The Rural Voice, 2000-08, Page 68HURON
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135 Website: www.ofa.on.ca/huron Email: huron@ota.on.ca
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
• The Rural Voice is provided to all farmers
in Huron County by the HCFA.
Ontario Whole Farm Relief Program application deadline extended
The deadline to apply for income
disaster assistance under the Ontario
Whole Farm Relief Program
(OWFRP) has been extended to
September 25: 2000.
Under the original program
parameters. producers were required
to submit their applications by July
31, 2000. In light of changes to the
federal Agricultural Income Disaster
Assistance (AIDA) program. and
enhancements to the OWFRP
announced this spring, program
administrators have extended the
deadline to ensure that all Ontario
producers who may be eligible for
assistance have enough time to
complete the application package.
1998 and 1999 Ontario
Whole Farm Relief Program
Enhancements
Several enhancements have been
made to the 1998 and 1999 Ontario
Whole Farm Relief Program
(OWFRP).
The 1998 enhancements are: •
• Federal (60 per cent) share of 70 per
cent of negative margin coverage
• Ontario adjustment for farms that
have undergone a significant change
in the scale of their operation
• Ontario reduced NISA linkage by
50 per cent to 1.5 per cent of Eligible
Net Sales
The 1999 enhancements are:
• Choice of olympic five year (drop
high and low years) or last three year
average
• Federal (60 per cent) share of 70 per
cent of negative margin coverage
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• Adjustment for farms that have
undergone a significant change in the
scale of their operation
• Ontario reduced NISA linkage by
50 per cent to 1.5 per cent of ENS
• Family labour included as an
eligible expense
• Federal (60 per cent) share of
revised inventory v aluation method
depending on the commodities held
in inventory.
Revised Inventory Valuation
Method
The OWFRP will provide Ontario
farmers with the federal (60 per cent)
share of the revised inventory
valuation method for their 1999
OWFRP applications.
The revised method, which will be
provided for the federal share of the
payment only, gives producers two
methods for how to value each
commodity depending on how the
value of that commodity changed
during 1999.
Applicants must use the following
when calculating the revised method.
1. The published OWFRP Fair
Market Value (FMV) for the end of
the fiscal period will be used to value
both beginning and ending inventory
in situations where the commodity
price has increased from the
beginning to the end of 1999. This is
the current method of inventory
valuation used by the OWFRP.
2. The published OWFRP FMV
for the beginning of the fiscal period
will be used to value beginning
inventory, and the published OWFRP
FMV for the end of the fiscal period
will be used to value ending
inventory, in situations where the
commodity price has decreased from
the beginning to the end of 1999.
A form outlining the revised
inventory valuation method will be
available during the week of July 10,
2000. This form will be made
available on the OWFRP website and
will be provided to agents and
OMAFRA Regional Information
Centres.
If you have further questions about
the revised inventory valuation
method, or any of the 1998 and 1999
enhancements and your eligibility,
please contact the OWFRP at 1-877-
838-5144 or visit the OWFRP
website at www.gov.on.ca/omafra.0
HCFA Annual/Regional
Meeting
Thursday, October 12/00
Stanley Complex, Varna, Ontario
Entertainment:
Area Soloist Cara Stephenson
Tickets: $10 - available from
County Office or Directors
NOMINATION for ANNUAL HURON COUNTY AWARD
I would like to nominate for the Annual Huron County Award
for outstanding contribution in the field of Agriculture and to the community in the County
of Huron as well as provincially because
Signed
Clip this ad and mail your reply to. Huron Federation of Agriculture, PO Box 429,
CLINTON, ON NOM 1L0 or Fax 519-482-1416