News - Insurance

Manitoba’s pork producers are applauding the provincial government’s support for the creation of all risk mortality insurance for the hog sector.

The government of Manitoba is expressing its support for the creation of all risk mortality insurance for the hog sector.

The Canadian Swine Health Board hopes to be ready to introduce an all peril mortality insurance product for pork producers by this coming January.

Growers who signed contracts when they purchased canola seed for the 2010 growing season may qualify for compensation.

As a result of the recently announced increased risk of flooding in Manitoba, the province’s Financial Institutions Regulation Branch is advising homeowners to educate themselves with the assistance of their agent, broker or insurer on the details of their property insurance.

The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association (MPGA) is pleased to hear Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) will expand the crop insurance coverage area for soybeans to cover almost all of Southern Manitoba, the Interlake, and areas along the West side of Lake Manitoba.