Mink Genetic Enhancement Element
Livestock Genetic Enhancement Program Description/Objectives To foster the continued improvement of the genetic base of the New Brunswick livestock sector through the purchase of genetically superior animals. The continual introduction of genetically superior animals will ensure producers have the ability to consistently produce the highest quality livestock products on a competitive basis, thereby giving them the means to adapt to and take advantage of new production and marketing opportunities in their respective sectors.
Offered by Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
Amount
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 assistance shall not exceed $5,000 per applicant per year
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Who can apply
- Arm’s Length Transactions: for the purpose of this program, The combined total financial assistance for Components 1.1 and
exceptions can be allowed if the vendor and purchaser are not 1.2 of the Beef Genetic Enhancement Element will be limited to a arm’s length when the following conditions are met: maximum of $5,000 per applicant per year.
- The vendor and purchaser each file separate farm
income tax; 1.1 Beef Elite Sire, Beef Elite Female, and Beef
- Proof of payment has been verified; Elite Embryo Component
- Ownership status on purebred animal registrations Component Objectives: To improve the quality and productivity
are transferred (the registration documents of purebred of beef cattle produced in New Brunswick through the use of animals that have been transferred to the name of the genetically superior animals. applicant or his farm constitute proof of payment).
- Premises on which the farming activities occur must be located Elite Sire Component Eligibility Criteria:
in New Brunswick. • Only physically and structurally sound bulls will be considered.
Levels of Assistance: Financial assistance will be the herd veterinarian (who has an established veterinary- available in two categories: client-patient relationship with the ranch) from which the mink have been purchased on the Aleutian Disease Free
Declaration form; maximum of $250 per animal;
- Eligible mink must be blood tested for and be serologically
negative for AD within 30 days prior to purchase using either the kids up to a maximum of $150 per animal.
Counter–Current Immunelectrophoresis (CCIP), or the Lateral The combined total financial assistance provided in the Goat Flow Test, or the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) or another Genetic Enhancement Element will be limited to a maximum of test approved by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, $5,000 per farm operation per year. Aquaculture and Fisheries.
To assist and encourage improvement of industry breeding stock • All purchased and retained mink must be in the possession of
base in order to further enhance productivity and fur quality. participating applicants prior to claim submission;
Assistance will not apply to animals purchased prior to April of
- Element funding will only apply to breeder animals which will be
superior mink shall not exceed $5,000 per applicant per year. used for breeding in the upcoming breeding season.
- Eligible Purchased Animals are breeding stock originating from
eligible source farms defined as:
- 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;
- 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.
- Eligible mink must be free of Aleutian Disease (AD): acquired
from mink farms free of AD as declared by the seller and
About the 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.
Similar programs
| Program | Type | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef Genetic Enhancement | Grant | Combined maximum of $5,000 per applicant per year for Components 1.1 and 1.2. Elite Sire: up to 30% of the purchase price of eligible Test Station bulls or bulls from a purebred breeder, to a maximum of $1,400 per animal, plus a $100 premium each for Test Station bulls with a breed ADG on-feed index of 100 or better, with at least three EPD traits at breed average or above, and with a negative residual feed intake (RFI). Elite Female: up to 30% of the purchase price, to a maximum of $900 per animal, plus a $100 premium for purebred females with three EPD traits above breed average, or for F1 females with at least one purebred parent having three EPD traits above breed average. Elite Embryo: up to 30% of the purchase price, to a maximum of $500 per embryo. Genetic Testing, Activity 1 (herd genetic evaluation): up to 100%, to a maximum of $500 per herd. Genetic Testing, Activity 2 (genetic testing of Test Station bulls): maximum $500 per bull. | Open |
| Dairy Genomic Testing | Grant | Up to $5,000 | Open |
| Farmed Fox Genetic Enhancement Element | Grant | Up to 30% of purchase price per eligible purchased breeder up to a maximum of $125 | Open |
| Goat Genetic Enhancement Element | Grant | Up to 30% of the purchase cost of pure-bred bucks up to a maximum of $250 per animal, and up to 30% of the purchase cost of CLRC registered does and doe kids up to a maximum of $150 per animal | Open |
