Story Posted: August 04, 2011

Funding Assistance to Saskatchewan Farmers Lauded

Saskatoon... Brett Halstead, Chair of SaskCanola today thanked the provincial and federal governments for funding $30 per acre under a new initiative that will further assist those canola growers and farmers who have suffered financial losses due to millions of flooded and unseeded acres this spring.

"We appreciate the support that both governments have delivered today for canola growers throughout the province. The additional funds will relieve financial stress on farmers who have been unable to plant or harvest a crop this year," Halstead stated.

"In response to the extraordinary flooding and wet canola acres this spring, SaskCanola petitioned the provincial government on behalf of its producers, to consider a program in collaboration with the federal government that would augment the Unseeded Acres Benefit to producers," Halstead said. "The outcome has been truly positive and we are grateful for the decision made by both governments to advance further financial assistance to families whose farms and livelihoods have been so dramatically affected this crop year."

SaskCanola is the producer led commission established in 1991 to enhance the competitiveness and profitability of canola producers through research, market development, communications and policy initiatives.

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