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FAQ: Advance Payments Program
What’s the Advance Payments Program?

The Advance Payments Program (APP) is a federal loan guarantee program which provides agricultural producers with easy access to low-interest cash advances. Under the program, producers can access ...

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What is the Advance Payments Program all about?

The Advance Payments Program (APP) provides producers with a cash advance on the value of their agricultural commodities for a specified production period. The advances allow producers to meet their ...

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Who can apply for the Advance Payments Program?

To be eligible to receive a cash advance under the Advance Payments Program (APP), the producer must be: 1. a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; 2. a corporation, cooperative or partnership of ...

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Where do I get an application form?

The Advance Payments Program is administered by approximately 60 producer organizations on behalf of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). A full list of all the participating producer in Canada is ...

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How does the Advance Payments Program support producers?

The Advance Payments Program provides producers with cash advances on their commodity sales in order to improve business cash flow. These advances are provided at preferential interest rates, with the ...

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FAQ: Advance Payments Program
How much of an advance can a producer receive?

Producers are eligible to receive an advance for up to $1 million per production period, with the first $250,000 of their advance being interest-free. The advance is based on an advance rate by the 50 ...

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FAQ: Advance Payments Program
What is the cost to a producer to obtain an advance?

To apply for an Advance Payment Program advance, producers typically have to pay an application fee to the Producer Organization administering the advance. Fee structures vary between the different a ...

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Are Advance Payments Program advances available to producers year-round?

Yes. The availability of cash advances is controlled to an extent by the agreement the administrator negotiates with AAFC. Under the program, a production period is usually 18 months, or 24 months for ...

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What kinds of products are eligible under the Advance Payments Program?

The Advance Payments Program advances on hundreds of crop and livestock products. Eligible products must meet the following criteria: An animal that is raised in Canada or the fur pelt of the A ...

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I don’t have access to Production Insurance and don’t want to be part of AgriStability, can I still apply?

If you are applying for an advance on a crop before the product is harvested, you will need one of the two programs to secure the advance until the product is harvested. You could, however, choose to ...

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FAQ: Advance Payments Program
Do all stakeholders need to sign the agreement?

Currently, all shareholders of a corporation, members of a co-op, or partners in a partnership must sign and be held jointly and severally liable for the entire  advance. A recent change was made to ...

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