British Columbia has triggered the late participation mechanism for AgriStability.
The ability to sign up for AgriStability after registration deadlines was one of the changes made to the program in 2018.
Noting that 2018 was extremely challenging for B.C. producers due to production and market losses, the federal and provincial agriculture ministers announced March 11 they had triggered late participation so that farmers would have access to full support to deal with lost income.
Governments can implement the feature when there is a significant income drop and a gap in program participation.
Last fall, B.C. also announced AgriRecovery funding of $5 million to help the industry recover from wildfires that consumed 3.2 million acres of land, beating the record damage of the year before.
