AgriRecovery work still underway.Ottawa—Hay has reached farmers in Northwestern Ontario from other regions of the province and more is on its way, says Beef Farmers of Ontario (BFO).BFO is administering the $800,000 Northwestern Livestock Emergency Assistance Initiative announced earlier this year by the provincial government to help producers in the drought-stricken part of the province find sufficient feed to keep their herds through the winter.LeeAnne Wurmli, BFO's Director of Communications, said, “We are close to completing the Initiative with the committed government dollars we received, as well as a few generous donations from OFA and local federations.” By early September, “we have delivered 94 trucks loads totaling over 4.5 million pounds of hay to livestock farmers in Rainy River and Kenora with more loads rolling into the region.”BFO has also launched a survey “to help us gather information from producers in Ontario who have surplus hay for sale or donation. We have been sharing this information on a weekly basis with producers in Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay who will be looking for long-term feed supplies once AgriRecovery in Ontario has been announced. We have also been sharing the listing with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to assist with their Hay West initiative.”In addition to the Emergency Initiative, Ontario will deliver $1.2 million through AgriCorp to farmers to source water for livestock and to purchase and install new fencing to allow livestock to safely graze in alternative locations.The province is also working with the federal government to finalize the amount of AgriRecovery funding that will be available to aid producers in the Kenora and Rainy River districts.Those producers will be eligible for tax deferral provisions, which will allow livestock producers who are forced to sell a significant amount of their breeding herd due to drought conditions to offset the resulting revenues with the costs to replace the herd.The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has said beef farmers from Northwest Ontario to British Columbia will need plenty of assistance to get their herds through the coming winter.