Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

News from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1. Minister MacAulay to announce new financial support for the dairy sector

   The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, will be in Saint-Hyacinthe to announce significant financial support for the dairy sector. The Minister will be accompanied by Francis Drouin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

2. Federal and provincial governments providing support for fruit tree industry

   Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Bloyce Thompson, Provincial Minister of Agriculture, announced additional support for Prince Edward Island producers in the fruit tree sector that were extraordinarily impacted by Hurricane Fiona.

3. Governments investing in Ontario’s maple syrup sector

   The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $1 million over 2 years through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to support productivity and growth in the province’s maple syrup sector.

4. Government of Canada supports poultry processor in Kings County

   Today, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings–Hants, announced an investment of up to $2,932,500 for Eden Valley Poultry under the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund.

5. MP Blois to announce federal investments under the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund

   Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings-Hants and Chair of the House of Commons Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee, will be in Berwick, Nova Scotia to announce federal investments under the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund to Eden Valley Poultry.

6. Federal and Provincial Governments announce record investment through new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

   Today, the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Bloyce Thompson, Minister of Agriculture for Prince Edward Island, announced an investment of over $46 million into Prince Edward Island’s local agriculture industry under the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).

7. Program still available to agriculture sector

   Nova Scotia farmers affected by this year’s extreme weather events can still receive assistance under the AgriStability program, even if they did not previously enrol.

8. Over 90% of insured Forage Rainfall Insurance Program acres in Saskatchewan receive payout for 2023

   Today, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a record-breaking level of payments under the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.

9. Government of Canada announces investment in BioFuelNet Canada to strengthen bioeconomy

   Today, Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, Quebec, announced an investment of up to $5.3 million on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, to BioFuelNet (BFN) Canada under the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

10. MP Scarpaleggia to make an important announcement to BioFuelNet

    Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia, Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis, on behalf of the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, will announce funding to support the growth of BioFuelNet Canada.