The PEI Livestock Strategy Program is designed to help your business thrive. This program offers financial support to enhance productivity, sustainability, and profitability in the livestock industry. You can receive funding for projects that improve on-farm genetics, feed efficiency, and climate change resilience. This means you can invest in better livestock, advanced management practices, and innovative technologies.

What You Get:

• Funding for infrastructure improvements to increase carrying capacity and carbon sequestration.
• Support for process improvements in abattoirs and poultry processing plants to boost operational efficiency and profitability.
• Investment in pollination expansion to increase local honeybee colonies and advance the beekeeping sector.

Why Apply?

• Government-backed financing ensures stability and reliability.
• Flexible funding options tailored to your specific needs.
• Enhanced profitability and sustainability for your business.

Qualifying for this program is straightforward, making it an excellent opportunity to secure the resources you need to grow and succeed.

Type of Financing: Grant

Eligible Expenses:

• Enhancement of on-farm genetics
• Third-party on-farm evaluation of animal performance and genetic potential
• Improvement of on-farm feed efficiency
• Promotion of leading-edge management practices
• Projects for on-farm climate change mitigation and resiliency
• Information sharing and/or knowledge transfer activities

Ineligible Expenses:

• Personal expenses
• Non-agricultural related activities
• Activities not approved by the Prince Edward Island Livestock Strategy Program Review Committee

Fees:

• No application or processing fees associated with this grant program

• Mi’kmaq First Nations and other Indigenous groups.
• Agriculture industry organizations, clubs, and associations.
• Municipal and provincial governments.
• Community pasture groups.
• Provincially (PEI) licensed abattoirs and poultry processors.
• Applicants in the process of becoming a provincially (PEI) licensed abattoir or poultry processor.
• PEI beekeepers.
• Others as approved by the Prince Edward Island Livestock Strategy Program Review Committee.

Disqualifications:

• None explicitly mentioned.

This program offers valuable support for your business. It aims to boost productivity, increase resource capacity, promote environmental sustainability, diversify revenue, and manage risks. The goal is to help your business become more profitable and expand within the livestock industry.

You can receive funding for various projects. This includes enhancing on-farm genetics, improving feed efficiency, and adopting leading-edge management practices. You can also get support for projects that address climate change and share valuable information.

The program is divided into four sub-programs, each targeting specific areas:

1. Strategic Livestock Industry Enhancement: Focuses on improving genetics, feed efficiency, and management practices.
2. Community Pasture: Supports increasing carrying capacity, enhancing wildlife habitat, and demonstrating new pasture management techniques.
3. Provincial Abattoir: Aims to improve profitability, operational efficiency, and environmental sustainability of abattoirs and poultry processors.
4. Pollination Expansion: Helps increase local honeybee colonies and advance the beekeeping sector through strategic investments.

Funding can cover a wide range of activities and expenses, from infrastructure improvements to research and development. This program is a great opportunity to invest in your business’s growth and sustainability.