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Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) announced on Thursday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ensuring two research farms in the province that had been scheduled to close will now stay open.<\/p>\n
The MOU will allow the two research farms, in the towns of Scott and Indian Head, to remain productive assets for the agriculture sector, according to a news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cAgriculture is central to Saskatchewan\u2019s communities and economy, and we want to ensure these properties support ongoing agricultural activities,\u201d Heath McDonald, federal minister of agriculture and agri-food, said in the release.<\/p>\n
The agreement came after negotiations at the annual federal-provincial-territorial agriculture minister’s meeting in Halifax.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, AAFC announced it would be closing seven research operations across the country, including the two Saskatchewan satellite farms.<\/p>\n
The cuts were part of federal efforts to tighten the public service budget.<\/p>\n
McDonald said that while the properties are no longer required for federal programs, the ministry wants to ensure the land continues to serve a meaningful purpose.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit said the MOU will help ensure these sites can benefit provincial producers in the long-term.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Indian Head and Scott Research Farms supported important agricultural research for many years and are an important part of a research network that keeps Saskatchewan agriculture competitive,\u201d Marit said.<\/p>\n
AAFC said it will continue to fund science to support agriculture and the agri-food sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-808396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}