New Entrant Quota Assistance Program (2026) – One Organic Position
Last updated: May 1, 2025
Summary
Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s (DFO) New Entrant Quota Assistance Program is designed to assist those with an interest in dairy farming who may not otherwise have the financial means or opportunity to get started in the industry.
The P5 makes available 160 kilograms of loaned quota per year for the program in Ontario. Subject to DFO issuing a licence to produce and market milk and approving an order to issue quota, DFO will match 20 kilograms of loaned quota to each successful applicant.
The DFO Board has decided the following:
a. To give priority access to one (1) organic new entrant who plans on shipping organic milk continuously for a minimum of five years in one of the following counties; Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, Carleton, Dundas, Stormont, Frontenac, Grenville, Lanark, Leeds, Renfrew, Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Northumberland, Prince Edward.
b. If there are no successful applications from the areas identified in (a), DFO will give priority access to one (1) organic new entrant who plans on shipping organic milk continuously for a minimum of five years in one of the following counties; Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Durham, Wellington, Waterloo, Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin, Lambton, Wentworth.
Click here for the Organic NEQAP application. The deadline to submit the 2026 Organic NEQAP application is June 30, 2025.
Please note that the application period for the balance of the positions will open on July 1, 2025.
If you have further questions, please contact the Field Services Representative in your area of the province.
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Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s (DFO) New Entrant Quota Assistance Program is designed to assist those with an interest in dairy farming who may not otherwise have the financial means or opportunity to get started in the industry.
The P5 makes available 160 kilograms of loaned quota per year for the program in Ontario. Subject to DFO issuing a licence to produce and market milk and approving an order to issue quota, DFO will match 20 kilograms of loaned quota to each successful applicant.
The DFO Board has decided the following:
a. To give priority access to one (1) organic new entrant who plans on shipping organic milk continuously for a minimum of five years in one of the following counties; Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, Carleton, Dundas, Stormont, Frontenac, Grenville, Lanark, Leeds, Renfrew, Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Northumberland, Prince Edward.
b. If there are no successful applications from the areas identified in (a), DFO will give priority access to one (1) organic new entrant who plans on shipping organic milk continuously for a minimum of five years in one of the following counties; Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Durham, Wellington, Waterloo, Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin, Lambton, Wentworth.
Click here for the Organic NEQAP application. The deadline to submit the 2026 Organic NEQAP application is June 30, 2025.
Please note that the application period for the balance of the positions will open on July 1, 2025.
If you have further questions, please contact the Field Services Representative in your area of the province.
