Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of nearly $1.5 million for two projects with the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA): Up to $1.36 million in funding through the AgriMarketing Program will support CNLA’s efforts to increase the percentage of domestic market share of nursery products and increase international exports to targeted countries, … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $113,575 for Be Seen Be Safe Ltd. to determine and promote an innovative technology system to help protect the livestock industry in the event of disease outbreak. Building on its existing farm health technology platform, Be Seen Be Safe Ltd. is using the … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South, Man.) highlighted the support of over $66 million to help Manitoba and Prairie farmers adopt sustainable farming practices and clean technologies that build farmers resilience to a changing climate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Duguid highlighted federal support of up to $62 million for two organizations … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced up to $1.1 million to Savormetrics Inc., through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, under the AgriScience Program. This funding will be used to develop portable devices that will provide users along the supply chain with fast, accurate and easy-to-read predictive metrics on grain quality. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229.
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced the 2022 Crop Insurance enrolment deadline is extended to April 14, 2022. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of over $860,000 in six businesses under the Innovative Solutions Canada program. A total of six small businesses … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) issued a statement: “Canadian Agricultural Safety Week gives us a chance to remember how important farm safety is to the health and well-being of agricultural producers in Canada. It invites us to take the time to assess the potential dangers on farms, without forgetting the risks to mental health, … Read more
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada issued a statement: ” We, the G7 Agriculture Ministers and the Commissioner for Agriculture of the EU, met on March 11 in the presence of our Ukrainian colleague, as well as the World Food Programme, the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development and the Agricultural Market Information … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Francis Drouin (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, Ont.) announced the launch of the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund, worth $292.5 million, to help processors of supply-managed commodities increase their competitiveness and resilience in the face of evolving markets. The Supply Management Processing Investment … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) issued a statement to mark Food Waste Action Week: “Two years ago, our Government took action on food waste with the launch of the $20-million Food Waste Reduction Challenge, offering cash prizes for innovative ideas from Canadian entrepreneurs. And we were thrilled with the response – over 500 inspiring … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) launched a new round of consultations, beginning with the release of a Discussion Document. These consultations will focus on how we can achieve Canada’s national target to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions associated with fertilizers by 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. The Document is a key … Read more
