Best Practices Suite
Business Development for Farm Businesses
Agricultural Skills Development
Farm businesses that identify the need in their Action Plan, will
be able to access cost-share funding to take training and skills
development intended to support greater farm business viability.
Eligible costs include:
- Tuition
- Textbooks
- Travel expenses
Established Farm Businesses
- Eligible farm businesses may receive cost-share funding up to
50 per cent to a maximum of $3,000 for each of the following:
- farm related training
- training related to leadership and governance
Total funding available under Agriculture Skills Development is
$6,000.
New Farmers
- Cost-share is 75 per cent to a maximum of $4,500 for each of
the following:
- farm related training
- leadership and governance training.
Total funding available under Agriculture Skills Development is
$9,000.
A new farmer is defined as a producer that has had no farming income
two and three years prior to the year of enrolment in the Business
Development for Farm Business Program. Farming income in the year
prior to enrolment is permitted.
Examples of Previously Approved Training Activities
The Ontario Soil and Crop improvement Association is maintaining
a list of examples of previously approved training activities.
Click here
for the list.
For more information on Growing Forward, please call 1-888-479-3931
or e-mail growingforward@ontario.ca
