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 which the majority interest is held directly or indirectly (through another corporation, a trust etc) by Canadian citizens or permanent residents

In addition, the producer or one of the producer’s individual interest holders:

3. must be of the age of majority in the province of operation;
4. must own the agricultural product;
5. must be responsible for its marketing