Western Grain Transition Payments Regulations (SOR/95-314)

7. The dryland productivity factor in respect of an applicant’s farmland shall be determined using the historic average crop insurance yields for wheat, barley and canola on similar soils within a geographic area, such as a crop insurance risk area, having similar levels of productivity, weighted by the proportions of the acreage of wheat, barley, canola and summerfallow within a geographic area, such as a rural municipality.

8. The irrigation productivity factor in respect of an applicant’s farmland shall be determined using the historic average of the yields of wheat, barley and canola weighted by the proportions of acreages of wheat, barley and canola on irrigated acres of farmland in the part of the eligible area.

• 9. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the distance factor in respect of an applicant’s farmland shall be the number set out in column III of an item of the schedule for the station set out in column I of that item that is the closest station to both the centre of that farmland and the port set out in column II of that item.

• (2) Where because of a natural barrier or the location of a transportation route, the closest station to an applicant’s farmland is not accessible, the Minister may substitute another station set out in column I of the schedule.

• 10. (1) The interim payment factor for the part of the eligible area in which an applicant’s farmland is located shall not exceed but may be less than a factor calculated as follows:

  $1,200,000,000 × A ÷ (Σ[(B × C × D) + (E × F × D)])

   where

  A 

  is the apportionment;

  Σ 

  is the sum of the sum of products calculated for farmland within the part of the eligible area for which an application has been received in accordance with paragraph 4(e);

  B 

  is the number of dryland acres;

  C 

  is the dryland productivity factor;

  D 

  is the distance factor;

  E 

  is the number of irrigated acres; and

  F 

  is the irrigation productivity factor.

• (2) Where the interim payment factor referred to in subsection (1) contains a fraction, that fraction shall be expressed as a decimal fraction of 10 or more digits after the decimal point and

  • (a) the tenth and subsequent digits after the decimal point shall be dropped if the tenth digit is less than five; or

  • (b) the ninth digit after the decimal point shall be increased by one and the tenth and subsequent digits dropped if the tenth digit is five or greater than five.

• 11. (1) The final payment in respect of an applicant’s farmland shall be calculated as follows:

  {A × [(B × C × D) + (E × F × D)]} - G

   where

  A 

  is the final payment factor;

  B 

  is the number of dryland acres;

  C 

  is the dryland productivity factor;

  D 

  is the distance factor;

  E 

  is the number of irrigated acres;

  F 

  is the irrigation productivity factor; and

  G 

  is the interim payment made to the applicant in respect of the applicant’s farmland.

• (2) Where the final payment referred to in subsection (1) contains a fraction of a dollar, that fraction shall be expressed as a decimal fraction of three or more digits after the decimal point and

  • (a) the third and subsequent digits after the decimal point shall be dropped if the third digit is less than five; or

  • (b) the second digit after the decimal point shall be increased by one and the third and subsequent digits dropped if the third digit is five or greater than five.