Russell
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Now, this is more like it. More state governments should follow suit instead of constantly loading more fees on the cervid industry.
Russ
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The Alberta government will pay nearly $1 millon worth in incentives to sheep producers and ranchers of elk / deer to imrpove the traceability of their animals.
Under one of two programs recently introduced, about $900,000 over two years will go to the province's 1,900 sheep farms to encourage them to use radio-frequency identification tags on their livestock.
The second traceability program will provide an estimated $90,000 over three years to the producers of elk, deer and other cervids. There are 344 licensed cervid farms in Alberta.
Alberta Agriculture Minister Jack Hayden said the new programs focus on encouraging industry co-operation, rather than relying on a regulatory approach.
The incentives will encourage farms to use radio-frequency tags that allow animals to be tracked electronically rather than physically read. For producers, these electronic tags allows them to more quickly track the performance and productivity of individual animals.
Payments to cervid producers will amount to $6 per animal for every one that is double-tagged and reported to a database, as required by regulation. The intent of the program is not to be a subsidy and it's not to offset the cost theat they incur. It is an incentive for producers to adopt the new tracking system.
Russ
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The Alberta government will pay nearly $1 millon worth in incentives to sheep producers and ranchers of elk / deer to imrpove the traceability of their animals.
Under one of two programs recently introduced, about $900,000 over two years will go to the province's 1,900 sheep farms to encourage them to use radio-frequency identification tags on their livestock.
The second traceability program will provide an estimated $90,000 over three years to the producers of elk, deer and other cervids. There are 344 licensed cervid farms in Alberta.
Alberta Agriculture Minister Jack Hayden said the new programs focus on encouraging industry co-operation, rather than relying on a regulatory approach.
The incentives will encourage farms to use radio-frequency tags that allow animals to be tracked electronically rather than physically read. For producers, these electronic tags allows them to more quickly track the performance and productivity of individual animals.
Payments to cervid producers will amount to $6 per animal for every one that is double-tagged and reported to a database, as required by regulation. The intent of the program is not to be a subsidy and it's not to offset the cost theat they incur. It is an incentive for producers to adopt the new tracking system.
