Value
Maximum of $1,000Description
Producer – Education, Training, Assessment, and Planning (Animal Health) supports projects that focus on first-time activities to improve animal health and welfare.
Eligible Applicants
Producers of all farmed animal species who are planning first-time activities to receive animal health education or training, or to complete first-time, farm-wide assessments, audits and/or plans directly related to animal health, with a qualified third party.
Eligible Expenses
First-time activities for:
- Education and training from a third party institution or qualified consultant on topics related to the adoption of national biosecurity standards, a commodity-specific risk management program, or animal welfare practices and procedures related to national Codes of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals
- Farm-wide assessments or audits, conducted by a qualified third party (e.g., licensed veterinarian or certified animal welfare auditor) against:
- National biosecurity standards
- Commodity-specific risk management program
- National Codes of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals
- National commodity-specific farm animal care program
- Market-driven animal welfare program (e.g., North American Meat Institute Audit)
- Qualified third party services to provide an initial operational plan (e.g., disease response plan, operation specific procedures, nutrient management plan or strategy)
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
