AgriStability Grapes Information

Your business is eligible to participate in AgriStability if you meet all of these requirements:

• You farm eligible commodities within Canada
• You file income tax reporting farming income (loss) to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) by the final filing deadline for the program year
• You filed farming income (loss) for tax purposes for all reference years in which you farmed. If you are a beginning farmer, we will use industry numbers for the missing years.
• You have completed a minimum of six consecutive months of farming activity and a full production cycle, unless you experienced a disaster
• You are enrolled in the AgriStability Program, pay your annual enrolment fee, and file all Program forms by the applicable deadlines

Annual reporting requirements:

• Complete the AgriStability income and expense forms 1373-E Statement A for corporations or T1273 Statement A for individuals, reporting all eligible;
  • Farming income from grape and bulk juice sales (for corporations as reported as farming revenue on the CRA Sch125)
  • Farming expenses related to the production of wine grapes (for corporations as reported as farming expenses on the CRA Sch125)
• Complete the AgriStability supplementary form for wine grape operations and report the following:
  • Total pounds of wine grapes harvested by variety each season
  • Litres of bulk wine produced from the grapes grown on the farm each season
  • Total number of litres, produced from this program year, in bulk storage at the end of the fiscal year

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AgriStability payment example for Grape Producers:

Here is a typical farm growing 10 acres of wine grapes and harvesting three to four tonnes per acre in a normal year. In 2023, they had a significant income decline due to cold weather. 

Step 1: Calculate your Production Margin for the Reference Years and the Program Year

• Allowable Income represents the value of the crop harvested each season plus insurance claims for lost production.
• Allowable Expenses are the direct costs associated with producing wine grapes.

 

Step 2: Calculate your Reference Margin

Step 3: Calculate your Benefit

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Check out our commodity specific information pages with payment examples for more information about how AgriStability helps B.C. Producers:

Enrol today!  If you have any questions, AgriStability Customer Support is available by calling 1-877-343-2767 or by email at AgriStability@gov.bc.ca.