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Background and Authority
The Land Management Adjustment Program provided financial
incentives to encourage farmers to achieve and adopt conservation
tillage systems which deal with high crop residue management.
This $4,822,248.47 sub-program was delivered by
Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA) County/District
Program Committees.
Program Duration: April, 1992 - November 30, 1993.
The main guidelines to the amount of assistance were:
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$25 per acre was paid for eligible acres where 30-39%
of the soil surface is covered by residue from previous
crops at time of planting. $30 per acre was paid for eligible
acres where 40% or greater of the soil surface was covered
by residue from previous crops at time of planting.
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Up to 30% of an applicant's total planted acres in the
1991 crop year was eligible, to a maximum of 100 acres per
program year. If the applicant applied for the program only
in year 2, then a contribution was made up to 30% of the
acres (to a maximum of 100 acres) planted in the 1992 crop
year.
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The maximum contribution made by Agriculture Canada per
applicant, was $3000 per program year. (Maximum $6000 over
2 years.)
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Incidence
There was a total of 4348 applications received. Of those,
3638 were accepted and paid. The total amount of residue acres
inspected was 158,650. The total dollars paid out were $4,822,248.67.
The average payment per applicant was $1462.17.
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Impact of Sub-Program
The adoption of conservation tillage systems involving high
crop residue management will assist in the protection of Ontario's
soil and water resources.
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Background and Authority
The LMAP Permanent Cover II program was developed to assist
in the implementation of on-farm conservation measures by providing
financial incentives for farmers to retire sensitive land. Ontario's
allocation was $15.242 million between April 1, 1992 and March
31, 1994.
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Incidence
The LMAP was signed by Federal and Provincial Ministers of
Agriculture on March 25, 1991. This program was delivered by
the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA). The
program was initiated Fall 1993, and the program duration was
March 1993 to March 1994. Contributions to farmers were $2,425,000.
Program administration costs were $200,000. Cost of demonstration
sites were $84,130. The total expenditures were $2,709,130.
The draft final report is expected at the end of May 1994.
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Impact of Sub-Program
Financial incentives encouraged farmers to implement environmentally
sound management practices on their land. Focus was on the protection
of the agricultural lands most sensitive to erosion, using buffer
strips along water courses, and tree plantings on fragile land.
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Background and Authority
This sub-program was developed to support innovative research
and demonstration projects in environmentally sustainable agriculture.
Financial support is being provided for Ontario farmers and
conservationists working in partnerships to test and exchange
new ideas. Financial support covers up to 50% of the cost of
conducting these projects. Successful applicants provide materials,
cash, labour or other "in-kind" services. Provide-wide clubs
may qualify for up to $50,000 a year, while local clubs may
receive up to $20,000 each year. Projects can run until March
31, 1997 with additional support from the Green Plan. A Selection
Committee composed of both agricultural and environmental stakeholders
evaluates all applications.
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Incidence
The second year of activities under the Rural Conservation
Clubs Program came to an end March 31, 1994. As of that time,
122 proposals were submitted to the Rural Conservation Club
Selections Committee for review. Thirty-four proposals were
been approved for funding under the Program and most are up
and running. A further 5 proposals have been approved in principle
for funding pending the receipt of some additional information
on the respective projects by Club members.
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Impact of Sub-Program
The purpose of this Sub-Program is to encourage farmers and
conservationists to get together to exchange and test ideas
about environmentally sustainable agriculture by providing financial
assistance for the formation of Clubs.
Total funds paid out for the Rural Conservation Clubs Program
under LMAP (92-93 and 93-94) were $505,000.
The RCCP is now funded and
continued under the Canada-Ontario Agriculture Green Plan.
The estimated total amount of funds to be paid out under this
section is $2,000,000 over a three year period (94-95, 95-96,
and 96-97). See Canada-Ontario Agriculture Green Plan section
for further details on individual projects.
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Background and Authority
The Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Pilot Project was
developed by the Ontario Farm Environmental Coalition (Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, AGCare, Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario and Ontario Farm Animal Council) to encourage farmers
to adopt a pro-active position regarding environmental issues
on their farms.
Participation involved attending a workshop, completing a
workbook to assess each farm's environmental situation, and
preparing an action plan to improve each farm's environmental
sustainability. Action plans were reviewed by a committee of
peers to ensure appropriateness of the actions proposed.
This sub-program, including its evaluation, received total
funding in the amount of $589,000. The pilot project was delivered
in seven counties/districts, namely, Essex, Oxford, Huron, Niagara,
Hastings, Russell and Timiskaming.
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Incidence
A total of 451 farmers participated in the pilot project
which was somewhat less than the objective of 500. Of those
who participated, 261 completed their action plans for peer
review. Reasons for this shortfall include timing of workshops,
concerns for confidentiality of information in completed workbooks
and action plans, and inadequate promotion.
