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Available Plan Information:
This information does not supersede the Regulations
which apply to these programs.
General AgriInsurance Information
The Crop Insurance Program was first made available to farmers in Nova Scotia
in 1969, when a Crop Insurance plan was offered for Spring
Grain. Crop Insurance is basically an insurance program
intended to assist the farmer in times of low crop yields.
The main objective of Crop Insurance was to pay the farmer
"out-of-pocket" expenses for crop losses. This means that
expenses such as seed, fertilizer, spray, etc, can be paid,
thus making it possible to continue farming.
There are 13 Production Insurance plans covering 34 commercially
grown crops and two livetock plans, dairy and poultry, administered
by the Commision.
The Dairy Livestock Insurance Program was implemented in
August 1978 and the purpose was to assist a producer when
a number of cattle were lost due to a disease outbreak,
or when there was a significant loss in production, causing
a loss of income.
In 2003 Crop Insurance began an evolution to Production
Insurance under the Business Risk Management (BRM) umbrella
of the Agricultural Policy Framework (APF). This resulted
in more choices in program design, more benefits and more
insurable commodities. Under the latest Agricultural Policy
Framework Agreement called Growing Forward, implemented
in 2009, Production Insurance became known as AgriInsurance.
Similar to its predessor, Growing Forward provides for increased
opportunities to expand insurance based risk management
programming.
The Poultry Insurance Plan which was implemented in July
2007, provides coverage in the event of an outbreak of Infectious
Laryngotrcheitis (ILT) and is available to pullet producers
and breeders, egg producers, and broiler producers and breeders.
The Wildlife Compensation Program was introduced in May
2008 and is designed to compensate farmers who experience
damage to specified agricultural products caused by specific
wildlife species.
For more information on these plans, please use the links
below.
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