Manitoba Beef Producers GM Encouraged By AgriRecovery Announcement

Last week, the federal government announced it is making $100 million available through the AgriRecovery framework.

Carson Callum is general manager of Manitoba Beef Producers.

"The Manitoba government I know is working hard collaboratively with their counterparts in other provinces and with the federal government to get a program developed here in the province," he said. "Very encouraging to see this first step taken for AgriRecovery, which is a disaster framework, to ensure that the process is as timely as it can be, understanding there are steps involved that need to be taken...We're hoping that we can hear something from the Manitoba government in the very short term on what their program is going to look like and how they may utilize some of those AgriRecovery dollars committed by the feds here initially and get some of this support out the door. It's so urgent."

Callum says the drought situation remains dire.

"You see posts on social media daily about the conditions and how they're either completely desolate or deteriorating and that's why producers need a bit of stability, a little bit of support, some understanding that AgriRecovery will be rolling forward within Manitoba and as soon as the Manitoba government can announce something to give a bit of stability to producers knowing that may have some backing to be able to source some of this more extraordinary costly feeds, I think that will be extremely important, just because it continues to deteriorate when we don't get rain."