Priority Areas
Producer Questions
Industry Questions
Acronyms
Wild Card
100

A five year, $388 million dollar investment by federal and provincial government's in strategic initiatives for Saskatchewan agriculture.

What is the Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP)?
100
The Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program provides funding for these, large and small, but you must have a driller's report.
What is a well?
100
This purpose of this CAP program is to engage industry in efforts to build awareness and trust in modern agriculture. The documentary "License to Farm" was funded under this program in GF2.
What is the Agriculture Awareness Initiative Program (AAIP)?
100
The Farm and Ranch Water Infrastructure Program
What is FRWIP?
100
1-866-457-2377
What is the Ministry of Agriculture's toll-free number?
200
This CAP strategic initiative provides funding for research and development activities.
What is the Science, Research and Innovation priority area?
200
Producers applying for CAP programming must have at least $50,000 of this.
What is gross farm income?
200

These specialists will develop an deliver extension events and provide in-depth knowledge to farmers, rancher and agribusiness and industry stakeholders on agriculture programs and availability of programming.

What are regional program specialists?
200
ADOPT (accelerate the transfer of knowledge to Saskatchewan producers and ranchers)
What is Ag Demonstration of Practices and Technologies?
200
This is the only BMP under the Farm Stewardship Program that is a rebate. All the other BMPs are pre-approval.
What is the Variable Rate Mapping BMP?
300
This CAP priority area provides funding to support rural water development and environmental programming.
What is the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change priority area?
300

Well drillers must register with this agency annually.

Drillers reports and e-logs must be submitted to them.

What is the Water Security Agency (WSA)?
300
This CAP program provides funding to associations in order to assist Saskatchewan farm managers achieve outcomes related to farm transition, cost of production analysis, human resource strategies or risk management strategies.
What is the Farm Management Agricultural Partnership Fund?
300
SLIM (provides funding assistance to agri-businesses for adoption of best management practices, new state-of-the-art technologies and processes that stimulate significant improvements in productivity and efficiency). 
What is Saskatchewan Lean Improvements in Manufacturing?
300
Definition: these are the green zones adjacent to lakes and watercourses. They stabilize stream banks and shore lines, filter impurities and trap sediment.
What are "riparian" areas?
400
This CAP priority area provides funding to build agriculture awareness, encourage farm safety and develop leadership.
What is the public trust priority area?
400
This program funding process requires the project to be completed before sending in an application.
What is a rebate?
400
This CAP program is available to industry associations in Saskatchewan who want to expand domestic and international markets.
What is Product 2 Market Program (industry association stream)?
400

Programs Branch is launching a new on-line application tool/process including integration with MyGoS.  

What is CRM? (client relationship management)
400

The Variable Rate Mapping BMP

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The Permanent Tame Forage BMP

What BMP's require an Environmental Farm plan (EFP)?
500
This CAP priority area provides funding to increase competitiveness through productivity and food safety.
What is the value-added agriculture and agri-food processing priority area?
500
Definition: A watering bowl, hydrant or watering trough with at least 450 litres.
What is a watering appliance?
500
Industry associations can access this CAP program for emergency preparedness/crisis planning.
What is the Industry Organization Development Program (IODP)?
500
This is one of the three pillars of a livestock traceability system.
What is a PID or premises identification?
500
This program supports public trust by providing funding to abattoirs for improvements to humane handling and stunning of livestock and poultry.
What is the Abattoir Assurance Rebate Program?
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