Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program

For the 2007 Program Year, CAIS is being replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest.

Please visit the AgriStability Web site for details.

The deadline to submit the 2007 New participant Package is December 31, 2007.

The Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) program integrates stabilization and disaster protection into a single program, helping producers protect their farming operations from both small and large drops in income.

The CAIS program is a whole-farm program available to eligible farmers regardless of the commodities they produce.

Eligibility Criteria

Corporations, co-operatives and individuals can participate in CAIS. To be eligible, you must have:

• farmed for at least six straight months during the program year and reported your farming income (or loss) to Canada Revenue Agency for tax purposes; and
  
• completed (or attempted to complete) a production cycle during the program year.

Eligible Area

The CAIS program is delivered in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Yukon by the federal government. In Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island, the CAIS program is delivered provincially.

Deadline

2007-12-31

Summary

The CAIS program is in place to help producers protect their farm income from risks such as weather, diseases and low market prices.

CAIS is a joint federal/provincial/territorial business risk management program. CAIS protects producers against large and small drops in farm income in a given year.

Objective

To help producers manage risks that result in both large and small decreases in income.

Please visit the Web site or contact the CAIS Program Administration for details.

New Brunswick Contact(s):
See National Contact.

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National Contact(s):
Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
P.O. Box 3200, Station Main
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 5R7
Fax: 204-983-3947 (or toll free 1-877-949-4885)
Toll-free (information): 1-866-367-8506 (ou sans frais 1-877-949-4885)
E-mail: info@fipd.gc.ca or fill out the form http://www.agr.gc.ca/caisprogram/feedback.html
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml
Hours of operation: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST, Monday to Friday