systems, fogger system, evaporative cooling pads.
