Are there any requirements for a farmer to be eligible for and included in a project’s consortium?Mike Orazietti2024-11-23T13:30:27-05:00
A farmer must meet the following requirements to be included in the consortium:
- The farmer must be “shovel-ready”.
- The farmer must have a Farm Business Registration
- If the farmer is exempted from the Farm Business Registration, please submit written confirmation from Agricorp.
- While the farmer does not have to own the property to be tiled, they must have at a minimum a five-year written lease agreement for the property which must be provided to the organization administering the project.
- If a farmer who received funding under the program ceases farming completely or sells the lands tiled within five years of the date the tiling was completed on their property, they may be required to repay the NOHFC conditional contribution. The not-for-profit organization administering the tile drainage project should be notified if this occurs.
- The farmer’s funding is based on per acre tiled. NOHFC will not fund the tiling of the same acre of land twice.
Do individual farmers have to be identified at the time of making an application?Mike Orazietti2024-11-20T10:27:59-05:00
Yes. Each farmer within the consortium must be identified.
What happens if a farmer drops out of the consortium?Mike Orazietti2024-11-20T10:27:32-05:00
Funding is based on the number of farmers and the acres to be tiled. If a farmer decides that they will not be participating after the application has been submitted, the funding will be adjusted.
If my consortium’s project is approved, how long do I have to complete my project?Mike Orazietti2024-11-20T10:27:08-05:00
NOHFC expects you to be “shovel ready” and to have the project completed within two years.