Eligibility
Make certain you meet the eligibility criteria.
Your responsibilities during the year
Transmit your financial information and any other requisite information
Information transmitted through the financial information collection process is used for all the AGRI programs and for the financing programs.
For more information on your responsibilities during the year and the deadlines to meet for transmitting all your financial information, please refer to the Financial Information Collection section.
Produce and send your phosphorus report
You only have to send the phosphorus report once, regardless of the number of programs you are enroled in.
Deadline
May 15 of every year
Sending the phosphorus report
The phosphorus report must be sent to the Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques. See the section on the phosphorus report to find out more.
You only have to send the phosphorus report once for all the programs you are enroled in.
Conducting an agri-environmental risk assessment
An agri-environmental risk assessment is a process that helps producers identify and assess environmental risks and the required mitigation measures. Accepted assessments and validity:
Two agri-environmental risk assessments are accepted:
- Agri-environmental support plan (PAA)
- The PAA makes it possible to provide an overall picture of the agri-environmental situation of the agricultural business, to make the owners aware of various agri-environmental aspects and to identify realistic and effective improvements.
- The PAA is conducted by an agronomist in collaboration with the agricultural business and is valid for a five-year period. Therefore, the PAA may have been conducted in 2020 and be valid for the 2025 participation year if it covers a significant part of that year's production.
- To find out more about the PAA, contact the Agri-advice network in your region or consult the documents specific to agri-environment.
- The implementation of a PAA is eligible for financial assistance from the Agri-environmental fertilization plan (PAEF)
- The PAEF determines, for each plot of land on a farm and for each annual crop cycle (maximum of five years), the crop grown and the restrictions on the spreading of fertilizers.
- The PAEF is conducted by an agronomist in collaboration with the agricultural business and is mandatory for certain agricultural businesses under the Regulation on agricultural businesses (RLRQ, chapter Q-2, r. 26).
- The PAEF includes a diagnosis of the farm, which is part of the agro-environmental approach of a farm, which identifies factors considered essential for managing the environmental risk associated with the management of fertilizers used on a farm.
The agri-environmental risk assessment must cover a significant portion of your production and be valid for the fiscal year covered by the participation year.
Compliance with and submission of the agri-environmental risk assessment
When you submit your final financial data, you must declare whether you have a valid PAEF or PAA.
You do not need to provide a copy of your agri-environmental risk assessment to submit your declaration. However, you will need to retain your assessment, as you may be asked to verify it at a later date.
You will receive the documents requesting financial information once your fiscal period is ended.
