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Flood Victims Out Of Luck On Insurance Coverage

By Ron Friesen June 9, 2011

Residents of Slave Lake were recently devastated by forest fires which swept through the northern Alberta community, destroying hundreds of homes. But they have one consolation. The damage is most likely covered by insurance. Not so for people in flood-ravaged Manitoba who will have to rely on government disaster assistance to help compensate for damage

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

Pasture Days Insurance Enters Second Year

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2011

Wet weather limited Dane Guignion’s ability to harvest hay last summer – and the time his cattle spent grazing on pasture. Guignion had crop insurance contracts for both hay production and days on pasture. He didn’t get paid for the first one. He did for the second. The reason? The hay was there but Guignion

Crops, News

Clarification On Excess Moisture Insurance For 2011

March 31, 2011

Cropland too wet to seed last spring, which didn’t get worked last year because it remained too wet, qualifies for Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) in 2011. Incorrect information appeared in a front-page story on crop insurance in the March 17, 2011 issue of theManitoba Co-operator. EMI coverage applies to land that is intended for annual

Forages, News

Crop Insurance Is The Farmer’s First Line Of Defence: Struthers

By Allan Dawson March 17, 2011

March 31 is the crop insurance sign-up deadline and with the possibility of another wet spring farmers are being urged not only to enrol, but to review their Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) options and consider forage insurance. “We need a dry spr ing because if we have a wet spring with five or six inches

Crops

Organic Farmers Want More Crops Covered By Crop Insurance

By Allan Dawson March 3, 2011

Organic farmers want the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation to add nitrogen-fixing and cover crops to the list of crops eligible for crop insurance in Manitoba. That’s the message the Manitoba Organic Alliance (MOA) took to the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) board of directors and crop insurance officials during a meeting Feb. 15. “They said

Crops, Opinion

New Revenue Insurance For Farmers

By Kevin Hursh February 10, 2011

Abrand new type of revenue insurance is being offered to grain farmers this spring. If it proves itself, it may decrease the need for crop and hail insurance. The company behind the offering is Global Ag Risk Solutions of Moose Jaw. Financial planner Grant Kosior is one of the founders. The others are Dean Klippenstein

Hogs, Livestock

Production Insurance For Hogs Coming This Fall

By Natasha Tersigni February 10, 2011

Pork producers will have the opportunity to purchase production insurance as early as fall 2011, Manitoba Pork general manager Andrew Dickson announced at the 25th Manitoba Swine Seminar. Production insurance has been a long-term goal of the organization, he said. “All we are asking for in the livestock industry is can we get some sort

News

Heavy Snow Poses Risks To Buildings

By Ron Friesen February 3, 2011

Looking up from the phone, Meagan Ellis thought it was a strange gust of wind that popped out the sliding doors of her parents’ machinery storage shed and sent them flying to the ground. But what she really witnessed from the office window of Ellis Seeds north of Wawanesa Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. was

News

Update Insurance Before The Flood

By Caa Release February 3, 2011

Saturated soil and heavy snowfall mean many Manitoba homeowners are faced with the very real possibility their property will flood this spring. That’s why CAA Manitoba Insurance is reminding homeowners to take precautions against water damage and to find out what is and what isn’t included in their insurance policy. “Flood forecasts already predict a

Crops, Forages, News

Get Insured, Urges Struthers

By Daniel Winters January 27, 2011

With another wet year looking likely, Manitoba’s agriculture minister is urging farmers and ranchers to sign up for the province’s enhanced suite of risk management programs. “I want to take this opportunity to encourage producers to look to AgriInsurance as the first and best line of defence against such risks as excess moisture,” said Agriculture,

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