There's now more money available in a couple of areas under the provincial Farmland Health Incentive Program.
The compensation for the Check-Up has been increased to 500 dollars.
The funding caps for cost-share projects has been increased to 25 thousand dollars for funding levels 1, 2 and 3.
Those three levels cover cost-share of from 35 to 60 per cent up to that cap.
The funding level is determined based on the priorities of each of the Farmland Health projects.
There are also bonuses being offered for adopting best management practices which enhance and support on-farm pollinator habitat, implementing unproven techniques that have potential to reduce phosphorous levels and for implementing 2 or more best management practices from a specified list of options.
This is all part of the GLASI program to reduce phosphorous run-offs into the lakes and protect pollinator habitat.
It's available to farmers in the southern Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie watersheds.
Details are on the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association website.
