AgriStability is an important part of a comprehensive suite of risk management programs. AgriStability protects producers from large declines in their farming income caused by production loss, increased costs or market conditions.
Your allowable income and expenses for all the commodities you produce are used to calculate your margins, protecting the income of your whole farm.
Update
New eligible expense: Pasture-related feed costs
Starting with the 2026 program year, farmers can now claim as an eligible AgriStability expense the cost of paying to use land for livestock grazing. This update aligns pasture rental with another eligible expense, purchasing feed.
By including pasture-related feed costs, AgriStability will provide more equitable support for farmers.
Read the
AgriStability guidelines to learn more.
Reminder
Tax-aligned reference margin option
The provincial and federal governments have introduced a new option for participating in AgriStability: the tax-aligned reference margin.
You can choose to have a reference margin calculated using the historical income and expenses you file for taxes. Farmers who select this option can benefit from better payment predictability and less paperwork if they don’t have a claim.
Learn more about the tax-aligned reference margin.
Your AgriStability Protection
Why include AgriStability in your business risk management plans?
Funding partners
AgriStability is part of the suite of programs established under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership agreement on agricultural policy. The costs of AgriStability are shared by the federal and provincial governments on a 60:40 basis. In Ontario, AgriStability is delivered by Agricorp.
