Under the program, farmers can access up to $5 million. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau tweeted income-support under the AgriStability program has been improved so that potato producers can enrol into the program late and receive interim payments of 75 per cent. In related-headlines:Around TownThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada say 79 cases of salmonella have now been reported across five provinces. As CBC News reports, farmers say a serious feed shortage is looming and other costs for inputs like fertilizer and fuel are increasing, too. As ABC reports, farmers are in the process of assessing the damage to their fields after rivers on the Queensland-New South Wales border broke their banks last week.

Source: CBC News December 13, 2021 16:13 UTC