Pork Package Creates Livestock Insurance Precedent

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

Major Revision Possible For AgriStability

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


New Program Insures Pastures For Grazing Days

“This is a good step forward for the industry.” – GREG JOHNSON, MCPA Anew crop insurance program announced Jan. 19 will give Manitoba cattle producers an innovative way to protect their livestock from feed shortages. The program will insure pastures for a guaranteed number of days for grazing. Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation will launch a