AgriStability Payments

AgriStability, together with AgriInvest, replaces the coverage previously provided under the Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization (CAIS) Program.

Should your production margin fall below 85% of your reference margin in a given year, you may fill out the AgriStability participant package forms to receive a program payment.

Eligibility Criteria

Individuals, co-operatives and corporations can participate in AgriStability. 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

AgriStability is delivered by the federal government in:

• British Columbia
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Yukon

provincially in:

• Alberta by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)
• Ontario by Agricorp
• Quebec by La Financière agricole
• Prince Edward Island by its Department of Agriculture

Summary

You receive an AgriStability payment when your current year program margin falls below 85% of your reference margin. AgriStability is based on margins:

• Program margin - your allowable income minus your allowable expenses in a given year, with adjustments for changes in receivables, payables and inventory. These adjustments are made based on information you submit on the AgriStability harmonized form.
• Reference margin - your average program margin for three of the past five years (the lowest and highest margins are dropped from the calculation).

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
AgriStability - Farm Income Programs
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
P.O. Box 3200, Station Main
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3C 5R7
Fax: 1-877-949-4885
Toll-free (information): 1-866-367-8506
Web site: http://www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.phtml
Hours of operation: Hours of Operation: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST, Monday to Friday