Funding Alert: Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program

The Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program (PEFIP) aims to help supply-managed poultry and egg producers adapt to market changes resulting from the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

This program is now accepting applications and we highly recommend you to get in touch right away.

Program Funding Amount

Eligible project costs will normally be shared between Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the applicant as a maximum of 70% AAFC and a minimum of 30% applicant.
Subject to certain conditions, AAFC may provide up to 85% of eligible project costs for young producers who were 35 years old or younger on January 1, 2021.
PEFIP funding will be allocated by sector (chicken, turkey, eggs, and hatching eggs) and by province according to the provincial shares of the national quota/production. An applicant’s maximum funding amount, or share of the program budget, will be determined based on their share of provincial quota/production as identified by their respective provincial marketing board.

Eligible Applicants

Be an individual and/or legal entity capable of entering legally binding agreements/contracts
Have held quota/shares of provincial production on January 1, 2021
Be one of the following types:
- Poultry and/or egg producers holding quota
- Poultry and/or egg producers licensed, or equivalent, by a provincial marketing agency
- Atlantic Canada Hatching Egg Producers
- Poultry and/or egg producers under new entrant programs with loaned quota and/or whole-farm leases with loaned quota at the time of the calculation

Program Objective

The program supports on-farm investments in:

Increasing efficiency or productivity
Improving on-farm food safety and biosecurity
Improving environmental sustainability
Responding to consumer preferences (improving animal welfare, adopting alternative housing systems, transitioning to organic production, etc.)

Eligible Activities

Examples of eligible activities include:

Hiring of external expertise (consultants) to assess how the poultry and/or egg farm enterprise can improve efficiencies and productivity
Construction of new barns, expansion of existing barns, and/or building retrofits
Purchasing, shipping, and installing new equipment (including commercial-off-the-shelf software and IT infrastructure)
Training related to other eligible project activities

Program Timeline/Deadlines

Applicants have the flexibility to seek funding for eligible activities that started on or after March 19, 2019.
Project Applications must be received before March 31, 2030, which is the end of the 9th year of the program.
The project activities must be completed by March 31, 2031.

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