Information on policies for acquiring, selling or transferring quota, and exchange policies. Includes milk transportation policies, farm yards and lanes, renovations and more.

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.

P5 Message – 2025 Fall Incentive Days – conventional and organic

To meet the demand for milk in the Fall, the P5 Boards announce the following incentive days to be issued on a non-cumulative basis for the Fall of 2025: 1 day in September, 2 days in October, and 1 day in November.

The P5 provincial boards’ primary objective is to continuously monitor the milk market situation and meet demand in the most optimal way and will continue to adapt production signals to address market changes, as required.

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Message P5 –journées additionnelles pour l’automne 2025 – conventionnel et biologique

Pour répondre à la demande de l’automne, les offices de P5 ont également convenu d’émettre des journées additionnelles à tous les producteurs pour l’automne 2025 : 1 jour en septembre, 2 jours en octobre et 1 jour en novembre. Ces journées sont non cumulatives.

Le premier objectif des offices de mise en marché des provinces de P5 est de suivre de près l’évolution des marchés et de répondre à la demande de manière optimale. Les offices de mise en marché vont continuer à s’adapter aux signaux pour réagir à tout changement des marchés, lorsque requis..

Informations sur les politiques d’acquisition, de vente ou de transfert de quotas et les politiques d’échange. Comprend les politiques de transport du lait, les cours et les voies agricoles, les rénovations et plus encore.