Due to current market disruptions, increased expenses and production challenges facing producers — the AgriStability enrolment deadline was extended to July 3, 2020 to allow more producers to benefit from the program.

New for the 2020 Program Year

From the Canadian Agricultural Partnership Guidelines:

4.3.2 Private insurance payments

1/ Indemnity payments from private insurance programs that are fully producer-funded are non-allowable in the Program Year Margin and allowable in the Reference Margin where they relate to:

price or revenue insurance associated with the sale of allowable commodities

price insurance associated with the purchase of allowable expenses

production insurance covering the production of allowable commodities (e.g. private hail insurance)

other income insurance, such as margin-based or guaranteed minimum income insurance

2/ Indemnity payments from private insurance programs not outlined above, that compensate Participants for the replacement of eligible agricultural commodities or allowable expense items, are included as allowable income in both the Program Year Margin and the Reference Margin (e.g. payments for inputs destroyed by fire).

To learn more about the changes, including private insurance codes and descriptions, view AgriStability Changes for 2020

Increased interim payments for hog and potato producers

Targeted changes were made to the AgriStability Interim Payment Program to help hog and potato producers experiencing COVID-19-related challenges due to reduced capacity at processing plants and variations in food service and consumer buying patterns. Learn more at Hog and potato producers affected by the pandemic can access increased interim AgriStability payments

File your forms online with AFSC Connect

Producers can complete their supplementary forms online from any device, while corporations can complete their tax and supplementary forms.

File your AgriStability Supplementary Forms – watch How to video

File Corporate Tax information (Statement A) and submit Corporate Financial Statements and T2 Schedule 1 – watch How to video

Once logged in, you can chat online with AFSC if you have questions about AFSC Connect or your AFSC programs.

Additional resources can be found on the Resources page.