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Impact of Sub-Program
Evaluation of the pilot project and feedback from participants
indicated that, with some modifications, the program should
be continued and expanded to all counties/districts of the province.
Additional funding from LMAP in the amount of $600,000 was provided
as interim funding until
EFP program details were finalized under the Green Plan.
Further information on the EFP Program can be found in the Green
Plan section.
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Background Authority
The agricultural and rural non-farm communities have expressed
the general need for practical, readable and visually appealing
information regarding sustainable resource management. The Best
Management Practices booklets have been developed in direct
response to this need. Best Management Practices (BMP's) are
defined as those agricultural practices that integrate environmental
concerns with production and financial goals. BMP booklets are
targeted to agricultural producers and other rural non-farm
residents interested in making changes to their management practices.
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Incidence
Five booklets have been produced to date. They are: Farm
Forestry and Habitat Management; Field Crop Production; Horticultural
Crops; Livestock and Poultry Waste Management; and, Water Management.
Three other booklets are in preparation including one each on
nutrient management, soil management, and wildlife management.
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Impact of Sub-Program
The booklets provide farmers with current information and
options that fit their environmental and business objectives,
as well as, practical guidelines drawn from research and on-farm
experience. The booklets have been well received, with most
titles being reprinted to fulfil demand. Other Jurisdictions
have expressed intersection purchasing copies of BMP's. BMP's
assimilate the best available information on resource management
systems that integrates environmental, production and business
goals. Additional Best Management Practices publications and
supporting technology transfer activities are being prepared.
The funding under LMAP for the BMP booklets was $897,000.
BMP is now funded and continued
under the Canada-Ontario Agriculture Green Plan.
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(i) Background and Authority
This sub-program was funded to the amount of $600,000.
It investigated the same set of drinking water wells and multilevel
monitoring wells that were sampled during the initial survey
conducted in the winter of 1991-92 (Ontario
Farm Groundwater Quality Survey 1) under the Environmental
Sustainability Initiative.
Approximately 1300 domestic farm wells were re-sampled and
the groundwater analyzed for nitrate-N, total and faecal conform
bacteria, and several common pesticides. The maximum acceptable
concentration (MAC) of total coliform bacteria in private drinking
water supplies was revised by the Ontario Ministry of Health,
in October 1992, from 10 to 5 colonies per 100 mL. The results
were analyzed relative to both the old and new threshold levels.
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Incidence
Forty percent of all wells tested contained one or more of
the target contaminants at concentrations above the previous
provincial drinking water objectives. 32% of wells exceeded
the previous maximum acceptable concentration for at least one
of the conform bacteria selected for analysis. 25% had faecal
conform bacteria. 15% exceeded the Ontario maximum acceptable
concentration for nitrate (7% exceeded the maximum acceptable
concentration for both conform bacteria and nitrate (previous
objectives) and 8% exceeded the acceptable concentration for
nitrate alone). 12% of the wells had detectable levels of pesticides.
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Impact of Sub-Program
The results of the survey have provided baseline information
on the general and seasonal occurrence in Ontario of groundwater
contaminants commonly associated with agriculturally developed
areas. The information obtained also raises a series of additional
questions, and points towards several areas that require research
to develop a stronger knowledge base in the area of groundwater
contamination and the quality of water in rural water wells.
Executive Summary and Introduction
of the "Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey - Summer
1992"
View / Download the
report "Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey - Summer
1992" (June 1993) [795 KB pdf]
See Original Report Also:
View / Download
Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey Winter 1991/1992
(Sept 1992)
[1544 KB pdf]
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This sub-program was funded to the amount of $265,394.06.
The purpose of this subprogram was to assist farmers in safely
disposing of de-registered, outdated or unwanted agricultural
pesticides stored on their farms. The program was conducted
over two years (1991-92) and there was no charge to the farmers
who participated.
The sub-program involved setting up temporary collection
depots where farmers could bring in their waste pesticides.
In total, 29 collection depots were established (19 in Southern
Ontario and 10 in Northern Ontario).
The Pesticide Waste Management Committee was established
to develop and implement the sub-program. The Committee had
members from the Ontario Council of the Crop Protection Institute;
AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned About Resources and the
Environment); and Ontario Ministries of Environment & Energy
and Agriculture & Food.
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incidence
Over 960 farmers participated in the sub-program (some brought
waste from more than one farm). Approximately 35,000 kg and
59,000 litres of waste were collected.
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Impact of the Sub-Program
The sub-program was considered a success. All farmers who
participated received an Information Kit that contained information
on the proper management of pesticides, and offered suggestions
for reducing pesticide waste.
