SASKATOON (Staff) — Alberta’s Crow Benefit Offset program ends March 31, 1994. There are several rules and deadlines producers must meet in order to be eligible for claims under the program.
They are:
- Purchased feed grain must be delivered to the site where the livestock is fed by March 31. The grain must be fed by May 31 to livestock that were on hand on or before March 31. The grain must be paid for in full and a certificate issued by June 30. All unused certificates and pink copies of unused certificates must be returned by July 31.
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- For registrants who issue non-arm’s length transaction (NALT) certificates (where there is a common business interest between the feed user and the feed seller), grain must be fed to livestock by March 31 and certificates must be supported by documentation, such as scale tickets.
The last day to issue a NALT certificate is June 30. The last day to return all unused certificates and pink copies of used certificates is July 31.
- For those producers with home grown grain, it must be fed by March. 31, 1994 to livestock sold in legitimate, arm’s length transactions by March 31, 1994. Claiming procedures will not change. Sales receipts must be submitted with claims.
Claim forms for home-grown grain must be submitted by Aug. 31, 1994.
If home-grown grain is being fed to breeding herds, the feed still must be fed by March 31 but the livestock doesn’t have to be sold.
More information can be obtained by contacting the Crow Benefit Offset Program offices at 1-800-232-9479 or Edmonton RITE at 422-0015.
