The Canada-Ontario Orchards and Vineyards Transition Program (OVTP) is a joint federal and provincial program to help grape, apple and tender fruit producers adapt to industry pressures and changing markets. This three-year program (2008-2010) is designed to help producers adapt to industry pressures and changing markets by easing the transition to a crop that is more marketable.
Through the OVTP, you may receive $1,618.74 per qualifying acre towards the cost of removing and disposing of orchard and vineyard stock. The maximum payment, per applicant, is $800,000 over the lifetime of the program.
Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis until funds run out.
What OVTP offers
- Free, voluntary enrolment
- Eligibility to remove multiple orchards and vineyards
- Ability to enrol specific blocks or part-blocks for removal, keeping other blocks in production
- Authorization to remove areas as small as 0.25 acres in one farm location