Polycrop Establishment Insurance
Polycrop Establishment Insurance (PEI) provides financial assistance to Manitoba farmers if an eligible polycrop fails to establish.
Offered by Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation
Amount
Coverage of $65 or $130 per acre, 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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Who can apply
Polycrops are the mixture of two or more annual crops, other than Greenfeed, grown simultaneously on the same acreage for purposes of livestock feed, soil restoration, or green manure.
Eligible crops in polycrop mixtures could include:
- Warm-season grasses (e.g. corn, millet, sorghum)
- Cool-season grasses (e.g. barley, oats, triticale)
- Legumes (e.g. field peas, forage peas, hairy vetch)
- Brassicas (e.g. kale, forage radishes, purple-top turnips)
Crops grown as polycrop mixtures must be suitable to the region and soil zone, as determined by the corporation.
All acres of new plantings of eligible polycrops must be insured if PEI is selected for coverage.
Forage polycrops must be seeded by June 25 to be eligible for coverage.
About the funding
The coverage level selections available in 2026 are $65 or $130 per acre.
Coverage begins at the time of planting and ends August 31.
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.
Eligible claims are paid the selected dollar value coverage on the number of acres that fail to establish.
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- Claims that occur on or before June 25 are entitled to a 50 per cent payment of the claim calculation.
- Claims occurring after June 25 are calculated according to the percentage of established ground cover:
- < 50% ground cover: 100% of claim payment;
- 50 to 74% ground cover: 50% of claim payment; and
- 75 to 100% ground cover: no payment.
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