Advance Payments Program (Pre-harvest)

  
   
 
Program Information
 
 
 

Agency:

Canadian Wheat Board

For Further Information Contact:
Web: http://www.cwb.ca/public/en/farmers/payments/cash/
 
Eligibility
Producers who grow wheat, durum and barley and are insured with all-risk provincial crop insurance or have 2006 CAIS program coverage are eligible to apply.
 
 

 
Program Details
 
 
  The Advance Payments Program (Pre-harvest) is a federal government program provided to assist the applicants with spring seeding costs. The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) administers the program for wheat, durum and barley

grown in Western Canada.

Applicants can receive a maximum amount of $400,000 on all agricultural products. The first $100,000 being interest-free. The maximum amount that can be outstanding during the six-month overlap between April 1 and September 30 is $400,000 which includes the principal balance of any outstanding 2006-07 crop year cash advances for all eligible crops.

For forms and more information, visit
http://www.cwb.ca/public/en/farmers/payments/cash/

  
 
 
  For more information about the content of this document, contact Ag-Info Centre.

Last Reviewed/Revised on November 9, 2007.