The federal government has committed $300 million over the next three years to continue the On-Farm Climate Action Plan (OFCAF), which aims to reduce harmful emissions.
Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said the same 13 organizations that have been administering the program will share the $300 million.
They are the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, ECOCERT Canada, Manitoba Association of Watersheds, Manitoba Métis Federation, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Agriculture, New Brunswick Soil and Crop Improvement Association, Perennia Food and Agriculture Inc., Prince Edward Island Federation of Agriculture, Results Driven Agriculture Research, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds and L’Union des producteurs agricoles and B.C. Investment Agriculture Foundation.
The OFCAF wants farmers to adopt beneficial management practices in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as planting cover crops, managing nitrogen and using rotational grazing.
