Manage Your Soil

​What projects are eligible?

• Soil testing and analysis by accredited laboratories

• Nutrient management plans and strategies approved by OMAFRA

• LSRCA will consider innovative projects if it meets the objective of the category

Project Details

To receive financial assistance on soil testing and nutrient management planning under this program, applicants must follow accepted soil sampling guidelines as outlined by OMAFRA.

Visit CALA Directory of Laboratories or Standards Council of Canada to search for an accredited lab near you.

Projects must a minimum cost of $500 before tax.

What costs are covered?

• Permits

• Professional consulting fees for nutrient management planning by a certified crop advisor or an agronomist

• Nutrient management training through OMAFRA; an indiv​idual can apply to this program for the training costs one time only

• Only consulting fees for nutrient management planning OR nutrient management training can be claimed under this category

• Soil and manure nu​trient sampling and analysis from accredited labs

• Materials and labour associated with the approved project

What isn’t covered?

• Taxes

• Soil samples from non-accredited labs

• Machinery or equipment owned and used by the applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• Labour of applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• If you have an outstanding violation with the LSRCA, you will not be eligible for funding

• Work that proceeds prior to funding approval does not qualify for funding assistance

How to Apply

Complete the Landowner Information Form and the Project Pr​ofile Form to submit an application.

Be prepared to submit the following with your application:

• Project site plan

• Two cost quotations for proposed project

Only complete applications will be considered for funding assistance.​

Please contact a Restoration Project Specialist to verify program eligibility and to answer any questions/concerns you may have about the program and/or the application process. This is a voluntary program and all calls are confidential.

What projects are eligible?

• Establishment of non-economic cover crops 

• Inter-planting of cover crops in-season on land or inter-planting with a new type of cover crop​

• LSRCA will consider innovative projects if they meet the objective of the category.

Project Details

​Where cover cropping has been practiced in previous years, please provide a copy of the previous year’s seed list and receipt(s).

A detailed, three year cover cropping plan and rotation plan is to be included with the application (if available). Please identify the location and size of all fields where a cover crop is to be applied. LSRCA staff must conduct a site visit to verify cover crop species, areas planted and growth.

​Project must be a minimum cost of $250 before tax.

For more information and considerations when choosing cover crops, visit Midwest Cover Crops Council& or the Innovations in Cover Crops to use their cover cropping decision tools.

What costs are covered?

• Cost of appropriate non-economic cover crop seed

What isn’t covered?

• Taxes

• Machinery or equipment owned and used by the applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• Labour of applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• If you have an outstanding violation with the LSRCA, you will not be eligible for funding

• Work that proceeds prior to funding approval does not qualify for funding assistance

How to Apply

Complete the Landowner Information Form and the Project Pr​ofile Form to submit an application.

Be prepared to submit the following with your application:

• Project site plan

• Two cost quotations for proposed project

• Receipt from the previous year’s purchase of cover crop seed (if applicable)

• Detailed 3 year cover cropping and rotation plan (if available)​

Only complete applications will be considered for funding assistance.​

Please contact a Restoration Project Specialist to verify program eligibility and to answer any questions/concerns you may have about the program and/or the application process. This is a voluntary program and all calls are confidential.

What projects are eligible?​

• Grassed waterways

• Water and sediment control basin (WASCoB)

• Terraces

• Drop Structures

• LSRCA will consider innovative projects if it meets the objective of the category.

Project Details

Conservation tillage practices are encouraged on adjacent fields and all collected water must be taken to a sufficient and legal outlet.

Projects must be constructed according to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food’s Soil and Erosion Manual specifications. Design by professional engineers may be advisable on complex and/or large projects. The private sector is expected to fill these requirements. Supervision of construction is not mandatory, yet may be specified as required by program representatives on large and/or complex projects.

Projects must obtain approval from appropriate agencies prior to construction. In addition, any work done on municipal drains also requires prior approval from the municipality. It is the applicant’s responsibility to meet all municipal, provincial and/or federal regulatory or legal requirements.

What costs are covered?

• Professional designs

• Tile outlet protection including rip rap or appropriate armour material, filter cloth, rodent guards

• Materials and labour associated with the approved project

What isn’t covered?

• Taxes

• Machinery or equipment owned and used by the applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• Labour of applicant, family dependents or the applicant’s business

• If you have an outstanding violation with LSRCA you will not be eligible for funding

• Work that proceeds prior to funding approval does not qualify for funding assistance.

How to Apply

Complete the Landowner Information Form and the Project Prof​ile Form​ to submit an application.

Be prepared to submit the following with your application:

• Project site plan

• Two cost quotations from qualified contractors

Only complete applications will be considered for funding assistance.

Please contact a Restoration Project Specialist to verify program eligibility and to answer any questions/concerns you may have about the program and/or the application process. This is a voluntary program and all calls are confidential.​