Value
Maximum of $8,000Description
Producer – Cover Crops provides support to producers who have not left cover crops undisturbed throughout the winter more than three times in the past five years. Projects will focus on the use of specific cover crops to protect soil from erosion, enhance soil organic matter, and provide undisturbed cover over winter and early spring months.
Eligible Applicants
Producers who completed a verified, 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan.
Eligible Expenses
- Cost of seed for cover crops seeded across an entire field to provide undisturbed cover over winter months (e.g. red clover, oilseed radish, mixtures)
- Cost of seed for cover crops seeded in priority erosion prone areas (e.g. areas prone to water erosion, knolls on sandy soils) to provide undisturbed cover over winter months
- Cost of seed for cover crops that are harvested or grazed, provided a minimum of 6 inches (15 cm) of cover crop growth is left intact over winter
- Costs of planting cover crop incurred by the producer (in-kind) or custom applied (dedicated pass only)
- In-kind contributions
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
