The Canada and Manitoba governments announced the expansion of expenses allowed in the Livestock Feed and Transportation Drought Assistance program.
The added eligible extraordinary costs covered are expenses related to accessing additional crop or pasture acres, temporary fencing for supplemental grazing, hauling water, harvesting extra acres or hauling self-produced feed from distant locations.
The program covers extraordinary expenses incurred between June 1, 2021, and March 15, 2022.
“Manitoba beef producers thank the federal and provincial governments for listening to our concerns about how to make the programs more reflective of the many different types of strategies producers have had to use to source critical feed and water resources for their livestock,” Tyler Fulton, Manitoba Beef Producers president, said in a statement.
