AgriStability — New Brunswick

• AgriStability Tax-aligned Reference Margin Consent Form, if applicable.
• AgriStability Coverage Notice Intended Productive Capacity Form, if applicable.
• Appeal Submission Form, if applicable.
• Certified copy of the death certificate or funeral director's certificate, if applicable.
• Certified copy of the will and letter of probate or letters of administration, if applicable.

Who is eligible?

• Producers of agricultural commodities.
• Canadian agricultural producers, including individuals, partnerships, co-operatives, corporations, estates, trusts, limited partnerships and landlords in joint ventures.
• Producers in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories and Yukon may choose a tax-aligned reference margin.
• Producers in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories or Yukon may receive a coverage notice if they meet the program conditions.

Who is not eligible

• Businesses farming outside Canada.
• Aquaculture operations.
• Peat moss, cannabis except industrial hemp, and wild game reserve operations.
• Businesses focused on resale of purchased commodities or inputs.

Eligible expenses

• Allowable income and expense items used in production margin calculations.
• Pasture-related feed costs, starting with the 2026 program year.
• Trucking, including contract trucking, used to transport eligible commodities or eligible inputs as required by the farming operation.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Farming activities outside of Canada.
• Aquaculture, peat moss, cannabis except industrial hemp, operation of a wild game reserve, hunt farms unless permitted by law, and trees or seedlings produced or harvested for firewood, construction material, poles or posts, or use in reforestation.
• Resales of purchased commodities and inputs.
• Advertising and marketing costs, agricultural contract work, allowance on eligible capital property, building and fence repairs, capital cost allowance, gravel, interest, land clearing and draining, legal and accounting fees, licences/permits, machinery lease/rental, machinery repair, mandatory inventory adjustment (prior year), membership/subscription fees, motor vehicle expenses, motor vehicle interest and leasing costs, non-arm's length salaries, office expenses, optional inventory adjustment (prior year), other insurance premiums, property taxes, quota rental, rental of land, buildings, or pasture, small tools, soil testing, and telephone.

Eligible geographic areas

• Manitoba
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• New Brunswick
• Northwest Territories
• Yukon

• Enrolling in AgriStability is as simple as calling the SCIC AgriStability Call Centre and requesting a new participant package.
• The request must be made by the Enrolment Deadline of the program year in which you wish to participate.

• If an interim payment is requested, the administration estimates the current program year margin and reference margin before issuing the advance.
• For targeted advance payments, federal and provincial governments must agree before the payment can be offered to a designated sector or region.
• The appeals committee reviews only the information included in the Administration's Submission Form and the Appeal Submission Form.
• You will be notified of the appeal results within 10 business days from the date of the meeting.

• The intake period is open.
• Pasture-related feed costs are an allowable expense starting with the 2026 program year.
• You can now choose a tax-aligned reference margin based on the same method of accounting you file to tax.
• You can receive a coverage notice that provides an estimate of your reference margin and coverage level for the current program year.