CANADA:
ESTIMATES OF SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURE
DEFINITIONS
AND SOURCES
Country Total Support Estimate (TSE) and derived indicators in Table 1
cover all agricultural production, i.e. all agricultural commodities
produced in the country. Definitions of basic data sets refer to the specific
name of the programmes with specific sources
indicated in square brackets. For the Producer Support Estimates (PSE) and
Consumer Support Estimates (CSE), the description of policy measures
indicates the commodities covered by the measures. "MPS commodities",
which vary across countries, are those for which market price support is
explicitly calculated in Table 2.
Market Price Support (MPS) and Consumer Support Estimates (CSE) by
commodity in Table 2 are calculated for the following commodities:
wheat, maize, barley, oats, rice, sorghum, soybeans, rapeseed, milk, beef and
veal, pigmeat, poultry and eggs. Definitions are
provided only for basic data sets from which all the other data sets in this
table are derived, following the formula indicated in each commodity table.
Specific sources are indicated in square brackets.
Definitions of the indicators,
criteria of classification of programmes included,
and methods of calculation can be seen in OECD, Methodology for the
measurement of support and use in policy evaluation [http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/36/47/1937457.pdf].
Table 1. CANADA: Total Support Estimate
Definitions:
I. Total value of production (at farm gate): Total agricultural
production valued at farm gate prices, i.e. value (at farm gate) of all
agricultural commodities produced in the country [1].
1. Of which share of MPS commodities (%):
Share of commodities for which MPS is explicitly calculated (in
Table 2) in the total value of agricultural production.
II. Total value of consumption (at farm gate): Consumption of all
commodities domestically produced valued at farm gate prices, and estimated by
increasing the value of consumption (at farm gate) of the MPS commodities
according to their share in the total value of agricultural production [(II.1)
/ (I.1) x100].
1. Of which MPS commodities: Sum of the value
of consumption (at farm gate prices) of the MPS commodities as indicated in
Table 2.
III.1 Producer Support Estimate (PSE): Associated with total
agricultural production, i.e. for all commodities domestically produced
[Sum of A to H; when negative, the amounts represent an implicit or explicit
tax on producers].
A. Market Price Support: On quantities
domestically produced (excluding for on-farm feed use -- excess feed cost)
of all agricultural commodities, estimated by increasing the MPS for the MPS
commodities according to their share in the total value of agricultural
production [(A.1) / (I.1) x 100].
1. Of which MPS
commodities: Sum of the MPS (net of price levies and excess
feed cost) for the MPS commodities as calculated in Table 2.
B.
Payments based on output
1. Based on unlimited output
Agricultural
Stabilization Act (ASA): Payment
per tonne based on participating producer’s eligible
grain sales. Voluntary stabilisation
scheme financed by the federal and provincial governments. Payment
calculated as the difference between the current market price and 90 per
cent (or some other levels) of the average market price of the previous five
years adjusted for changes in costs relative to the average costs in the
previous five years multiplied by marketed quantities. Total payment to farmers
is considered for the specific commodities.
National
Tripartite Stabilization Program (NTSP, 1986-1992): Payment per tonne based on participating
producer’s eligible sales of red meats, several field crop, some horticultural
products, sugar beet and honey. Voluntary stabilisation scheme financed equally by producers, by some
provincial governments and by the Federal Government. Two-thirds of stabilisation payments to farmers (i.e., government share
of contributions) is considered for individual
commodities.
Western
Grain Stabilisation Act (WGSA, 1983-1987, 1990) payments and write down:
Payment based on producer’s eligible grain sales. Voluntary income stabilisation programme for
Western grain farmers funded by both the Federal government (67 per cent)
and grain producers. Payment made when net cash flow (cash receipts minus cash
variable costs) from eligible grain sales was less than the average net cash
flow over the previous five years.
