Farm Biosecurity Program

The Farm Biosecurity Program (FBP) supports the implementation and adoption of national standards for biosecurity. Biosecurity refers to measures that prevent the introduction and spread of contagious disease. The FBP is designed to build producer awareness of health risks and ways that Ontario's farmers can implement and/or improve upon existing biosecurity measures.

Currently only the poultry industry has a national standard - the National Avian On-Farm Biosecurity Standard. This Standard is a comprehensive tool designed to identify a range of measures intended to prevent disease causing agents from entering, spreading within a farm or escaping from a premises housing poultry.

Through educational workshops and a self-assessment exercise, poultry producers will be able to identify their current level of biosecurity and develop plans to adopt new and/or additional measures to heighten their existing level of biosecurity.

The Farm Biosecurity Program offers cost-share opportunities to assist farmers in the implementation of biosecurity projects identified in their action plans. All cost-share funds are available on a first come, first served basis up to the available annual funds for each year of the program.

Before producers can access cost-share funding under the FBP, they must complete a FBP workshop. To learn more about the program click here. To learn more about and register for regional Poultry Farm Biosecurity workshops, click here.

Important Deadlines:

The cut-off date for submitting an application to the FBP is August 31, 2012. No applications will be accepted after this date. All final claims and supporting invoices and documents for approved projects must be submitted by December 31, 2012 to receive payment.