The Farmland Health Check-Up helps Southwestern Ontario farmers uncover so-called challenge areas in their operations dealing with soil health, water quality and pollinator health.
Now there's a provincial government program that will help farmers pay for the implementation of Best Management Practices to deal with those challenge areas.
It's called the Farmland Health Incentive Program.
Both it and the Farmland Health Check-Up are part of the Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative.
The Initiative involves farms in the Lake Huron southeast shores watershed, the Lake St. Clair watershed and the Lake Erie watershed.
Spokesperson Karen Jacobs says the incentive program has funding levels ranging from 35 to 60 per cent.
She adds that can be boosted up to 75 per cent under the program's unique bonus system.
Best Management Practices which could qualify under the program include cover crops, nutrient planning and equipment modifications.
More details on the Initiative, the Check-Up and the Farmland Health Incentive Program are available on the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association's website.
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Karen Jacobs says the Farmland Health Incentive Program helps farmers deal with those challenge areas.
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Jacobs says the cost-share program offers funding up to 60 per cent or even higher, based on a unique bonus system.
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Jacobs says the Farmland Health Incentive Program offers cost-share funding and bonuses that could cover up to 75 per cent of the cost of those BMP's.
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