Enhanced Quality Option (Alfalfa)
No fixed amount
Insurance
Description:
The Enhanced Quality Option for Alfalfa, part of MASC Forage Insurance, provides a higher quality guarantee for Alfalfa acres insured under Select Hay Insurance. The Enhanced Quality Option allows producers to increase their RFV guarantee above 105 (the base guarantee for Alfalfa covered by Select Hay Insurance). All producers selecting the Enhanced Quality Option start with an Assigned RFV of 130. A producer is entitled to a claim if their Alfalfa coverage (in tonnes) has an RFV less than their RFV guarantee.
Comments on Funding:
RFV testing is done by MASC at no cost to producers.
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.
Rolling deadline
Eligibility:
Applicants must be Manitoba producers with alfalfa acres insured under Select Hay Insurance, and have demonstrated that they have produced high quality hay in the past three years.
Application Steps:
Applicants must with MASC by October 1 (without penalty).
Documentation Needed:
No specific documentation has been identified.
Other Things to Note:
March 31 is the last day to apply for the Enhanced Quality Option. Once selected, the Enhanced Quality Option renews automatically each year until the producer cancels the option.
Yields must be reported to MASC on a producer’s Harvested Production Report by November 30 (December 1 for 2025).
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