“At this time, it would be difficult for me to anticipate reopening the 2023 program. We’re all waiting to see what 2024 will bring.” – Mark Redmond.

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


With up to $75,000 available per farm for well-established practices such as rotational grazing, the popularity of the On-Farm Climate Action Fund isn’t a surprise to Sonja Bloom, environmental coordinator with Foothills Forage and Grazing Association.

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

Studies in Ontario and Quebec have found ESN has little effect on emissions but the Canola Council of Canada
says the government should take into account that conditions on the Prairies are different.

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


Mark Redmond says RDAR can help guide farmers through the OFCAF application.

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