Agriculture producers in Newfoundland and Labrador can avail of five publicly funded business risk management programs that are meant to protect producers from income and production losses, and provide assistance when they face risks that threaten farm viability.

The Agriculture Business Development Division administers the AgriInsurance Program. For further information about this program, please visit the AgriInsurance website.

The Nova Scotia-based Agri-Commodity Management Association administers the Advance Payments Program on behalf of Newfoundland and Labrador. For further information, please visit: Agri-Commodity Management Association (agricommodity.ca)

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) administers the remaining three Business Risk Management Programs on Newfoundland and Labrador’s behalf. Producers can visit Business risk management programs – agriculture.canada.ca for further information about the AgriInvest, AgriStability and AgriRecovery programs.

If you have any questions about Business Risk Management Programming, please contact Jonathon Fewer at (709) 637-2281 or jonathonfewer@gov.nl.ca.