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Additional LMAP Projects
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Technology Transfer:
Providing Support Material for Tours and Presentations of
the Don and Alison Lobb Conservation Farm
Ecologists Limited - $11,786 ending March 31, 1994. -
Jane Sadler Richards, Ecologists Ltd.
Since 1966, Don and Alison Lobb have been adopting soil
conservation and environmental protection measures on their
farm by the way of no-till crop and seed production, grassed
waterways, gravel pit rehabilitation, retirement of the
marginal land etc. The Lobb farm has become a frequent stop
on many of the agricultural tours in southwestern Ontario.
Between 200 to 300 people visit the farm each year.
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Land Use Adjacent to Southern Ontario Wetlands
Snell and Cecile Environmental Research - $10,000 ending
March 31, 1994
The purposes of this project are to: provide an estimate
of Ministry of Natural Resources evaluated wetland adjacent
to each of agricultural land, built-up areas and other land
uses in southern Ontario; and to provide spatial trend estimates
of the proportions of types of farm operation adjacent to
the evaluated wetlands in southern Ontario.
For more information on this project, please contact:
Elizabeth Snell, Snell and Cecile Environmental Research.
View /
Download Final Report [781 KB pdf]
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Groundwater and the Rural/Farming Community Video Production
Ontario Ground Water Association - Groundwater Education
Ontario - $50,000 ending March 31, 1994 - A.R. (Tony) Lotimer,
Ontario Ground Water Association
This project resulted in a video (and supporting script)
on the topic of groundwater and rural/farming community.
The overall purpose of the production is to foster an awareness
of the importance of groundwater in the rural community
through a partnership between the general public, the groundwater
industry and government agencies.
The target audience would be rural residents, rural business,
farm and other rural organizations, teachers and students,
and the general public.
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WHY WETLANDS?
Education Kit - Junior/Intermediate Level
The Federation of Ontario Naturalists - $36,600 ending
March 31, 1994
The original Why Wetlands? kit, produced in 1982, is
a comprehensive package specifically designed to help educators
of intermediate level students integrate wetlands into the
curriculum. The Why Wetlands? kit has proven to be a valuable
learning tool for students in helping them understand and
appreciate the nature of wetlands, their role in ecosystems,
and the importance of preserving wetlands. The kit contains
background information, classroom activities and instructions
for possible outings, and follow-up activities.
The new Why Wetlands? kit is revised and updated, due
to the many changes in the past decade in both attitudes
and actions involving wetlands. New government policies,
updated facts and statistics, and current references and
examples are incorporated. Other issues which have been
introduced since the original printing include the purple
loosestrife influx and steps forward in the reduction of
acid rain and pesticide pollution.
For more information on this project, please contact: Ms.
Sherry Pettigrew, Acting Director of Development, Federation
of Ontario Naturalists.
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COMPUTER SIMULATION
OF BMP's - A strategy to locate and manage artificial
wetlands, ponds, infiltration systems and overland flow
treatment systems in Ontario
Claude Weil, Alfred College - $29,000 ending March 31,
1994.
Over the past twenty years, there has been increasing
public pressure to improve the quality of recreational waters
in urban areas. Best Management Practices (BMP's), such
as wet ponds, have been extensively tested and are routinely
constructed. Global urban strategies for the control and
treatment of stormwater runoff have been established using
powerful computer planning models such as QUALHYMO (Rowney,
1985) and Express SWMM (Nix et al, 1989).
The objective of the work is to provide decision makers
with a computer model for the management of water quality
in rural areas using: artificial wetlands, slow and fast
infiltration beds, facultative and aerobic ponds and overland
flow systems.
For each watershed, such a model would allow the definition
of a network of selected BMP's. Their type, location, design,
operational mode and interaction would be defined for local
climatic and land use conditions.
Fore more information on this project, please contact: Claude
Weil, P.Eng., Section Head, Research and Technology Transfer
Services - Alfred College of Agricultural Technology.
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A Study of the
Seasonal Variation in Well-Water Contamination, and
Survey the Health of Farm Families Drinking Water Contaminated
with Nitrate or Bacteria.
University of Guelph - Land Resource Science - $54,818
ending March 31, 1994 - Mike Goss, Chair, Land Stewardship,
Land Resource Sci., U. of Guelph.
The seasonal variability in the contamination of a well
needs to be confirmed, and an explanation sought. Evidence
of seasonality in the presence of pesticide residues needs
to be addressed at the time immediately following spring
runoff. The long-term trend in the level of contamination
needs to be determined for nitrate, bacteria, and pesticides.
Underlying the program on groundwater quality is the
assumption that there is a significant health risk associated
with drinking contaminated water. Detailed epidemiological
studies are needed, linked to continued monitoring of wells
used to supply drinking water, to identify the health risks
from the levels of contamination current in groundwater.
