Reading Time: < 1 minute The On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) program is reopening for an additional 150 funding applications in Alberta.

More dollars available for on-farm environmental improvements in Alberta
On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) program is reopening for an additional 150 funding applications

OFCAF applications still on hold
Key program provider still battling with applications from early 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes Those hoping to apply for a popular cost-share program in 2023 must play a waiting game. Results Driven Agriculture Research, one of three Alberta administrators of the On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF), put new applications on hold May 10. An early news release pegged Aug. 15 as a possible reopening date. A newer guess suggests […] Read more

Federal ‘climate action’ grants are a huge hit with Alberta producers
More than 1,000 applications have flooded in, prompting program administrator to push the pause button
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta farmers love Ottawa’s “climate action” program so much that applications have been paused until late summer. “It’s a pretty lucrative program and people were actually aware of it this year,” said Johanna Murray, extension coordinator with Peace Country Beef and Forage Association. “There were people who didn’t get around to applying last year because […] Read more

Feds exclude ESN from program offering emission reduction incentives
Polymer-coated fertilizer has been shown to reduce nitrous oxide emissions on the Prairies
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canola Council of Canada says ESN has been scratched from the list of incentives being offered to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer in the federal government’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund. First put forward in the 2021 budget and expanded in the 2022 budget, the fund’s aim is to help farmers implement immediate on-farm […] Read more

Make environmental changes on your farm, but without the risk
OFCAF will cover up to 85 per cent of costs such as nitrogen management, rotational grazing and cover cropping
Reading Time: 3 minutes Producer applications are open for the On-farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF), a program that will offset a large portion of costs as farmers try a new management practice such as rotational grazing, cover cropping or nitrogen management. “This is a program that will deliver directly to the farm gate, so farmers will receive a direct […] Read more