Saskatchewan crop insurance coverage in 2021 will be at record levels but premiums are also on the rise. Deputy premier Donna Harpauer says crop insurance coverage will reach 273 dollars per acre due to higher commodity prices and higher coverage, up from 224 dollars. Coverage rises 22 percent while rates are up 16 percent. The […]
Agriculture minister David Marit says the Saskatchewan Crop insurance deadline has been extended two weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Marit says the new deadline to apply or make changes to crop insurance contracts is Monday, April 13th. He says these are challenging times for farmers with many acres of crop yet to be combined […]
Agriculture minister David Marit has announced lower premiums and a slight drop in crop insurance coverage for 2020. Marit says average premiums will decline 14 percent or one dollar 21 cents to 7 dollars 40 cents an acre. Average coverage goes from 230 dollars an acre to 224 dollars, down 2.6 percent. Marit says […]
Unionized workers at the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation have reached a tentative agreement. The SGEU bargaining unit has been without a contract since October 2016. The new agreement covers 400 workers in 21 offices across Saskatchewan and the head office in Melville. Full details were not disclosed but it is in line with recent […]
Early indications are that there may be less crop left in the field in Saskatchewan over winter this year than there was in 2016. Last Friday was the deadline to extend crop insurance coverage through the winter to next spring. Crop Insurance Corporation President Sean Jaques says there were about 3,200 extension requests from producers […]
