Urgent Help Provided to Flooded Livestock Producers
CANADA - The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are supporting livestock producers in flood areas by delivering urgent funding to buy feed, supporting forage crop re-seeding, and allowing tax deferrals. This announcement was made last week (Thursday, 5 March) by Gerry Ritz, Federal Agriculture Minister, and Rosann Wowchuk, Manitoba Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives.