2014 canola insurance areas in Manitoba

Five tips when seeding canola late

Anastasia Kubinec's advice on how to get your crop to mature five or six days earlier

It’s getting late for seeding canola, but there’s still time. Farmers in canola area 1 (see map above) are eligible for full crop insurance coverage until June 15 and reduced coverage if seeding between June 16 and 20. The deadlines in area 2 are June 10 for full coverage and between June 11 and 15

Cattle grazing in a pasture.

It’s not official, but cattle price insurance is here

Ban on announcements during the byelection 
campaign means Manitoba had to keep mum

The cat is out of the bag and halfway to Saskatoon, yet Manitoba remains the only western province not to have announced a livestock price insurance program. Last November, the Manitoba government outlined its intent to establish such a program in the speech from the throne, and since then Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development


Crop insurance changes discussed at KAP meeting

Changes coming to Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) are aimed at reducing “moral hazard” that could undermine the program’s integrity. “It just seemed from our experience there was a disproportionate amount of land coming into our program in wet years than there was in dry years,” David Van Deynze, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) manager

Winter Cereals Canada understands rationale for crop insurance changes

It turns out MASC has been paying out a lot more on winter wheat claims than it has been collecting in premiums

Growers weren’t happy about changes to the crop insurance program for winter wheat outlined at their recent annual meeting, but they had to acknowledge that some changes were justified. In 2014, Manitoba farmers will still be eligible for a reseeding benefit based on 25 per cent of their coverage if their winter wheat fails before



U.S. crop insurance guarantees push big acres

Reuters / Crop insurance that guarantees prices for the 2013 growing season should encourage U.S. farmers to again plant a large number of acres, with soybeans possibly claiming ground from corn, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency set the guarantees March 1, which act as the “floor price” for crop insurance


Crop insurance expands areas for heat-loving crops

This is something farmers have been asking for, especially 
with the release of earlier-maturing varieties

Crop insurance on soybeans, corn, open-pollinated corn, edible beans, sunflowers and lentils is being expanded — on a test basis — across Manitoba this year. Until now, those crops were only insurable in areas deemed to be warm enough, and with enough frost-free days. However, farmers from outside those areas have been asking for coverage,

Other Manitoba crop insurance changes for 2013 and 2014

Expanding crop insurance coverage is just one of the changes for crop insurance in 2013 and 2014. Here are some others. Dollar selections per acre have increased to the following: All crops (excluding potatoes, vegetables and strawberries) $120, $160 and $200. For potatoes, the levels are $250, $500 and $750 and for vegetables and strawberries,


U.S senators propose interim support

washington / reuters Congress would revive disaster-relief programs for farmers and ranchers hurt by drought and other natural catastrophes under a stop-gap bill introduced on Jan. 25 by two key Senate committee leaders. Producers could get up to $100,000 each for losses in 2012 and this year. In particular, ranchers would benefit because they do

AgriStability changes unwelcome

Opinions on the effectiveness of AgriStability may differ, but most feel farmers are getting shortchanged

Producers will have to take a close look at their farm’s finances before deciding if AgriStability is the right program for them in the coming years, say Prairie farm leaders. Last fall, changes were made to how program payouts are triggered. For some producers these changes will come into effect in 2013. “It’s all over