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font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p> </span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#5A6C78;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' background="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/news_finaserv_bg6.jpg"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=602 style='width:5.0in;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: .6pt .6pt .6pt .6pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:.6pt .6pt .6pt .6pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='background:#1F4858;padding:.6pt .6pt .6pt .6pt' styleclass="style_IssueText"> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK1"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#D78519; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:white'>ACS E-Newsletter <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="50%" style='width:50.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_IssueText"> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> 26 mars, 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK18"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' styleclass="style_ArticleHead"> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=450 style='width:3.75in;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="100%" height="1534" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#1F4858'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hqkpygdab.0.0.zy8ucgdab.0&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.agcouncil.ca&amp;id=preview" target="_blank" track=on><span style='text-decoration:none; text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=450 height=120 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.agcouncil.ca/photos/Header-Small.gif" alt="Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan Inc." name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.5></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#C7B87D; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_IntroText"> <p class="style11">Dates-limites d'application de PCAA: Projets où la quantité demandée est plus de $10.000 : 6 avril, 2010</p> <p class="style11">Projets où la quantité demandée est $10.000 ou moins: 16 avril, 2010. </p> <span class="style11">Pour plus d'information sur ou pour s'appliquer au programme de PCAA, veuillez aller à <a href="http://www.agcouncil.ca/pcaa.htm">www.agcouncil.ca/pcaa.htm</a>. </span> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>&nbsp;</p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="99%" style='width:99.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_ArticleHead"> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK4"'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F4858'>Mise à jour de placement de PCAA <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK4"'></span> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_ArticleText"> <p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan" style='position:absolute;margin-left:35pt;margin-top:0;width:75pt; height:75pt;z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:3.75pt; mso-wrap-distance-top:3.75pt;mso-wrap-distance-right:3.75pt; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:3.75pt;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs031/1102936960793/img/2.jpg"/> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=100 height=100 src="http://www.agcouncil.ca/photos/IMG_3089.jpg" align=right hspace=5 vspace=5 alt="Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.2 border=0 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]> <span class="style5">Depuis le 1 avril 2009, le conseil d'administration d'ACS a approuvé le placement Programme canadien d adaptation agricole (PCAA) pour <strong>20</strong> projets pour un engagement total de <strong>3,683,234</strong> $. </span></p> <p class="style5">Le PCAA est une initiative d Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC) de cinq ans (2009-2014) et de 163 M$. Ce programme fédéral encourage les agriculteurs, les transformateurs, les distributeurs et les détaillants à collaborer afin de trouver des solutions innovatrices à leurs préoccupations communes et à explorer de nouveaux débouchés.</p> <p class="style5">Le PCAA finance des projets qui s harmonisent avec les priorités fixées par l industrie et/ou le gouvernement aux niveaux national, régional et multirégional en permettant ce qui suit : <br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exploiter des débouchés <br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Faire face à des enjeux nouveaux et émergents <br> ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trouver et tester des solutions aux enjeux courants et nouveaux </p> <span class="style5"><strong>En Saskatchewan, PCAA est livré par le Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan Inc. (ACS). Pour apprendre plus au sujet d'ACS, visitez <a href="http://www.agcouncil.ca/">http://www.agcouncil.ca</a> ou appelez 1-800-641-8256. Pour obtenir plus d information sur le PCAA et ses critères, ou pour obtenir les coordonnées des conseils de l industrie des régions, veuillez consulter le site Web d AAC à <a href="http://www.agr.gc.ca/pcaa">www.agr.gc.ca/pcaa</a> ou composer le 1-877-290-2188.</strong></span></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_ArticleText">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#9EAFAA; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;height:.6pt'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.6pt'></td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK19"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="99%" style='width:99.0%;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_ArticleHead">&nbsp;</td> <span style='mso-bookmark:"LETTER\.BLOCK19"'></span> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt' styleclass="style_ArticleText">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#9EAFAA; 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