Programs and Services

Browse program and service information by the categories below or search alphabetically through our A-Z Index. You can also browse by geographical region. To find out what programs are delivered by your province or territory, please visit the province and territory agriculture Web sites. For a printable version of federal, provincial and territorial programs, you can download the PDF version of the APF Program Book | PDF Help

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Co-operatives
Expanding your business options
Making foods that satisfy consumers and markets
Managing the risk of your business
Positioning you for international markets
Protecting the environment
Science and innovation
Services for rural Canadians

Co-operatives

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Program Name	Who Can Apply
Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI)	Individual co-operatives, co-operative associations and federations, community economic development groups, Aboriginal communities, social development groups, and research and learning institutes engaged in co-operative research.

Expanding your business options

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Advancing Canadian Agriculture & Agri-Food	Eligible recipients must be legal entities, and may include: individuals; not-for-profit organizations and associations; universities; colleges; cooperatives; marketing boards; aboriginal groups and for-profit companies.
Agri-Food Trade Service	Exporters and potential exporters.
Agri-Opportunities	Agri-businesses, Not-for profit organizations, Co-operatives, Academic institutions, and Producers.
Benchmarking for Success	Public and producers.
Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative	The Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative (BOPI) is designed to help farmers and rural communities hire experts who can assist in developing business proposals and undertake feasibility and other studies necessary to create and expand biofuels production capacity involving significant (greater than one-third) ownership by agricultural producers.
Canadian Agricultural Skills Service (CASS)	Producers.
Farm Business Assessment (FBA) Specialized Business Planning Services (SBPS)	Eligible producers, agricultural cooperatives & corporations.
Canadian Farm Families Options Program	Your gross farm income is more than $50,000; Your family income (yours and your spouse's) is less than $25,000 ($15,000 for individual farmers); You agree to participate in programming to improve your farm family financial situation; You are farming in 2006.
Farm Debt Mediation Service (FDMS)	Insolvent producers and their creditors.
Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act (FIMCLA)	Canadian producers actively engaged in farming.
Planning and Assessment for Value-added Enterprises (PAVE)	Eligible producers, agricultural cooperatives & corporations.
Ruminant Slaughter Loan Loss Reserve Program	Canadian producers and agri-businesses through eligible capital providers.

Making foods that satisfy consumers and markets

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program (CFSQP) System Development Food Safety Initiative On-Farm Implementation	National associations.
The Canadian Integrated Traceability Program (CITP)	Companies, industry organizations, and technical/research organizations
Canadian Radio Frequency Identification (CRFID) Reader Program	An individual, organization, business or facility beyond the farm gate: Slaughter and processing plants Sales Barns/Stockyards/Auction Markets Veterinarians Veterinarian Schools and Universities Pathology Labs (private) Mobile Butchers Dead Stock Operators

Managing the risk of your business

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Advance Payments Program (APP)	Canadian producers of eligible crops through producer organizations designated as program administrators.
Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS)	Producers reporting farm income or loss to CRA, who have at least 6 months of farming activity and have completed a production cycle in the program year.
Cost of Production Payment	Most producers do not have to apply and will receive a payment automatically. New farmers or producers who did not participate in CAIS for 2004 are eligible but must send in an application.
Drought Watch	All Canadians.
Enhanced Spring Credit Program	An organization of producers that is involved in marketing a crop; or Any other organization that the Minister considers is supported by producers and designates as an administrator
Golden Nematode Disaster Program	Producers with the cost of potato disposal, extraordinary costs not covered by existing programs and participation costs in renewal programs.
Grains and Oilseeds Payment Program	Producers of eligible grains, oilseeds and special crops.
Livestock Drought Assistance Program (LDAP)	Producers who owned eligible breeding livestock (breeding males and bred females) in any of northern British Columbia's six drought-designated districts may be eligible for assistance through the LDAP.
Livestock Tax Deferral Plan	Producers residing in prescribed drought regions, which are evaluated annually.
Price Pooling Program (PPP)	Canadian marketing agencies operating under a cooperative plan.
Private Sector Risk Management Partnerships Program (PSRMP)	Canadian national and regional producer groups and associations.
Production Insurance (PI)	Canadian producers.
Spring Credit Advance Program (SCAP)	Canadian producers of eligible crops through producer organizations designated as program administrators.

Positioning you for international markets

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Agri-Food Trade Service	Exporters and potential exporters.
Canadian Agriculture and Food International (CAFI)	Organizations and associations in the Canadian agriculture, agri-food, beverage and seafood sectors, and companies working through their associations.

Protecting the environment

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Bio-Products & Bio-Fuels Inquiries Line	People who are interested in obtaining information about bio-products and bio-fuels programs
Community Pasture Program	Producers
Cover Crop Protection Program (CCPP)	Agricultural producers or farm based entities.
ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative (ecoABC)	The ecoAgriculture Biofuels Capital Initiative (ecoABC) is a four year, $200 million federal program that provides repayable contributions of up to $25 million per project for the construction or expansion of transportation biofuel production facilities. Funding is provided for projects that use agricultural feedstocks to produce biofuels and that have new agricultural producer equity investments in the projects equal to, at minimum, five percent (5%) of the total eligible project costs. Corporations (including co-operatives), individuals, and partnerships are eligible to apply for ecoABC funding. Eligible applicants cannot be subject to controlling interest by a federal, provincial or municipal government.
Environmental Farm Planning (EFP)	Producers and land managers.
Greencover Canada	Producers, industry, government, non-profit organizations, cooperatives, incorporated environment groups, and educational institutions.
Minor Use Pesticide Program	The Minor Use Pesticide Program was launched in June 2002 as a joint initiative between AAFC and Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), with a Government of Canada funding commitment of $54.5 million over six years.
Minor Use Research Program	The Minor Use Research Program was established to support the activities and objectives of both the Pesticide Risk Reduction Programs and the Minor Use Program.
National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program	Internal to AAFC
National Farm Stewardship Program (NFSP)	Producers/Land Managers with eligible environmental farm plans or equivalent agri-environmental plans.
National Land and Water Information Service	Producers, industry, other federal departments, provincial ministries and land use managers.
National Water Supply Expansion Program (NWSEP)	Canadian producers, agri-businesses, rural communities, and governments.
Pesticide Risk Reduction	The PRR program provides financial support for the implementation of commodity-specific risk reduction strategies. The research community and grower organizations are invited to respond to requests for proposals (RFPs) addressing particular pest management issues.
Prairie Grain Roads Program (PGRP)	Municipalities and provincial governments.
Prairie Shelterbelt Program	Western Canadian producers, governments, conservation groups, and First Nations.
Shelterbelt Enhancement Program (SEP)	Western Canadian Producers, governments, and owners of rural holdings greater than 39 acres, who receive seedlings from the Prairie Shelterbelt Programs.

Science and Innovation

Program Name	Who Can Apply
Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program	Eligible network participants include universities, the private sector, federal government departments and agencies, and other public sector research organizations.
Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program
Agri-Innovation Program	Cooperatives, commodity groups, agri-businesses, governments, and education institutions.
Broker Program	Cooperatives, commodity groups, agri-businesses, governments, and education institutions.

Services for Rural Canadians

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Program Name	Who Can Apply
Canadian Rural Information Service	Rural clients.
Canadian Rural Partnership	Rural residents, local, municipal, provincial or national rural stakeholder organizations and/or associations, community development associations, and/or rural not-for-profit organizations.