Initially announced in 2021, the $200-million On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) was an initiative to help farmers tackle climate change.

Now entering a further three-year expansion, the now $704.1-million OFCAF will continue supporting farmers in their efforts to become more climate resilient.

The objective of the fund is to support farmers in adopting Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) that store carbon and reduce greenhouse gases, specifically in the areas of nitrogen management, cover cropping, and rotational grazing practices.

The CFGA is working solely on supporting the rotational grazing practices stream in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

The CFGA Approach 

The CFGA strongly focuses on forages and grasslands across Canada as a national organization. It works with the leading researchers, educators and other active stakeholder groups in this sector.

Rotational grazing has many functions for both the environment and the family farm. This program is centred on increasing the total acres under a rotational grazing system. To implement the program in various growing regions across Canada, the Advanced Grazing Systems program has a two-fold approach: 

• To provide you, the producer, access to funding to reduce possible financial challenges associated with trying or expanding the practice of rotational grazing in your operation. 
• To provide you, the producer, with information and resources so that you can implement rotational grazing as it makes sense for your operation. 

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Program Details

• The CFGA OFCAF Advanced Grazing Systems Program is available to agricultural producers in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and Saskatchewan who want to develop or expand their rotational grazing practices. 
• Producers can apply for projects with a cost share of 70 program / 20 producers of eligible project expenses. A total of $100,000 is available over the life of the program (combined total OFCAF funding from all sources).  
• Producers who have previously been approved for and received CFGA funding under the OFCAF program for rotational grazing implementation or pasture seeding improvements cannot apply to implement the same BMP on property that has already received funding. Approvals will only be issued for projects on different land locations or involving different BMP practices.

Eligibility

Applicants to the CFGA OFCAF program may include individual producers, incorporated farms, or partnerships located in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be agricultural producers and be identified as such with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Learn more about the On-Farm Climate Action Fund.