Producers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and soon Nova Scotia, will have access to a program that will allow them to purchase insurance on price protection for their beef cattle in case of an unforeseen market disruption.
Maritime beef producers get price protection
Two-year pilot gives Maritime producers an equivalent program to the rest of the country
Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers
At the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) conference on June 10 in Swift Current, Sask., Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) vice president Tyler Fulton highlighted the expansion of Livestock Price Insurance, which will be available to producers in Eastern Canada. Initially announced in February, the expansion will finally come into effect sometime this week. “It’s something […] Read more
Livestock insurance just ‘doesn’t work’
Fewer than half of producers sign up for insurance because of pricey premium costs and lack of responsiveness
Reading Time: 5 minutes Battered by volatile markets and disastrous weather over the past year, cattle producers in Alberta say they need much better livestock insurance programs. “To tell you the truth, we opted out of them a few years ago because they didn’t work for us,” said Alberta Beef Producers chair Melanie Wowk, who farms near Beauvallon. “The […] Read more
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