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New Plan To Help Kenyan Pastoralists

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“If it’s successful we will look further afield, in western Africa around the Sahel and southern Asia.” Herders of cows or camels in arid northern Kenya can obtain a new type of insurance against drought – the first of its kind in Africa using satellites to gauge rainfall. Project organizers hope to get about 1,000
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Ag Societies Should Inspect Fairgrounds

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Adrink spills on the bleacher stairs at the fair. No one notices until someone slips and falls after stepping in it. They injure their back. Later, they bring a claim against the agricultural society hosting the fair. Who is responsible? “Trust me, someone will be held responsible,” said John Ruban, president of Winnipeg-based Ruban Insurance
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How Weatherindexed Production Insurance Works

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Bees don’t fly much when it’s cold so honey production suffers. The weatherindexed crop insurance Rick McConnell, a consultant, and Watts and Associates have developed would give beekeepers the option to insure against cold at specific times of the year. A farmer could insure against too much or not enough rain or heat for the
Crops, News

KAP Explores Weather-Indexed Production Insurance

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“I guess it really boils down to kind of a philosophical discussion over who should be delivering crop insurance.” – NEIL HAMILTON If Manitoba farmers could’ve insured against a killing frost occurring in late August, many would’ve, suspects Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) president Ian Wishart. Fortunately, the frost held off and disaster was averted. Farmers
Crops, Forages, Oilseeds

RR Alfalfa Sparks Debate At CSTA

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“All it takes is one plot.” – LES JACOBSON, MFSA European forage seed companies are starting to require official testing and GM-free certification from Canadian exporters because of the existence of Roundup Ready alfalfa in test plots. “We are aware of Roundup Ready alfalfa trials in Canada and (are) therefore not happy, since Europe has
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EI Extended To Self-Employed, Including Farmers

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“Do you have to contribute up to 85?” – LAURENT PELLERIN, CFA Farmers, who have traditionally fallen outside work benefits programs, may now qualify for employment insurance under new federal legislation. The proposed law would extend benefits, such as employment insurance, to the 2.6 million Canadians, including agricultural producers, who are self-employed. Self-employed people could
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Hail Damage Seen Below Average

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Manitoba’s farms saw “relatively light” hail damage during the 2009 growing season, with a near-average number of claims but total hail insurance payouts “well below average.” The Canadian Crop Hail Association, a Prairie hail insurers’ group, last week pegged Manitoba’s total hail insurance payouts for the 2009 season at just $12.2 million, spread over 2,650
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Insurance Available For Empty Hog Barns

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Pork producers who want to idle their hog barns until market conditions improve can now get insurance designed especially for empty facilities. Lakeview Insurance Brokers Ltd., together with five insurance companies, have developed an insurance package to cover hog barns while they stand vacant. It became available this week. The package will accommodate farmers enrolled
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Manitoba Holds Back On Cattle Price Insurance

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“We want all producers to have equal access to programs across Canada.” – JOE BOUCHARD, MCPA The Manitoba government is in no hurry to follow Alberta’s recent lead in providing price insurance for cattle producers. The province will wait to see how the new Alberta program works out before even considering a similar one, said
Hogs, News

Closing A Barn: Things To Remember

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The upcoming federal hog aid program, which allows producers to mothball their barns for three years, raises some interesting questions, such as: If producers in Manitoba’s hog moratorium area decide to mothball their barns for the required three years, can they reopen them? Do barns still have to contain a few pigs to qualify for

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