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AgriInsurance for Organic Crops
Organic insurance provides certified organic producers coverage that reflects organic farming practices and higher dollar values.
Offered by Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation
Amount
Organic crop insurance coverage based on individual yield history (50 per cent of the conventional average yield for each year of missing data), with the premium cost shared 40 per cent by the producer, 36 per cent by the Government of Canada and 24 per cent by the Province of Manitoba
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Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
No requirement stated
Location
Manitoba
Who can apply
- Crops must be grown on land that is eligible to be certified organic in the crop year in which organic insurance is selected.
- If a field is eligible when the crop is sown, but certification is not awarded during the crop year, MASC will continue to insure it as an organic crop.
- Transitional land is only eligible for conventional coverage.
- Eligible crops include all wheat types, fall rye, oats, flax, barley, peas, and hemp grain.
About the funding
- Coverage for organic crops is established using historical individual yield data.
- For years where individual history is unavailable, the organic crop coverage will be equal to 50 per cent of the conventional average yield for that crop for each year of missing data.
- Producers can bring in proof of historical production to apply towards their individual probable yield.
- Fields must be listed as organic on the Seeded Acreage Report in order to have organic coverage.
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- Dollar values are higher than the corresponding conventional crop values.
- The same grade guarantee and grade factor applies to the organic crop as the corresponding conventional crop.
- Certified organic acreage can be insured as organic or conventional. However, if the organic option is selected, all eligible acres of the organic crop must be insured as organic.
- If an organic crop is insured as conventional, the crop will be subject to the same weed tolerance and fertility expectations as conventional crops.
- To reflect the higher risk associated with organic production, organic premiums are higher than conventional crop premiums.
- The premium cost is shared 40 per cent by the producer, 36 per cent by the Government of Canada, and 24 per cent by the Province of Manitoba.
- A premium discount or surcharge will apply based on the producers’ loss experience.
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