Mink Genetic Enhancement Element
No fixed amount
Grant
Description:
The program aims to assist and encourage improvement of industry breeding stock base in order to further enhance productivity and fur quality. And to facilitate purchase(s) of genetically superior (size and quality) mink by New Brunswick mink farmers.
Comments on Funding:
Levels of Assistance:
– Up to 30% of purchase price up to a maximum of $100 for large volume colour mink (i.e. brown, mahogany and black) and $150 for other lower volume, high demand colour mink (i.e. pastel).
– Total financial assistance for the purchase of genetically
superior mink shall not exceed $5,000 per applicant per year.
Rolling deadline
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
1. Be in compliant with the Livestock Operations Act or have a licence application or renewal in the process. In the case of licence application or renewal, the registrar under the Livestock Operations Act should be consulted to ensure that no major limitations to the issuance of a licence exist.
2. The premises on which the farming activities occur must be located in New Brunswick.
3. Eligible Purchased Animals are breeding stock originating from eligible source farms defined as:
a. Those farms with annual minimum sale volume of 4,000 or greater pelts and or breeders (black and mahogany) and in the top 20% of auction sales;
b. Those farms with annual minimum sale volumes of 2,000 or greater pelts and/or breeders (pastel and other lower volume, high-demand colours) and in the top 20% of auction sales.
c. Eligible mink must be free of Aleutian Disease (AD): acquired from mink farms free of AD as declared by the seller and the herd veterinarian (who has an established veterinaryclient-patient relationship with the ranch) from which the mink have been purchased on the Aleutian Disease Free Declaration form;
4. Assistance will not apply to animals purchased prior to April of the current fiscal year.
5. Qualifying animals must be kept for a minimum of 1 year unless culled for disease or productivity reasons.
6. Element funding will only apply to breeder animals which will be used for breeding in the upcoming breeding season.
7. Eligible mink must be blood tested for and be serologically
negative for AD within 30 days prior to purchase using either the Counter–Current Immunelectrophoresis (CCIP), or the Lateral Flow Test, or the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or another test approved by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries.
8. All purchased and retained mink must be in the possession of participating applicants prior to claim submission
Application Steps:
Applicants must:
1. Discuss applications with appropriate
Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries staff
(Business Growth Officer, Development Officer or Specialist)
before applying.
2. State that you are an indigenous applicant and submit completed applications by e-mail or mail:
E-mail Applications:
Sustainable.CAP@gnb.ca
Mail Applications:
Sustainable CAP Program Administrator
Industry Financial Programs
Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
PO Box 6000
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5H1
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. Receipts stating:
a. Date of purchase;
b. Seller’s name and contact information
c. Buyer’s name (applicant) and contact information
d. Number of animals;
e. Animals identification, i.e. colour, type, sex and any other unique identifications;
2. Completed (1) Aleutian Disease Free Declaration and (2)
Declaration of Source of Proposed Breeding Stock Purchase
forms are to be attached to claim
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Maurice