NEW! The B.C. Ministry of Agriculture announced significant new upgrades to the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) and Beneficial Management Practices (BMP) Programs for the 2012 funding year.

Starting on January 1, 2012, B.C. farmers and ranchers will be able to:

1)     Submit their EFP or BMP application to ARDCorp for projects ending by December 31, 2012;

2)     Access significantly more funds per project than ever before. Funding maximums are increased in almost all of the beneficial management practices (BMPs) categories;

3)     Share efforts with neighbouring producers in submitting an EFP-BMP application, provided they share the same BMP category, without having to share the funding maximum for that category (i.e., producers in the application may be able to claim the full funding maximum individually).

 

For more information about the EFP-BMP Programs, application process, and eligibility criteria, please contact:

Heather Carriere - EFP Program Manager

Tel: 604.854.4483   heather@ardcorp.ca

 The B.C. Agricultural Research & Development Corporation (ARDCorp) is the wholly owned subsidiary of the BC Agriculture Council. The company's purpose and mandate is to cost-effectively deliver programs and services to BC's primary agriculture industry.

Effective and efficient program delivery to BC's farmers and ranchers benefits both the individual producer and the agriculture industry as whole.

 For more information on the programs offered,

use the links to the left