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Published: April 25, 2019

Pork industry receives funding

The federal government plans to invest more than $6 million to help the Canadian pork industry boost production, strengthen public trust, and expand markets for Canadian pork.

More than $3.8 million will go through AgriAssurance, which will help launch on-farm programs for food safety, traceability and animal care and ensure compliance for the PigTrace program.

Under AgriMarketing, $1.2 million will help promote and expand markets for Canadian pork and $1.1 million under AgriScience will help producers increase their production with efficient feeding strategies.

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FCC funds language projects

Farm Credit Canada is contributing $50,000 to support 23 minority language projects across Canada.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Canada’s Official Languages Act, which recognizes the equal status of English and French and also supports the development of English and French linguistic minority communities.

To qualify, projects had to promote, support or enhance Canadian bilingualism or minority language development and respond to the needs identified in Canada’s  National Action Plan for Official Languages: 2018–2023.

Preference was given to projects based in or affecting rural Canada or that had ties to agriculture.

Maple syrup funded

Ottawa is investing more than $2.2 million to help Maple Syrup Producers of Quebec promote Canadian maple syrup internationally.

The funding will help the sector expand and diversify exports, including existing and emerging markets in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and China.

In the U.K. and Germany, advertising and promotional activities will be developed.

A feasibility study on electronic commerce will be conducted in Japan and a market research survey will be done in China.

Quebec accounts for 90 percent of Canada’s maple syrup production and the Canadian industry produces about 78 percent of the world’s maple syrup.

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