View
/ Download Report (240 KB pdf)
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Environmental Farm Plans Workbook - Home Study Package
University of Guelph - Ontario Agricultural College (OAC)
Independent Study - $42,500 ending March 31, 1994.
Independent Study/OAC Access of the University of Guelph
was awarded funding to develop an alternative delivery method
to the EFP Workshops. The Environmental Farm Plans (EFP)
Workbook Home Study Guide is designed as an extremely user-friendly,
easy to follow manual and video package that provides the
with a HOW TO approach, while also trying to capture some
of the other beneficial aspects otherwise attained in workshops.
The basic purpose of the Home Study Guide is to, as much
as possible, provide the same learning as would be achieved
through the two-day workshops.
For more information on this project, please contact: Adrienne
De Schutter, Agriculture Coordinator.
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The Development Of An Ontario Goose Depredation Survey
Project
Canadian Wildlife Service - $20,000 ending March 31,
1994
The Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, has
completed a survey of all Migratory Bird Convention Act
Canada Goose depredation permit holders over the past three
years. The results of the survey will be utilized by the
information / tech initiative.
The survey is designed to relate back to earlier population
surveys and will include the determination of sampling intensity,
selection of the appropriate topographic maps and aerial
photographs, identification of sample plots and preparation
of the survey data form. The population survey will be implemented
in agricultural areas of Southern Ontario by CWS staff in
1994/95. All work will be completed by March 31, 1994.
For more information on this project, please contact: Laurie
Maynard, Environmental Conservation Branch, Canadian Wildlife
Services.
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Wildlife
Shrub Workshops
The Association of Conservation Authorities of Ontario
- $28,000 ending March 31, 1994
The purpose for holding wildlife shrub workshops is to
bring together the users and the suppliers of wildlife shrubs
to exchange information on the needs/demands and the latest
technology on production, for the benefit of wildlife in
Ontario. The current challenge of dealing with the conflict
between agricultural production and wildlife will also be
addressed, including the use of alternative wildlife species
such as wildrose, hazelnut and the value of wildlife in
crop production, such as birds eating insects.
The workshops are targeted at several groups, such as,
landowners, industry, government, non-government organizations,
agricultural organizations and municipalities who will be
encouraged to attend these workshops.
For more information on this project, please contact: Tom
Prout, P.Ag., Association of Conservation Authorities of
Ontario.
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Wildlife
Habitat Enhancement on the Farm
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority - $21,020 ending
March 31, 1994
The project is a planning process integrating the enhancement
of wildlife habitat into the development of agro-ecological
farm management plans. It involves a cooperative and participatory
process between the landowner and a professional facilitator
to enhance wildlife habitat areas within marginal or environmentally
sensitive areas on the farm.
For more information on this project, please contact: Phil
Beard or Chris Hoskins, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority.
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Innovative
Farmers No-Till/Ridge Workshop Sponsorship
Innovative Farmers, c/o Country Guide - $8,000 ending
March 31, 1994
This project outlines the latest in conservation ideas,
techniques and management options. The following sessions
were held concurrently: Fertility Management; Taking the
Plunge; Profit Without Crops; Manure Management in Reduced
Tillage; Narrow Row Strip Cropping; and Managing Crop Residues
and Cover Crops.
The growing demand for information for innovative farming
is evident from the increased attendance each year at the
workshop -- from 35 the first year to 450 last year. With
climbing input costs and flat commodity prices farmers are
keen to hear about proven, viable methods that could mean
profit opportunities for them.
For more information on this project, please contact: Agriculture
& Agri-Food Canada.
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The
Transformation Rates of Inorganic Nitrogen in Animal
Manure into Plants and Soil Organic Matter and its Subsequent
Re-release from Soil Organic Matter
The Centre for Land and Water Stewardship, University
of Guelph, Guelph, ON - $37,210 ending March 31, 1994 -
Dr. Michael Goss, The Centre for Land and Water Stewardship,
U. of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
COESA Report
No.: LMAP-013/94
Two field experiments were established in 1991 at the Elora Research Station and at the Winchester Research Station
of Kemptville College to investigate the fate of mineral
nitrogen in animal manures, using N15-labelled ammonium
sulphate as a tracer. Current funding was supplied to complete
the analysis of the field-collected nitrogen samples.
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The
Influence of Soil Texture and Tillage on the Susceptibility
of Legume Nitrogen to Leaching
Land Resource Science Dept., University of Guelph, Guelph,
ON - $53,791 ending March 31, 1994 - Dr. Bev Kay, Land Resource
Science Dept., U. of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
COESA Report No.:
LMAP-015/94
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