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Maximum program payment of $15,000 per operationDescription
The Sheep-Producer Assurance Rebate Program provides sheep 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 sheep producer;
- You are 18 years of age;
- You must file income tax in Saskatchewan demonstrating a minimum of $15,000 in gross farm income in the year of the application;
- You have a Saskatchewan Premises Identification number.
- You have completed the Canadian Verified Sheep Program training; and
- You have had an assessment completed by a veterinarian licensed in Saskatchewan.
Eligible Expenses
Biosecurity
- Segregation pen (Maximum rebate $5,000):
- Metal panels, gate(s),
- Metal feed bunk;
- Deadstock site (Maximum rebate $750):
- Fencing: posts (metal or wood), wire, material (staples);
- Fencing to prevent access to feed and standing water (Maximum rebate $2,500):
- Posts (metal or wood), wire, material (staples);
- Signage for controlled and restricted zones:
- Gate and visitor signs specifying biosecurity; and
- Cleaning and disinfection station(s):
- Hand wash and boot wash stations.
Animal Welfare Improvements
- Loading chutes (Maximum rebate $3,000):
- Metal, adjustable floor;
- Headgate and chute:
- Metal;
- Working chute:
- Metal,
- Metal tube frame, thick polyplastic sides;
- Crowding tub:
- Metal, sliding swing gate;
- Spin trim chute:
- Metal, adjustable;
- Sorter:
- Metal, 2- or 3-way;
- Maternity/lambing pen:
- Metal or welded mesh panels, metal tubing/posts and fasteners;
- Sheep weigh scale (Maximum rebate $2,500):
- Metal weigh scale 440 lb. capacity,
- Basic weigh indicator (Maximum rebate $550);
- Feed scale (Maximum Rebate $1,500):
- Scale to be used in conjunction with mixing or feed wagon;
- Automatic milk feeders for lambs:
- Auto feeders, unit and components;
- Remote surveillance for lambing:
- All equipment, antennas and cables to support the following: up to four indoor cameras and up to four outdoor cameras (20xPTZ), repeater and recording unit with hard drive;
- Pain control administration training by veterinarian:
- Training costs and mileage; and
- Vaccine cooler:
- Vaccination/medication organization system including vaccine tubing, holsters and medicine administration guns.
