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SUMMARY:Advance Payments Program
DESCRIPTION:The Advance Payments Program is a federal loan guarantee program which provides agricultural producers with easy access to low-cost cash advances.\n\nUnder the program\, you can access up to $1\,000\,000 in total advances based on the value of the eligible agricultural products you will produce or that you have in storage. The Government of Canada pays the interest on the first $100\,000 of your advance (the first $250\,000 for 2024 and 2025). You repay your advance as you sell the agricultural products\, with up to 18 months to fully repay the advance for most commodities (up to 24 months for cattle and bison).\n\nAPP advances can provide you with cash flow to meet your financial needs until you are able to sell your agricultural products. The program can provide marketing flexibility by allowing you to sell your agricultural products based on market conditions rather than the need for cash.\n\nAPP advances are available through 26 participating producer organizations\, that is\, APP Administrators\, across Canada.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/advance-payments-program/
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SUMMARY:Food Price Inflation and Farmer Livelihood
DESCRIPTION:Canadian farmers have seen no benefit from rising grocery store prices since 2020. Instead\, they are being squeezed by corporate profiteering on all sides. For years\, corporate concentration in Canada’s food system has kept farm gate prices chronically low\, while retail prices rise steadily for consumers. Farmers are forced to accept prices that are decided by large\, multinational commodity traders and processors. At the same time\, they face prohibitively high costs for inputs from oligopolistic suppliers. The system is stacked against farmers and consumers alike. It’s time to confront corporate power in the food system.\n\nJoin the NFU on May 22nd at 3PM EST for a panel webinar on the farmers’ share of food prices and an examination of how corporate concentration in the Canadian food system harms both farmers and consumers featuring Keldon Bester of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project; Alex Purdye former Broadbent Institute Fellow; and Alyssa Gerhardt\, PhD student at Dalhousie University.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/food-price-inflation-and-farmer-livelihood-the-declining-farmers-share-2/
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SUMMARY:Apply to Community Development Fund: Up to $500\,000 in Ontario
DESCRIPTION:Are you working on a project for your community? Submit it between April 15 and May 31\, 2025. Up to $500\,000 will be rewarded to support meaningful projects. \nCommunity Development Fund\nThrough this fund\, Desjardins Credit Union supports projects that make a real difference in Ontario communities. \nBased on a needs assessment of the Ontario communities we serve\, in which several local stakeholders took part\, we are launching a call for applications to support organizations\, associations and cooperatives that are working on meaningful projects that will have positive impacts on their local community. \nThese projects must fall under 1 of the 5 priorities identified in the needs assessment and outlined in the credit union’s community involvement plan.
URL:https://www.nfu.ca/event/community-development-fund-up-to-500000-in-ontario/
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