Value
Maximum of $20,000Description
LEADS – Tillage and Nutrient Application Equipment Modifications program was designed for producers who have not shifted to a strip-till or no-till system or who could improve existing reduced till systems with residue management equipment or nutrient application equipment modifications.
Eligible Applicants
Producers who:
- Verified, 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan
- Proposed project located within the Lake Erie or Lake St. Clair watersheds
- Completed Farmland Health Check-Up, working with a participating certified crop advisor or professional agrologist
Eligible Expenses
A separate application must be used to apply for each of the following activities:
- Activity A: Improved Fertilizer management options that work in high residue or no-till situations
- Equipment or components to enable banding, variable or controlled applications, including high-clearance equipment modifications to facilitate in-crop applications
- Fertilizer carts, only if used in conjunction with existing strip-till units(e.g., for subsurface placement of fertilizer)
- Activity B: Tillage and planting improvements that work in high residue or no-till situations
- Strip-till units or components
- No-till planting units or components
- Row cleaners, trash whippers or similar
- Activity C: Equipment for the purpose of managing cover crops
- Roller crimpers
- Cover crop planting equipment
- In-kind contributions
Note: To apply for multiple activities please submit multiple applications.
Deadline Date
Please click the link indicated below for update.Contact
Contact Name: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Phone Number: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail Address: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca