Are beginning farmers eligible to participate in CAIS?
A. Beginning Farmers are those who have farmed for less than three years. Beginning Farmers are eligible to participate as long as they have had six consecutive months of farming activity and have completed a production cycle in the program year. If you are a beginning farmer, the CAIS Administration will create margins for the missing year(s) based on your farm’s productive capacity in the program year. Margins will not be created for any reference year in which you have (or should have) reported farming income (or loss) to CRA.