Advance
Payment Program (APP): Consolidates
the former Advance Payments for Crops Act and Prairie Grain Advance Payments
Act. It provides cash advances with an interest-free feature on the first C$50 000
to eligible producers to store eligible crops after harvest. The advance is
limited to a maximum of C$250 000 per producer and the guarantee rate cannot
exceed 50 per cent of the expected average farm gate price for the crop
year. The advance must be repaid within a time frame, which cannot exceed
12 months. Federal expenditures on the interest paid by the Government of
Canada to banks is allocated to crops based on which producer marketing
organization acts as the agent for the loan.
Spring Credit Advance Program
(SCAP) (from 2000): Federally funded program providing interest-free loans
up to C$50 000 per producer to assist farmers in seeding crops. It is
implemented in a similar manner as APP.
Western Grain Transportation
Adjustment Fund (WGTA) - Freight Cost Pooling Assistance Program,
Phase I (1995 and 1996): A payment of C$45 million was made to provide
assistance to eligible wheat and barley producers in Manitoba and eastern
Saskatchewan who made deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) between
1 August 1995 and 31 July 1996, as recorded in their permit
book. Support entitlement based on 1995/96 deliveries (Phase I Manitoba, Phase
I Saskatchewan). [Phase II of this programme is
classified in D.1].
Provincial
Stabilisation Programmes
(1986 to 1995): Contributions or
payments by provincial governments (other than Quebec) to stabilisation
programmes (which did not involve the federal
government). Product-specific data are available for beef and pork.
Assurance-stabilisation du revenu agricole (ASRA Québec): Payment covering the difference between a "stabilised" price and the market price to
participating producers, multiplied by production or sales. Government
contributions to program (i.e, two times producer
contributions) are counted.
Apple programs (before 1995):
Payments to compensate apple farmers for their losses. Compensation was
negotiated after losses occurred.
2. Based on limited output
Dairy
Payment: Government expenditure
(fiscal year) on payments per tonne of industrial milk
within the quota quantity, provided under the Agricultural Stabilization Act
(ASA) and later under the Farm Income Protection Act.
C.
Payments based on area planted/animal numbers
1. Based on unlimited area or animal numbers
Gross
Revenue Insurance Plan (GRIP):
Payment to crop producers based on the shortfall between market revenue and the
target revenue for crops. Target revenue per acre for an individual crop is
based on historical yields, a 15-year moving average of price and the level of
crop insurance chosen by the producer. The plan is financed by farmers
(one-third) and government contributions (two-thirds). The government
contribution to total payments, i.e. 67 per cent of payments for each
crop is considered.
Market
Revenue Program (Ontario, 1996): Succeeded
GRIP in Ontario only. No contribution from farmers. Crop-specific
payments to farmers when market prices of eligible grains and oilseed crops are
lower than support levels (85 per cent of an average price over time).
Crop
Insurance payments: Government
contribution to a voluntary crop insurance scheme which covers between
70 and 90 per cent of average yield (depending on the crop and
province) over a 10 to 15 year-period. Farmers finance half of the scheme, but
over the years government contributions have amounted to 56 per cent of
indemnities paid. Government contribution for a crop in one year is calculated
as 56 per cent of indemnities for that crop in that year.
Wildlife Crop Damage
Compensation (waterfowl, big game): Federal contribution to the Waterfowl
Crop Damage Compensation Program and Big Game Damage Compensation Program. Both
programs compensate producers for part of yield losses to crops caused by
animals. Like crop insurance, benefits are paid on an acreage basis. For the
waterfowl program, allocation of the benefit by crop is based on administrative
data. [The provincial contribution is counted under H. Miscellaneous payments -
subnational payments.]
Special
Canadian Grain Program (SCGP I & II, 1986-1987): Government expenditures on payments to producers
based on a formula which took into account seeded acreage, representative
regional yields and a rate of assistance for each commodity proportional to its
price decline.
Farm
Support and Adjustment Measures II (FSAM II, 1991): Government expenditures on payments made on the
basis of grain seeded acreage of crops other than horticulture and expenditures
on "Long term adjustment in horticulture" FSAM I and FSAM II"
(apple and potato programmes, grape and tobacco
adjustment programmes) [which are included under E.1.
Payments based on use of variable inputs or F.2. Payments based on constraints
on fixed inputs] [FSAM I expenditures on crops other than horticulture are
included in GRIP].
Special
Income Assistance Program (SIAP, 1990): Government expenditures on payments to producers provided under a flat
rate per seeded acre.
Canadian
Crop Drought Assistance Program
(CCDAP, 1988): Government expenditures on payments to producers for production
losses due to drought. Payments were provided per acre of crops planted and per
head of livestock (livestock drought assistance program). The Greenfeed program operated to make more feed available in
the affected region, thereby reducing the price of feed is classified under
E.1. Greenfeed is assumed to benefit only beef
producers. CCDAP benefits both livestock and crops.
Federal
Disaster Payments (1984-1986):
Assumed to be provided like CCDAP.
Plum Pox Virus Compensation Regulations (2001-present)
Compensation is provided to growers who received a notice from the CFIA during
the period from 2000 to 2003 for the treatment and disposal of trees and for
the replanting of replacement trees. Program was extended for seven years after
2003.
2. Based on limited area or animal numbers
Potato Programs (PVYN, etc): Compensation
payments based on area. The area for which payments applied was limited.
D.
Payments based on historical entitlements
1. Based on historical plantings/animal numbers or production
Western
Grain Transition Payment Program (WGTPP) (1995-1996) – Government
expenditure on a one time payment to producers (spread over two fiscal years)
who are owners of eligible prairie farmland, plus estimated fiscal benefit (tax
concession) to farmers on this payment (which was treated for tax purposes as a
capital gain rather than as current income). Eligible land was land on which an
eligible crop of grain was grown in 1994 and summer fallow land on which
eligible crop was grown in 1993. Eligible crops were those that were
eligible for subsidies under WGTA. Payments were based on acreage of eligible
land, productivity factor, distance factor and provincial allocation factor.
Tax concession calculated as the difference between the effective value (C$2.2
billion) and C$1.6 billion, counted as "capital payment benefit".
Arable
Acres Supplementary Payment Program (1996) -- Government expenditure on a one-time payment to landowners who grew
crops that were not eligible for the WGTPP above, plus estimated fiscal benefit
(tax concession) on this payment (as for the WGTPP above). The payment was
provided at a flat rate per acre for three types of land (C$9.56 per acre for
irrigated arable land, C$6.50 per acre for dryland
arable land, and C$3.71 per acre for improved pasture. Tax concession is
estimated as 37.5 per cent of the payment.
Western
Grain Transportation Adjustment Fund (WGTA) - Freight Cost Pooling Assistance
Program, Phase II (1996): In Eastern
Saskatchewan, C$27 million was paid to eligible farmers, based on deliveries
of wheat and barley to the Canadian Wheat Board during the previous crop year
(1995/96). In Manitoba, C$22 million was paid out to eligible producers based
upon gross sales of wheat and barley, reported for the 1995 tax year. A further
C$11 million in Manitoba was paid to eligible producers of all commodities
(including wheat and barley) based on gross sales reported for the 1995 tax
year. [Phase I of this programme is classified in
B.1].
Canada-Saskatchewan and
Canada-Manitoba Adjustment Programs (C-SAP and C-MAP) (2000): Government
budgetary expenditures (40% provincial-60% federal) on payments based on a
percentage of the first C$125 000 of producers’ historical sales of
WGTA-eligible commodities during the 1994-98 period.
Alberta’s Farm Income
Assistance Program (FIAP) 2000 and 2001: Provincial budgetary expenditures
on initial and supplement payments based on area seeded in previous year and on
payments to arable land not actually seeded. There is no obligation to produce
or plant anything after the base year. The initial and supplement payments are
allocated among crops using previous year seeded areas of crops in Alberta.
Edible
Horticulture, Grain and Oilseed Payments (Ontario): Federal expenditures on a one-time payment announced
after the beginning of the 2001 crop year. For crops, it is implemented in
a similar manner to the Market Revenue Program [C.1] but the payment is based
on the spread from 90% to 94% of the indexed moving average price for the crop
year 2000.
Grain
Stabilization Payment (Ontario):
Provincial expenditures matching federal expenditures on the above payment for
crops. It is implemented in a similar manner to the Market Revenue Program
[C.1] but the payment is based on the spread from 85% to 90% of the indexed
moving average price for the crop year 2000.
Farm
Income Adjustment Program (Prince Edward Island) and Farm Income Support
Program (Nova Scotia): Federal
expenditures on a one-time payment announced after the beginning of the
2001 crop year. The payment is based on net sales of eligible commodities
during the 1995-99 period and there is no requirement
involving upcoming production.
Farm
Assistance Program (New Brunswick):
Federal expenditures on a one-time payment announced after the beginning of the
2001 crop year. The payment is based on qualifying sales of eligible
commodities in 2000 and there is no requirement involving upcoming production.
Expenditures are allocated using administrative data.
Assistance
Program (British Columbia): Federal
expenditures on a one-time payment announced after the beginning of the
2001 crop year. There is a payment based on previous plantings and a
payment based on qualifying sales of eligible commodities in the 2000 tax year.
For both, there is no requirement involving upcoming production.
Apple
Transition Payments (1996): Payments
based on 1993 and 1994 production.
Agricultural Policy Framework
Transition Payment (2002 and 2003): CAD 600 million per year paid into producer’s
NISA accounts on the basis of 1997-2002 sales.
CAD 150 million of this reserved for non-participants in NISA affected
by the new program. Payments are to
cover costs of new producer obligations under the APF programs.
BSE Recovery Program (2003):
Federal-Provincial program to compensate producers for losses resulting
from price declines for cattle subsequent to discovery of a case of BSE in
Canada. Producers who sell cattle who
were already on feed before May 20 2003 are eligible. Payment is calculated by
multiplying the total net live weight sold by an adjusted Market Loss
Differential based on the US cash spot Market and current Canadian Exchange
Rates.
Transitional Industry Support Program (2004): This
is a one-time program. The TISP payment has two components: A general payment
for all eligible Canadian producers made one the basis of historical farm
receipts, and a direct payment to producers of cattle and other ruminants. The
general payment distributes the funds by cash payment directly to producers,
based on their average eligible net sales (ENS) for the years 1998 to 2002 , or average ENS for those years where Net Income
Stabilization Account (NISA) data is available. Producers of all commodities
except supply-managed commodities are eligible to receive the general payment.
The direct payment makes a flat rate payment of up to $80 per bovine animal to
livestock producers based on their herd inventories as of December 23, 2003.
The direct payment is targeted to producers directly impacted by the BSE
situation. Producers of most cattle and ruminant animals are eligible. This
includes all bovine animals (including dairy heifers), with the exception of
mature bulls and cows (i.e. cows that have calved and bulls older than one
year). This also includes other ruminants such as bison, sheep, goats, elk, and
deer. The general payment is classified under G1: Payments based on farm income level.
Farm Income Payment (2005): This is a
one-time program. The Farm Income Payment has two components: A general payment
for all eligible Canadian producers made one the basis of historical farm
receipts, and a direct payment to producers of cattle and other ruminants.
Producers of all commodities except supply-managed commodities are eligible to
receive the general payment. The direct payment is targeted to producers
directly impacted by the BSE situation. Producers of most cattle and ruminant
animals are eligible. This includes all bovine animals (including dairy
heifers), with the exception of mature bulls and cows (i.e. cows that have
calved and bulls older than one year). This also includes other ruminants such
as bison, sheep, goats, elk, and deer. Any producer who received assistance
under the Transitional Industry Support Program in 2004 will automatically
receive a cheque for the Farm Income Payment. The general payment is classified under
G1: Payments based on farm income level.
2. Based on historical support programmes
E.
Payments based on input use
1. Based on use of variable inputs
Freight
assistance: Federal government
expenditure to reduce transport costs through payments to railways to improve
boxcars and railroad beds (Subsidiary Agreements to Economic and Regional
Agreements in Manitoba) (Rehabilitation of box cars); and to the
Canadian Wheat Board for the purchase and/or leasing of hopper cars to transport
grain (Payments to CWB for hopper cars).
Feed
freight assistance: Federal
government programme to reduce transport costs of
feed for feed-deficit areas (livestock).
Canadian
Crop Drought Assistance Program (CCDAP, 1988 and 2003, Greenfeed): Payments per acre of crop harvested as greenfeed, assumed to accrue to beef producers only.
Fuel
tax expenditures: Federal tax
rebates and exemptions, calculated as the rate of
rebate or refund times quantity of fuel. Provincial tax concessions are also
included, measuring government expenditures..
Provincial
financing assistance: One-third of
provincial government expenditures on interest subsidies, loan defaults, and
other credit programmes to farmers. [The other
two-thirds are considered under E.3].
Crow
Benefit Offset (Alberta): Provincial
government expenditures on payments to offset the cost increase incurred by
livestock producers as a result of the artificially high feed grain prices resulting
from subsidies under the Western Grain Transportation Act (Crow Benefit).
Economic
Recovery Assistance (Ice Storm, 1998): Mainly payments to compensate damages to inputs and equipment.
Long
term adjustment in horticulture (FSAM I and II) and Horti-plus
(federal contribution): Government
expenditures on payments to small investment projects.
2. Based on use of on-farm services
Extension:
Federal and provincial expenditures
for the activities related to the provision of information, training and
services directly to farmers.
Pest
and disease control: Federal and
provincial expenditures delivered directly to farmers and related to animal
health, veterinary services and disease control.
3. Based on use of fixed inputs
Interest
concessions:
--
FILA/FIMCLA: Payments to lenders on defaulted loans (net of user fees)
under the loan guarantee programme for intermediate
term credit.
--
Interest rebates (1982-86): Federal government expenditure on interest
concessions to farmers under the Farm Loans Interest Rebates Act.
--
Farm Debt Review Process: Budgetary expenditure on government
contributions to cover the arrangements between producers and the Farm Credit
Corporation pursuant to the Farm Debt Review Act.
Provincial
financing assistance: Two-thirds of
provincial government expenditures on interest subsidies, loan defaults, and
other credit programmes to farmers. [The other third
is considered under E.1].
Property
tax exemptions: Provincial
government expenditures in the form of tax exemptions on property.
F.
Payments based on input constraints
1. Based on constraints on variable inputs
2. Based on constraints on fixed inputs
Grape
and Wine Adjustment Programs and Tobacco Adjustment Programs: Government expenditure on payments for acreage
reduction.
3.
Based on constraints on a set of inputs
Tobacco Adjustment Assistance Program
(2005-2006): The TAAP was designed to
aid in the transition of the Canadian tobacco growing industry by permanently
retiring Basic Production Quota through a reverse auction process.
Greencover Canada (2003): Payments for the conversion of land to
permanent cover.
3. Based on constraints on a set of inputs
G.
Payments based on overall farming income
1. Based on farm income level
Net
Income Stabilization Account (NISA) (1990-2002): Federal and provincial expenditures on the voluntary
farm income safety-net scheme, under which farmers set aside money in
individual accounts, matched by government contributions. Farmers can make
withdrawals from the account when the gross margin of the farm (gross revenue
less cash costs) for eligible commodities (all commodities except
supply-managed commodities) falls below the average gross margin of the
preceding five years or when their taxable household income falls below a
fixed level.
Agricultural
Income Disaster Assistance Programme (AIDA) ( tax
years 1998 and 1999) / Canadian Farm Income Program (CFIP) (from 2000): Federal and provincial government expenditures on
payments to farmers made when whole farm gross margin falls below 70 per
cent of the average of the previous three years’ gross margins.
Farm
Income Disaster Program in Alberta:
Government expenditures on payments to farmers made when current year programme margin falls below 70 per cent of the
average of the previous three years’ programme
margins. Programme margin is the difference between
overall farm revenue and expenses.
Prince
Edward Island Agricultural Disaster Programme
(PEI-ADP): Government expenditures
on payments to farmers made when current year programme
margin falls below 70 per cent of the average of the previous
three years’ programme margins. Programme margin is the difference between overall farm
revenue and expenses. . In 1996 and 1997 tax years, it is counted as a separate
programme. Starting from tax year 1998, it is the
provincial component of AIDA/CFIP and counted under that programme.
Whole Farm Disaster Pilot Program in British
Columbia: See PEI-ADIP.
Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilisation Programme (CAIS)
(from 2003): Successor program to NISA. Program insures a reference margin calculated
(using tax data) for a five-year reference period. Producers choose a level of coverage between
70 and 92% of this margin and must keep an appropriate amount of funds in a
CAIS program account to cover co-payment of this coverage. In years where the producer’s program year
margin falls below the reference margin coverage percentage, producers may
withdraw money from the CAIS program account to make up the shortfall, with
government contributions covering between 50 and 80% of the withdrawal
amount.
Transitional Industry Support Program
(2004): See D1 above.
Farm Income Payment (2005): See D1
above.
2. Based on established minimum income
H.
Miscellaneous payments
1. National payments
2. Sub-national payments
Provincial
expenditure on payments to farmers not included above, calculated as residual.
III.2 Percentage PSE [(III.1) / ((I) + (Sum of B to H)) x 100]
III.3 Producer NPC: For all agricultural commodities the Producer NPC
is estimated as a weighted average of the producer NPC calculated for the
individual MPS commodities and shown in Table 2. For each commodity
Producer NPC = [domestic price received by producers (at the farm gate) +
unit payments based on output] / border price (also at the farm gate).
III.4 Producer NAC [1 / (100 - (III.2)) x 100]
IV. General Services Support Estimate
(GSSE): total budgetary expenditure
to support general services provided to agriculture [ Sum of I to
O] .
I.
Research and development
Federal Research: Federal expenditures on research (operating and
capital), grants and contributions for research educational institutions
including a proportion of expenditures, which varies from year to year, under
the National Tripartite Transition Fund (beef, from 1995) (also called
"Beef Industry Development Fund") [The other half is
considered under M. ‘Marketing and promotion'].
Feed Freight Assistance
Adjustment Fund (FFAAF; from 1995):
Half of government expenditures to province-specific farm organisations
that develop initiatives to help farmers adapt to the new economic environment
without feed freight assistance programme. [The other
half is considered under M. ‘Marketing and promotion'].
Provincial Research: Expenditures on research (operating and capital),
grants and contributions for research financed by provincial governments.
J.
Agricultural schools
Federal: Expenditures on grants to educational institutions.
Provincial: Expenditures on grants to educational institutions.
Also expenditures for activities related to the provision of information,
training and services, coded by Government Expenditures project as beyond the
farm gate.
K.
Inspection services
Federal: Expenditures (net of cost recovery) on food
inspection and control services (operating and capital), and grants and
contribution for animal health, veterinary services, product testing, disease
control, and food quality, coded by Government Expenditures project as beyond
the farm gate, including expenditures by the Canadian Grain Commission (net of
cost recovery).
Provincial: Expenditures (net of cost recovery) on food
inspection and control services (operating and capital), and grants and
contribution for animal health, veterinary services, product testing, disease
control, and food quality, coded by Government Expenditures project as beyond
the farm gate.
L.
Infrastructure
Federal: Expenditures on Regional and Industrial Economic
Development and certain environment related expenditures, including
expenditures (net of cost recovery) by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
Administration and Market and Industry Services Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
Dehydrated
Alfalfa and Compressed Hay Assistance Program (DACHAP): Part of Western Grain Transportation Adjustment
Fund (WGTAF) to ease adjustment of alfalfa dehydration and compressed hay
processors.
Provincial: Expenditures on rural and regional development and
certain environment related expenditures.
M.
Marketing and promotion
International Development
and Food Aid Programmes: Grants and contributions for activities for food aid
assistance, including the forgiveness of food aid debts owed by developing
countries and negotiated through the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA). Support to international agricultural organisations
is excluded.
Federal expenditures on
product promotion and development of new markets, including debt service
reduction and/or reduction of the debt owed to the Canadian Wheat Board (losses
on export credits).
Beef Industry Development
Fund (also called "National Tripartite Transition Fund" (beef, from
1995): Half of the expenditures of
the Beef Industry Development Fund. [The other half is considered in I.
‘Research and development'].
Commodity Specific
Development Funds (Alberta, beef, hogs and sugar beet, from 1996).
Feed Freight Assistance
Adjustment Fund (FFAAF; from 1995):
Half of government contribution to this fund. [The other half is considered in
I. ‘Research and development'].
Provincial
expenditures on product promotion and development of new markets.
N.
Public stockholding
O.
Miscellaneous
1. National expenditure
2. Sub-national expenditure
V.1 Consumer Support Estimate (CSE): Associated with agricultural
production, i.e. for the quantities of commodities domestically produced,
excluding the quantities used on-farm as feed -- excess feed cost. [Sum
of P to S; when negative, the amounts represent an implicit tax on consumers].
P. Transfers to
producers from consumers: Associated with market price
support on all domestically produced commodities, estimated by increasing the
transfers calculated for the MPS commodities according to their share in the
total value of production [(P.1) / (I.1) x 100].
1. Of which MPS commodities:
Sum of the values of transfers from consumers to producers associated with
market price support for the MPS commodities as calculated in Table 2.
Q. Other
transfers from consumers: Transfers to the budget associated
with market price support on the quantities imported of domestically produced
commodities, estimated by increasing the transfers calculated for the MPS
commodities according to their share in the total value of production
[(Q.1) / (I.1) x 100].
1. Of which MPS
commodities: Sum of the transfers to the budget associated with
market price support on the quantities imported of the MPS commodities as
calculated in Table 2.
R.
Transfers to consumers from taxpayers
Agricultural Products
Board (APB): Budget expenditures
covering losses incurred by the APB while buying and selling grapes and maple
syrup.
Price Pooling Program
(PPP) (under the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act): Government expenditures on payments to certain
co-operatives (including tree fruit) offering price guarantees to farmers
(Formerly known as the Agricultural Product Co-operative Marketing Act
(APCMA)).
Pool deficit: Federal government expenditures on guarantees offered
to deficits in Canadian Wheat Board Pool Accounts resulting from market returns
lower than initial payments to producers. Data available by
commodity.
S.
Excess Feed Cost: associated
with market price support on quantities domestically produced and used on-farm
as feed as calculated in Table 2.
V.2 Percentage
CSE [(V.1) / ((II) - (R)) x 100]
V.3 Consumer NPC: For all agricultural commodities the Consumer NPC
is estimated as a weighted average of the consumer NPC calculated for the
individual MPS commodities and shown in Table 2. For each commodity
Consumer NPC = domestic price paid by consumers (at the farm gate)/ border
price (also at the farm gate).
V.4 Consumer NAC [(1 / (100 -(V.2)) x 100]
VI. Total Support Estimate [ (III.1) + (IV) + (R)] and [ (T) + (U) - (V)]
T. Transfers from
consumers [ (P)+(Q)]
U. Transfers from
taxpayers [ (III.1)-(P)+(IV)+(R)]
V. Budget revenues [ (Q)]
Source:
Information provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada.