News - AgriInsurance

Manitoba farmers will benefit from improvements to the AgriInsurance program, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced.

Members of Keystone Agricultural Producers – many of whom are still reeling from the effects of last summer’s flood – are concerned over the inability of Excess Moisture Insurance to adequately cover their losses.

Both the federal and provincial governments continue to support Manitoba producers, their families and communities through the AgriInsurance program by providing a record level of coverage for 2013.

Farmers and their families will benefit from an increase in AgriInsurance that will help them deal with extreme weather and marketing challenges.

March 31 is the deadline to apply for a new AgriInsurance contract or to make crop or coverage selection changes for the 2011 crop year.

Recent enhancements to AgriInsurance continue to strengthen insurance as the first and best defence against unforeseen events such as excess moisture, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers announced at Manitoba Ag Days.

The province is making more than $2.5 million in flood assistance available to Assiniboine Valley producers who experienced financial loss due to excessive flooding of agricultural land between the Shellmouth reservoir and Brandon in 2010, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) Minister Stan Struthers announced.

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) has paid more than $27.5 million in excess moisture insurance claims under the AgriInsurance program as a result of the extreme wet weather this spring, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Stan Struthers announced today.

Manitoba producers affected by extended periods of excess moisture this spring can now apply for the 2010 Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance program being offered by the governments of Canada and Manitoba, Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) Minister Stan Struthers announced today.

The province has confirmed the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) is mobilizing staff and resources to the areas hardest hit by rain to ensure producers who have lost crops due to overland flooding have access to excess-moisture insurance as quickly as possible.