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Funds’ Commodity Holdings Could Hit $500 Billion

By Claire Milhench January 27, 2011

Commodity investments could near half a trillion dollars by the end of 2011 as the return of $100 oil and a broad-based rally heighten interest in the asset class to levels not seen since 2008. But the wave of money now hitting commodities is more sophisticated and discerning than its predecessor three years ago. Investors

Hogs, Livestock, News

Pork Package Creates Livestock Insurance Precedent

By Ron Friesen November 25, 2010

Aproposed model to insure pork producers against death losses in their herds could be a long-awaited breakthrough for livestock production insurance in Canada. The Canadian Swine Health Board hopes to have an all-peril mortality insurance product ready for producers in 2011. The package would cover death losses from disease, fire, equipment failure, adverse weather or

Beef cattle, Crops, Livestock

Throne Speech Hints At Livestock Insurance

By Ron Friesen November 25, 2010

Avague promise about livestock insurance in last week’s throne speech has Manitoba cattle producers hoping it’s the kind of insurance they have on their wish list. Producers want to insure for price, not production, said Major Jay Fox, Manitoba Beef Producers president. MBP favours a voluntary program with a guaranteed level of protection against sudden

Crops, News

Cmemap Pays $40.5 Million In Manitoba

By Allan Dawson November 18, 2010

About 1.74 million acres or nearly two per cent of Manitoba cropland was either too wet to seed this spring or the seeded crops drowned, the Manitoba Agr icultural Services Corporation says. The losses prompted $40.5 million in payments to farmers under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “We had applications from all areas

Crops, News

Masc Hail Premium Rebate Coming

By Allan Dawson October 28, 2010

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation is refunding $669,000 to 1,400 farmers after reviewing its policy on how to treat drowned-out acres for which farmers had purchased hail insurance. The change means farmers will get half their MASC hail insurance premium refunded on acres enrolled in the Canada- Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP). “Early in

News

KAP Protests Flood Aid Deductible

By Ron Friesen October 21, 2010

Manitoba farmers are crying foul over a five per cent deductible on a $30-an-acre payment to compensate producers for flooded cropland this spring. Producers say it’s unfair that they have to pay a deductible when farmers in Saskatchewan and Alberta do not. Keystone Agricultural Producers passed a resolution at last week’s general council meeting protesting

Hogs, News

New Building Code Will Boost Barn Construction Costs – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

The cost of building a barn in Manitoba will go up this year because of new provincial safety standards for agricultural buildings. Construction costs for farm buildings will rise between one and three per cent for farm buildings now included under the new Farm Building Code, the province estimates. But others warn the increase could

News

New Forecasting System Needed – for Sep. 9, 2010

September 9, 2010

Asia’s heavy monsoons, a record heat wave in Russia and severe droughts in Africa show the need for new yardsticks to rate extreme weather to guide everybody from road builders to insurance companies, a UN expert said Aug. 13. Scales exist to measure the power of hurricanes or air quality, but there are none to

Crops, News

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

News

Moisture Money Flows – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Manitoba Government Release August 12, 2010

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) has paid more than $27.5 million in excess moisture insurance claims under the Agri Insurance program as a result of the extreme wet weather this spring, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers said Aug. 9. “This payment is the second highest in the history of the Excess Moisture

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Tag Archives Insurance

Funds’ Commodity Holdings Could Hit $500 Billion

Pork Package Creates Livestock Insurance Precedent

Throne Speech Hints At Livestock Insurance

Cmemap Pays $40.5 Million In Manitoba

Masc Hail Premium Rebate Coming

KAP Protests Flood Aid Deductible

New Building Code Will Boost Barn Construction Costs – for Sep. 9, 2010

New Forecasting System Needed – for Sep. 9, 2010

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

Moisture Money Flows – for Aug. 12, 2010

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