Vegetable Acreage Loss Insurance
No fixed amount
Insurance
Description:
Vegetable Acreage Loss insurance provides commercial vegetable growers with coverage for total loss of any acreage of a vegetable crop due to natural perils.
Comments on Funding:
Continuous Intake
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. planting in a minimum of 0.5 acres of an eligible vegetable crop are eligible.
2. planting the following:
a. Broccoli
b. Cabbage
c. Cauliflower
d. Carrots
e. Parsnips
f. Rutabagas
g. Sweet Corn
h. Cooking Onions
i. Other Onions
j. Leeks
k. Peppers
l. Pumpkins
m. Winter Squash
3. have the Vegetables adequately irrigated.
Application Steps:
Applicants must contact Service Centres: https://www.masc.mb.ca/masc.nsf/contact.html
Documentation Needed:
No specific documentation has been identified.
Other Things to Note:
Qualifying acreages can only be insured under the Vegetable Acreage Loss program or AgriInsurance (not both).
Landlords are not eligible.
March 31 is the last day to apply for Vegetable Acreage Loss Insurance, make changes (add or delete crops and change coverage levels) or to cancel AgriInsurance.
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