There were a few items of note for the agriculture community in the Manitoba government's 2019-2020 Budget.

The major highlight from the budget was the reduction of the PST from eight to seven per cent on July 1, 2019.

Other agriculture related highlights include:

- increasing funding for the Young Farmer Rebate Enhancement Program by 32 per cent to $2 million

- developing a first-of-its-kind sustainable protein strategy

- reducing administrative and lending costs at the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC)

- providing income from the $102-million Conservation Trust to invest approximately $5 million annually for conservation projects that enhance natural areas and infrastructure, strengthen flood and drought protection, and support climate-change adaptation