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MASC Insurance
Agriculture in Manitoba is a $1.8 billion industry, employing nearly 5 percent of Manitobans and allowing over $4 billion in food processing. Built atop a proud history of steadfast tradition, innovation and unwavering determination, agriculture is critical to the success of the 'keystone province.'
But tradition, innovation and determination offer little protection against the power of nature. In any given year, nature can provide Manitoba producers with fertile soils and perfect growing conditions, while the next year may bring flooding, hail, drought or worse. To prosper in Manitoba, agriculture requires a base of stability.
First made available in 1959 to Manitoba producers, crop insurance is now a mainstay of farm risk management. MASC offers a full complement of targeted insurance programs for most crops, including some specialty crops grown in Manitoba.
For more information about MASC Insurance programs, follow the links below or contact your local MASC Insurance office.
MASC Insurance Programs
AgriInsurance insures all eligible crops against production losses and most eligible crops against crop quality losses.
- Crop Coverage Plus provides coverage on crops as a group instead of an individual crop basis. Coverage up to 90% of probable yield is available with this option.
- Excess Moisture Insurance (EMI) reimburses insured producers who are unable to seed their crops (by June 20) due to wet field conditions.
- Forage Establishment Insurance insures newly planted forage stands during the establishment period.
- Forage Restoration insures eligible forage stands damaged or lost due to overly wet conditions throughout the growing season.
- Forage Seed Insurance provides compensation to producers when they experience a significant production shortfall.
- Greenfeed Insurance provides coverage for losses due to natural perils on silage and non-silage greenfeed grown in Manitoba.
- Native Hay Insurance insures eligible native hay stands against production losses.
- Organic Insurance insures organically grown crops at a higher dollar value than conventionally grown crops.
- Pasture Insurance provides coverage based on tame hay insurance to compensate for loss of summer feed.
- Pedigreed Seed Insurance offers a higher dollar coverage for crops grown for pedigreed seed. The higher coverage reflects the higher costs of producing pedigreed seed crops.
- Saskatoon Establishment Insurance offers insurance to commercial saskatoon producers for saskatoon plants lost during the establishment period.
- Strawberry Establishment Insurance offers insurance to commercial strawberry producers for strawberry plants lost during the establishment period
- Tame Hay Insurance insures eligible tame hay stands for yield loss after they are established.
- Vegetable Acreage Loss Insurance provides commercial vegetable growers with basic disaster coverage for losses to vegetable crops due to natural perils.
- The Young Farmer Crop Plan Credit assists young, beginning farmers with AgriInsurance costs, and ensures their crop production decisions are based on sound research, analysis and their own cost of production.
AgriInsurance provides coverage for over 60 crops grown in Manitoba, including:
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Hail Insurance provides additional coverage against crop loss or damage due to hail or accidental fire, and is offered to producers with an MASC AgriInsurance contract.
- The Continuous Hail Insurance Option automatically insures producers at the highest dollar coverage for all acres and all eligible crops.
Pilot Insurance Programs
- The Pasture Days Insurance Pilot Program provides financial assistance to livestock producers for potential losses due to grazing shortfalls during the summer pasture period.
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(open all) (close all)- MASC Online Services gives registered users access to various services via the Internet.
- The Crop Summaries page is where to find information about eligible varieties, seeding deadlines, dollar values and any restrictions that may apply to specific insurable crops.
- Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about MASC Insurance.
