2019 Tree Fruit Replant Program Application Application Deadline October 31, 2018

Transcription

1 2019 Tree Fruit Replant Program Application Application Deadline October 31, 2018 A1. APPLICANT INFORMATION Name (name of sole owner, or partners, or incorporation company and signing authority) Business type Registered Company Name; OR Sole Proprietorship Name; OR Legal Partnership Name Mailing Address Street or PO Box: Town/City: Postal Code: Home Telephone: Cell Phone: _ Contact Person: 2 nd Contact Person: Required: GST # or Business # (BN): Application Requirement Checklist: Completed and signed 2019 Tree Fruit Replant Program Application. A detailed plot plan showing removal and replant site and adjacent blocks, roads and buildings. Confirmation of tree order (nursery confirmation of tree order or copy of root stock purchase). Soil test report (within the last 3 years) or Bio-Assay Testing Report. Unfunded applications will not be carried over to subsequent years. Applicants who did not plant and postponed their project last year may re-apply in subsequent years. 1 August 1, 2018

2 A2. LOCATIONOF PROPERTY with legal description British Columbia Assessment Authority ASSESSMENT ROLL NUMBER _092 Oliver Rural OFFICE USE NEIGHCD Property that is being replanted Site #1 Site #3 Site #2 Site #4 A3. WHOLE FARM OPERATION (on both leased and owned property) Existing acreage planted to tree fruits (include all acres bearing and non bearing): Commodity Acreage Commodity Acreage Apples Pears Cherries Peaches/Nectarines Apricots Plums/Prunes Total Tree Fruits Grapes Other crops Uncultivated land TOTAL ACREAGE 2 August 1, 2018

3 A4. REMOVAL AREA (trees that have been or will be removed or will be grafted over) Date of Removal: Month/Year Commodity Variety Tree Age Total Tree Numbers Acreage Note: A detailed plot plan showing removal or replant site and adjacent blocks, roads and buildings must be attached to this application. 3 August 1, 2018

4 B. PROPOSED PLANTING 1. Nursery Trees Planted in 2019 Year Planted Crop * New Variety Rootstock Support System Spacing No. Of Trees Acres Pollinizers are not recorded separately. Pollinizers are included in the block that is being pollinized. Describe pollinizers: 2. Bench Grafts Planted in 2018 (or rootstocks planted in place in 2017 and grafted in 2018) Year Planted Crop * New Variety Rootstock Support System Spacing No. Of Trees Acres Pollinizers are not recorded separately. Pollinizers are included in the block that is being pollinized. Describe pollinizers: 3. Grafting in 2019 Year Grafted Crop * Old Variety New Variety Support System Spacing No. Of Trees Acres Pollinizers are not recorded separately. Pollinizers are included in the block that is being pollinized. Describe pollinizers: *Crop is Apple, Cherry, Peach, Pears, Plum, Prunes, Apricots, etc. 4 August 1, 2018

5 I am applying for the Bioassay Grant (Please Submit Copy of Test Results and Receipt of payment) Delivery Instructions: No later than 11:59 PM October 31, 2018 or Fax: No later than 11:59 PM October 31, Or Mail: Post-dated no later than October 31, 2018 BC Fruit Growers Association 880 Vaughan Avenue Kelowna, BC V1Y 7E4 Horticulturist Review This application requires review by a qualified horticultural advisor. If you do not have an advisor, please contact the BCFGA office at ext. 1 Statement of Qualified Horticulturalist: I have reviewed this replant application and provided relevant horticultural advice to the Applicant. Signature Print name Date 5 August 1, 2018

6 Terms and Conditions: Applicants read and sign below to indicate agreement with the terms of the program. 1. The Applicant acknowledges that the Replant Program administration will rely upon the information provided in this application and its attachments (the Application ) in assessing the Applicant s eligibility for funding the Tree Fruit Replant Program (the Replant Program ). 2. Submission of an application does not guarantee funding for the project. 3. The Applicant certifies an intention to maintain the property as a commercial orchard operation for a period of at least 5 years from the date of replanting. Applicants with projects that are removed within that 5 year period may be required to repay any grants paid. 4. The Applicant acknowledges that payment of claims is subject to the availability of funding provided by the Province of BC. Once the funding for the BC Tree Fruit Replant Program has been fully allocated, the Program will be closed. 5. The Applicant certifies, acknowledges and confirms that the following statements are true statements of fact as of the date of making this Application: (a) all information provided in the Application is true, correct and complete; and (b) the Applicant has read and understands the Requirements in effect at the time of application. 6. As a requirement for funding under the Programs, the Applicant agrees to: (a) permit, at any reasonable time, representatives of the Province of British Columbia to conduct inspections of the Lands and audits of all of the Applicant s records or accounts relating to funds received under the Programs. The Applicant agrees that the program administrator is not liable or responsible for any loss or damage which may be caused by any inspector or auditor in connection with inspections or audits related to the Program; (b) be bound by the appeal process set out in the Requirements; (c) provide administrator with proof of payment of royalties, where required, for plant material used in the project, prior to inspection and payment of claims for the project; and (d) repay any and all funds which may be granted under the Replant Program if for any reason prohibited in the Requirements. 7. The Applicant will pay interest on repayments of funding under the Replant Program as per the Federal Interest and Administrative Charges Regulations from the date the administrator issues a notice requiring repayment of funding. 8. The Applicant consents to the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information contained in this Application for the purposes of managing the Programs, complying with the requirements of the Provincial Government in connection with reporting and administration of the Programs, verifying eligibility for funding, conducting inspections and conducting audits. Any information, with the exception of personal financial information unless in aggregated form, furnished in this Application may be exchanged with the administrators of related programs. 9. The Applicant agrees that for overall program evaluation that may be requested to provide ongoing performance data with respect to any project they are approved for. 10. If the Applicant is more than one person, then all Applicants confirm the statements and agree to the agreements set out in the Application and all references to a single Applicant will be read as references to multiple Applicants. Applicant Signature(s) Date Date 6 August 1, 2018