Thursday, June 26, 2025

Subsidies for community pastures


 

The federal and Ontario governments are offering $5 million to improve community pastures.


Eligible projects include:


• rotational grazing;


• improving pasture quality by planting resilient perennial forage crops;


• permanent grasslands (including forage);


• riparian buffers and pollinator habitats;


• management of at-risk natural features;


• tree buffers and shelterbelts;


• integrated tree, forage and livestock grazing systems, and


• wetlands, water retention and runoff control.