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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

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, 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

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

Crops, News

Duff Roblin (1917-2010): Manitoba Crop Insurance Pioneer

By Ron Friesen June 10, 2010

“Farmers at the time were not insurance oriented at all.” – HAYDEN TOLTON To most Manitobans, former premier Duff Roblin’s main legacy will always be Duff’s Ditch – the floodway diverting spring run off from the Red River around Winnipeg that has saved the city many times. But Roblin, who died last week at 92,

Livestock

Mcpa Pushes Cattle Price Insurance

By Ron Friesen May 27, 2010

Manitoba cattle producers have renewed their call for a national cattle price insurance program based on a model operating in Alberta. MCPA officials made the pitch during an April 18 meeting with Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger and Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers, who responded “very favourably,” said general manager Sheila Mowat. “They’re very aware of it,”

News

Farm Buildings Require Proper Lighting

March 25, 2010

Planning the construction of a farm building means considering a lot of variables. But a big part in determining how useful it will be is how well it’s lighted, and windows don’t count. That means coming up with a detailed lighting plan ahead of time, taking all possible uses into account. And to help come

Livestock, News

Mobile Phones Bring Insurance To Kenyan Farmers

By Anjali Nayar March 18, 2010

Kenyan farmers can now insure some of the costs of growing crops against bad weather by using mobile phone technology that links solar-powered weather stations to an insurance company. Farmers can cover the cost of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides at local agricultural supply shops by paying an extra five per cent of their value. If

Hogs, News

New Program Proffered To Improve AgriStability

By Ron Friesen February 25, 2010

“It would be a bilateral agreement between the producer and the national government.” – BRYAN FERRISS Aproposed new farm income stabilization program developed for the Manitoba Pork Council is being touted as a solution to chronic problems with existing programs. The insurance-based program would incorporate production costs in the payment formula to help compensate for

Hogs, News

AgriStability Plus In The Works

February 18, 2010

The Manitoba Pork Council is seeking producer feedback on a proposed companion top-up program to AgriStability. AgriStability Plus is based on a full cost-of-production model of the farm instead of being margin based. As a companion to AgriStability, it would be an insurance-based program. Producers would be responsible for the full cost of premiums but

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