AgriStability

Program Overview

You receive an AgriStability payment when your current year program margin falls below 85% of your reference margin. AgriStability is based on margins:

Program margin - your allowable income minus your allowable expenses in a given year, with adjustments for changes in receivables, payables and inventory. These adjustments are made based on information you submit on the AgriStability harmonized form.

Reference margin - your average program margin for three of the past five years (the lowest and highest margins are dropped from the calculation).

Should your production margin fall below 85% of your reference margin in a given year, you will receive a program payment.

For Your Protection: Contact Centre Requires Confirmation of Identity

According to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, identity theft claims millions of victims across North America every year.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Farm Income Programs Directorate is working to ensure you are protected when it comes to the release of your financial information.

The Privacy Act prohibits the release of personal information without consent except in certain specified circumstances; therefore, we are obligated to confirm your identity when you request financial details related to your account or application to one of our programs. To do this we will ask for specific information. This is for your protection.

You can help us by being prepared and having information on hand when you call.

Consult complete industry advisory.

2008 AgriStability Calculation of Program Benefit Calculation notices error

There was an error in the structural change section of 2008 Calculation of Program Benefits notices sent to producers prior to September 29. 

The percentage shown in the Ratio of Unadjusted Margin/Adjusted Margin line differs by a factor of 10. For example - if the ratio percentage was 76.5%, the notice showed 7.65%. 

Please be assured that although the percentage shown on your notice is incorrect, the correct percentage was used to calculate your benefit. 

All 2008 Calculation of Program Benefit notices sent after September 29, 2009 include the correct percentage.

We sincerely apologize for the error and any confusion or inconvenience it may have caused you.

AgriStability is delivered in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Yukon by the federal government. The information on this website refers to deadlines and other delivery details for these provinces only.

If you are in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, or Prince Edward Island, AgriStability is delivered provincially. Please visit your respective provincial administration using the links above.

Growing Forward, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative