The Increasing Deadstock Capacity Initiative (IDCI) provides cost-share funding support for deadstock management to address immediate and short-term deadstock capacity needs at businesses in Ontario through increasing capacity and improving sustainability.
Purpose of the Initiative
The Increasing Deadstock Capacity Initiative (IDCI) provides cost-share funding support for deadstock management to address immediate and short-term deadstock capacity needs at businesses in Ontario through increasing capacity and improving sustainability.
Eligible Applicants
The following list includes eligible applicants for IDCI:
- Primary Producer, including:
- a Person that is a Producer (livestock)
- New or existing Deadstock Service Providers, including:
- Broker, Carrier, Collector, Composting Facility, Disposal Facility, Facility, Rendering Facility, Salvaging Facility, and Transfer Station
- Commodity associations in business to support producers of live animals, red meat and other animal products, including:
- Live animal, red meat and other animal product organizations under the OFA (www.ofa.on.ca/sort/commodity-organizations/)
- Accredited farm organizations - Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), and National Farmers Union – Ontario
- County federations of agriculture (www.ofa.on.ca/federations/
- Commercial operation requiring Deadstock services, including:
- Meat Processor
- Livestock Auction Market
- Waste management companies for mass carcass emergency, including:
- Waste Management of Canada Corporation
- Municipalities, including:
- An upper-tier or lower-tier municipality in a two-tier structure or a single-tier municipality with (or establishing) a waste disposal site operating under an environmental compliance approval within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Act, that permits the disposal of dead animals.
Intake Dates
Intake is now closed for this program
Eligible Project Start Date
- After September 15, 2024, the earliest Project start date will be the date the project is approved by AAC.
Eligible Project Completion Date
- October 1, 2025 or the date outlined in the Funding Agreement
Claim Deadlines
- March 31, 2025 – For costs incurred from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025
- October 31, 2025 – For costs incurred from April 1, 2025 to October 1, 2025
Downloads & Resources
For full Initiative details, refer to the Program Guide. If you have any questions, please contact the AAC at admin@adaptcouncil.org or call 1-800-769-3272.
About the Agricultural Adaptation Council
The Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC) is an industry-led organization that stimulates growth and opportunity for Ontario's agriculture and food industry through the delivery of funding programs, facilitating connections, and developing partnerships.
The Increasing Deadstock Capacity Initiative program was funded in part through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (the Partnership), a 5-year, $35 billion federal-provincial-territorial initiative. This program is being delivered by the Agricultural Adaptation Council on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
