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Nitrogen Management — Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) │Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA)

Open to applications

Value

65% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum cost-share amount of $30,000.

Description

The Ontario On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) provides cost-share funding to farmers to support the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to tackle climate change through reducing emissions of GHGs and supporting increased carbon sequestration. Cost-share support to farmers is available under the project categories of nitrogen management, cover cropping, and rotational grazing.

For farmers who want to implement a practice that is new to the acres being applied for, within their field-based nitrogen management activities. A new practice is one that has not been previously implemented by the applicant on the acres included in the application.

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
  • An income exemption from the Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program in the name of the farm business (include with application submission)

Eligible Expenses

Soil sampling, analysis, and mapping costs, including fees for a third-party Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) or Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.) to develop a written plan that addresses nitrogen management (e.g., crop nutrient plan, crop diversification plan, nutrient management plan). Eligible costs, up to a maximum of $20,000 in cost-share funding may include:

  • Soil sampling, analysis, and mapping
  • Plant tissue sampling, analysis, and mapping
  • Manure sampling and analysis
  • Costs for diagnostic testing used for in-season rate adjustments (i.e., drone imagery, satellite imagery, pre-side dress nitrate test, tissue testing, chlorophyll testing
  • Development of a written Crop Nutrient Plan that meets the program minimum requirements

Deadline Date

Intake Opens: March 11, 2025, 9AM ET. The intake will close when the available funding has been fully allocated. Please click the link indicated below for update.

Contact

Contact Name: OSCIA

E-mail Address: portalsupport@ontariosoilcrop.org

Website: https://programguides.ontariosoilcrop.org/program/nitrogen-management/

Industry:

Agriculture, Energy & Environment

Location:

Ontario

Tags:

Agri-Business, Emissions Reduction, Farmer

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