On-Farm Climate Action Fund │ Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR):

Eligible Applicants

To receive funding, applicants must meet these conditions:

• Be an active producer (includes a proprietorship, corporation, or registered partnership) that can demonstrate a minimum of $25,000 of gross farm income in Alberta.
• Work with a Professional Agrologist (PAg) or Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) to develop a BMP Action Plan that is based on agronomic advice and identifies the cost difference from usual practices.
• The BMP Action Plan must include labelled maps of project field boundaries on air photos or images.
• Complete an online application using RDAR’s Agriculture Research Grant Organizer (ARGO) that describes current practices and planned improvements (rdar.smartsimple.ca).
• Document pre- and post-project conditions with date-stamped GPS-located photographs (typically automatic on digital photos in a jpg format).
• Provide permission for post-project inspections.
• Be headquartered in Alberta and apply funds only to lands in Alberta.
• Have a minimum eligible project cost of $2,500.
• Pay 100% of the costs upfront (no in-kind). All payments will be considered taxable income.
• Pre-approval is required to be eligible for program funding