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Cover Cropping – Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) │ Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA):

March 31, 2024

Value

65% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum cost-share payment of $20,000 per project
Varies.

Description

For farmers who want to undertake a new practiceof cover cropping or intercropping of cover crops and leave them undisturbed over the winter (i.e., the crop cannot be chemically or physically terminated in the fall or winter). A new practice is a practice that has not been previously implemented by the applicant on the acres being applied for and can include planting cover crops to be left over-winter either for the first-time or where they have previously been terminated or harvested in the fall.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible farm businesses must be actively farming or own actively farmed land in Ontario, as demonstrated by:

  • A valid farm business registration number (FBRN) or
  • A Religious Exemption Letter provided by the OMAFRA Appeal Tribunal (include with application submission) or
  • A Cultural Exemption Letter provided by the First Nations Agriculture & Finance Ontario to First Nations farmers, verifying the farm business operates in a First Nations community (include with application submission) or
  • 25 acres of land or more, assessed as ‘Farm’, as indicated by the most current Municipal Property Assessment Notice or Municipal Tax Bill in the name of the farm business (include with application submission) or

Note: An income exemption from the Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program in the name of the farm business (include with application submission). Applicants must also have a valid Premises Identification (PID) Number for the farm property where the proposed project will be completed. PID Numbers must be kept up to date. To update or obtain a PID Number, visit www.ontariopid.com or call 1-888-247-4999.

Eligible Expenses

Eligible costs may include:

  • Seed costs (must be purchased from a supplier who is at arm’s length (e.g., unrelated) to the farm business)
  • Costs of planting, which may include:
    • Custom planting costs
    • Rental of equipment for planting
    • Purchase of equipment for planting, including broadcast and air seeders, no-till seeders, components for autonomous seeding

Deadline Date

Intake Dates: February 13, 2024, 9AM ET – February 27, 2024, 5PM ET

Contact

Contact Name: OSCIA

Phone Number: 519-826-4214 or 1-800-265-9751

E-mail Address: oscia@ontariosoilcrop.org

Website: https://programguides.ontariosoilcrop.org/program/cover-cropping/

Industry:

Agriculture

Location:

Ontario

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