Lead Department: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Start Date of the Horizontal Initiative: June 2003
End Date of the Horizontal Initiative: March 31, 2006
Total Federal Funding Allocation: $ 810.7 million =

• Phase 1: BSE Recovery Program: $312 million over one fiscal year (completed) +
• Phase 2: Cull Animal Program: $120 million over two fiscal years (completed) +
• Phase 3: Three Programs announced September 2004: $378.7 million over two fiscal years

Description

Consists of three phases:

1. The BSE Recovery Program, which ran in 2003-04, offered several price incentives to help keep the domestic market moving and provided improved returns to feedlots and processors to move product through the chain in light of severely depressed prices caused by the US border closure;
2. The Cull Animal Program, which ran in 2003-04 and 2004-05, made a payment to producers for each eligible older animal sold; and
3. The Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program, the Feeder Calf Set-Aside Program, and the Managing Older Animals program. These programs will assist the industry setting aside animals going to slaughter until market demand requires more slaughter and/or slaughter capacity increases.

Shared Outcome(s)

To keep the domestic market moving and to improve returns to producers.

Governance Structures

The program was delivered by the provinces on behalf of the two levels of government.

Partners

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Contact

Lynn McGuire
Director
BSE Program
(613) 759-7281