Today, the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Pleaman Forsey, Minister of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands, announced disaster relief for eligible Newfoundland and Labrador farmers and producers affected by widespread drought conditions in 2025.
The federal and provincial governments have agreed to implement the program under the 2025-26 Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador AgriRecovery Forage Assistance Initiative to help livestock producers purchase and transport animal feed.
AgriRecovery provides targeted financial help to Canadian agricultural producers pay for the extraordinary costs associated with recovering from disaster situations like the drought conditions in 2025 that significantly impacted forage production. Newfoundland and Labrador's dairy, beef cattle, and sheep / goat producers rely heavily on forage crops to feed livestock.
