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Wheat in progress west of Pathlow, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)
Markets, Weather

Crop, livestock prices offset reduced marketings in 2022

StatCan data on farm cash receipts tracks recovery off 2021 drought

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New full-year data on Canada’s farm cash receipts in calendar 2022 show how increased commodity prices last year more than offset the drop in quantities sold. Statistics Canada on Tuesday released figures showing Canadian farm cash receipts in 2022 at $94.9 billion, up 14.1 per cent from 2021, including crop receipts of $53.9 billion (also
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Crops

AgriInsurance coverage expected to rise in 2023

Crop insurance amendments laid out at Ag Days in Brandon

AgriInsurance coverage is expected to reach $5.3 billion in 2023, up from the $4.7 billion projected last spring, the provincial ag minister announced at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon on Tuesday. “The costs and risks related to farming in Manitoba continue to climb,” Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson said in a release. Average coverage is estimated
Changes were made in consultation with producer groups that have expressed interest in higher coverage levels due to rising costs.
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Excess moisture insurance coverage boosted for coming crop year

Basic coverage boosted to $75 an acre, enhanced options rise to $100 and $125 an acre

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Manitoba farmers will receive higher insurance coverage levels for excess moisture in the 2023 crop year. Expansion of coverage was announced by federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson Oct. 6 in a media release. “Extreme weather conditions continue to challenge and threaten the viability of many producers,” said Bibeau. “With
The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans has been extended.
Crops, News

Crop insurance soybean seeding deadlines extended

Changes, effective this year, will be permanent

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The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans is being extended two days in Area 1 and five days in Areas 2 and 3, with no changes in Area 4, starting this year, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) announced May 20. The new deadlines (see below) reflect farmers’ access to improved soybean varieties, MASC
Faced with spring flooding and recent historic precipitation, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation has extended seeding deadlines to give soybean growers some breathing room.
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New soybean seeding deadline welcomed

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Extensions to the crop insurance seeding deadlines for soybeans in Manitoba are being welcomed. The change wasn’t prompted by this year’s delay in seeding due to wet weather, but because the data supports it, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said. “The seeding dates (for soybeans) were set a long time ago,”
Aerial view of flooded farmland near Rosenort, Man., about 50 km south of Winnipeg, on May 6, 2022.
Crops, News

No crop insurance seeding deadline extensions planned: MASC

Manitoba's wet, cold spring is keeping farmers out of the fields, but they have until June 20 to seed cereals and flax and still be eligible for coverage. Insured farmers unable to plant are eligible for Excess Moisture Insurance payouts

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[UPDATED: May 20, 2022] The last time there were extended seeding deadlines for crop insurance in Manitoba, it was 2004. Despite wet weather delaying planting this year, 2022 is unlikely to see a repeat. “We’re not contemplating, at this point, any changes to our seeding deadlines,” said David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC)
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Potash, crude oil resource revenues help cut deficit

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Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures on $17.2 billion in revenues,
The Canadian Organic Trade Association gave Manitoba organic crop insurance three out of five stars.
News

Manitoba middle of pack in organic regulation, crop insurance

COTA ‘State of Organics’ gives low scores for organic market and production supports, data collection

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Manitoba’s organic crop insurance and organic regulation and enforcement land the province about in the middle in Canada, according to a new Canadian Organic Trade Alliance (COTA) report. Recent overhauls of Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) organic crop insurance programs have led to “significantly larger payouts” while adding more crops to the program,” said COTA
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Crops, Weather

Saskatchewan pushes crop insurance deadline to mid-April

'Logistical challenges' led to extension

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Saskatchewan farmers will get an extra couple of weeks to apply for, cancel, reinstate or change their crop insurance contracts for 2022, due to holdups in the delivery of their application packages. That deadline, originally March 31, has now been extended to April 14, provincial Ag Minister David Marit and his federal counterpart Marie-Claude Bibeau

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