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No MASC Hail Coverage On CMEMAP Acres – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 26, 2010

Some farmers who have drowned acres are upset they aren’t also eligible for the hail coverage they purchased through the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. Crops where Manitoba farmers have claimed $30 an acre under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP) aren’t eligible for hail coverage through the Mani toba Agr icul tural Services Corporation

Opinion

Letters – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

Not such a big deal As I ponder whether or not I’ll be farming next year, I am also reviewing the terms and conditions of the 2010 Canada- Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance program. Are we flooded a bit? This is July 21 and we don’t have a bale yet to feed my 200 cows this

Crops

Excess Moisture Program Concerns – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Allan Dawson July 29, 2010

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers has turned down a request from Keystone Agricultural Producers to extend the deadline to apply for the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “I’ve been talking to farmers from every region of the province and they’ve been telling me the size of their input bills and the pressure they’re getting

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Farm Aid Highly Political

By Kevin Hursh July 22, 2010

Why should governments top up crop insurance coverage in a year where there’s a widespread disaster when they wouldn’t likely have the same response if the problem was regional? Amazingly, last week’s annual meeting of federal and provincial agriculture ministers concluded with a detailed program announcement for flooded Prairie farmland. Rarely do governments act so

Livestock, News

Major Revision Possible For AgriStability

By Ron Friesen July 22, 2010

Canada’s key agricultural safety net program may undergo a redesign to make it more acceptable to a majority of producers who say it isn’t working for them. Agriculture ministers could consider turning AgriStability into something resembling an income insurance program without the highly unpopular financial margins underpinning it. The idea is only one of many

Cereals, Crops, Livestock, News

Excess Moisture Application Forms In The Mail

By Allan Dawson July 22, 2010

Application forms for the aid promised by federal and provincial ministers earlier this month are in the mail and farmers can expect payments in late August or early September, officials say. Farmers have until Aug. 3 to apply for the 2010 Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP), which pays $30 for each acre of annual

Cereals, Crops, News

Cover Crops Could Fill Void

By Daniel Winters July 15, 2010

“We should be home, getting to work!” – Scott Day, Mafri With so many unseeded acres on the Prairies, the problem has even attracted the attention of politicians, who have responded with a promise of cheques in the mail. But, ultimately, what to do about it is in the hands of the farmers who got

Cereals, Crops, News

Flood Aid On The Way For Wet, Weary Farmer

By Ron Friesen July 15, 2010

Curtis McRae had completely finished seeding by mid-May, two weeks ahead of normal. Then the rain came. When it finally stopped, nearly two-thirds of McRae’s 4,000 acres lay under water. McRae, who farms near Clandeboye, estimates 60 per cent of his canola crop is gone. So is 20 per cent of his wheat. He expects

News

Excess Rain Leaves 700,000 Acres Unseeded

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

“We’re in the middle of making payments and we’re doing them as quickly as we can. Our adjusters are going like crazy.” – DAVID VAN DEYNZE, MASC About 700,000 acres of Mani toba cropland was too wet to seed this spring, which will trigger $29 million to $30 million in payments to waterlogged farmers through

News

Relief Plan’s Details Due Shortly: Masc

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

More details about who qualifies for the $450 million in federal and provincial aid should be known this week, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s manager of claim services said in an interview July 8. It’s clear farmers with land too wet to seed this spring will qualify for the $30/acre payment, whether they are enrolled in

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