2025 Participants

AgriStability further enhanced for 2025 amid trade and market uncertainty

In response to ongoing trade uncertainty, several enhancements have been made to AgriStability for the 2025 program year. The changes were approved by Canada’s agriculture ministers during recent meetings.

The enhancements include:

• increasing the payment rate to 90 per cent, up from 80 per cent
• raising the maximum potential benefit payment to $6 million, up from $3 million

AgriStability supports producers facing trade-related challenges by stabilizing farm incomes during market disruptions, addressing price volatility, and helping farmers manage rising input costs.

AgriStability enrolment extended to July 31

Given the pressures and uncertainties facing the agricultural sector, federal, provincial and territorial governments extended the AgriStability enrolment deadline from April 30, 2025, to July 31, 2025, for the 2025 program year.

Read the full release: Governments extend AgriStability enrolment deadline for 2025 program year – Canada.ca

Protecting producers against large income declines

AgriStability protects Canadian producers against large declines in farming income due to production loss, increased costs and market conditions. The program is offered through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), a shared commitment between federal, provincial and territorial governments.

AgriStability changes simplify filing, enhance predictability, speed up payments

Changes to AgriStability for the 2025 program year will reduce the filing burden, increase dependability and predictability, and result in files being processed sooner.

Starting with the 2025 program year, AgriStability participants will be able to:

• choose between optional reference margin (ORM) and accrual adjusted reference margin (AARM)

• request coverage notices, if they have selected the optional reference margin

Additionally, the filing deadline for supplementary forms and tax information (inventories, purchased inputs, receivables and payables) is moving to June 30. Participants will still be able to file their AgriStability forms any time after they complete their year-end but will need to ensure all necessary information has been received by AFSC by June 30.

AgriStability Handbook 2023-2027

Compensation rate increased under Sustainable CAP

Under Sustainable CAP, the AgriStability compensation rate has increased to 80 per cent or 80 cents per dollar of support from the previous 70 per cent rate.

What hasn’t changed is the benefit trigger point or how fees are calculated – benefits still begin to trigger at 70 per cent of the reference margin and it still costs only $315 for every $100,000 of reference margin support. Losses in excess of 30 per cent are now compensated at $0.80 for every dollar of decline.

AgriStability targets assistance to farm operations facing large margin declines caused by production loss, increased costs, or market conditions. It is a low-cost program, with an approximate fee of $315 for every $100,000 of reference margin.

Opting out of AgriStability

If you then decide to not participate in AgriStability, you must complete an opt-out form by the applicable deadlines. Choosing not to pay the enrolment fee will not remove you from the program.

The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a $3.5-billion, five-year agreement, which runs April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2028. This agreement between the federal, provincial and territorial governments strengthens the competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of the agriculture, agri‐food and agri‐based products sector. The agreement includes $1 billion in federal programs and activities and $2.5 billion in cost-shared programs and activities funded by federal, provincial and territorial governments.

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