Services and Grants Available to Renfrew and Lanark Farmers

Running a business, particularly in agriculture, requires a lot of money. Most farms would not be able to run smoothly without some type of subsidy. The equipment, employees, pest control and seed costs are just too high.

The hours worked on a farm are also long. According to Statistic Canada, the average farm employee works about 43 hours a week in the agriculture industry. That is high above the national average of 35.8 hours.

So knowing the importance that agriculture plays in feeding Ontario, many government grants are available. They may not all apply to your particular business, but they can still be useful.

The Federal government has created many funding programs for agriculture, but there are other options.

Grants available to farmers in Ontario include:

• Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program
• Indigenous Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative
• AgriCompetitiveness Program
• AgriDiversity Program
• AgriRisk Initiatives: Administrative Capacity Building Stream
• AgriAssurance Program: National Industry Association Component
• AgriScience Program
• AgriMarketing Program: National Industry Association Component
• Local Food Infrastructure Fund
• Canadian Agricultural Loans Act Program
• Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund
• Advance Payments Program
• AgriInvest
• Peavy Mart Grants
• Carthy Foundation
• Rural Economic Development (RED) Program
• Carrot Cache
• Gay Lea Foundation
• Sollio Cooperative Group
• Simply Organic
• Genome Canada
• Viterra Inc