Potato Insurance
No fixed amount
Insurance
Description:
Potato Insurance provides financial assistance to Manitoba potato growers when they experience a significant production shortfall. Both table and processing potatoes (irrigated and non-irrigated) are insurable, and growers can choose from 50%, 70%, and 80% coverage levels.
Comments on Funding:
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.
Separate premium rates are determined for table and processing (irrigated and dryland) production.
Rolling deadline
Eligibility:
Applicants must be potato growers
Application Steps:
Applicants must contact Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation https://www.masc.mb.ca/masc.nsf/contact.html
Documentation Needed:
No specific documentation has been identified.
Other Things to Note:
March 31 is the last day to apply for, make changes (add or delete crops and change coverage levels), or to cancel AgriInsurance.
Late maturing varieties of potatoes must be planted on or before June 15 to have full coverage.
Late maturing varieties planted from June 16 up to and including June 20 will be insured, but coverage is reduced by 20 per cent during the extended coverage seeding period.
Early maturing varieties must be planted on or before June 20 to have full coverage.
June 30 is the last day to file a Seeded Acreage Report, and November 30 (December 1 for 2025) is the last day to file a Harvested Production Report.
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