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Agricorp updates coverage for fruit growers
Crops

Agricorp updates coverage for fruit growers

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Agricorp says it worked with industry and government to make some improvements to Production Insurance fruit coverage for apple, pear, plum, and strawberry growers, starting with the 2025 growing season. Agricorp says these updates provide fruit growers with more stable, predictable, and flexible options. What’s new: January 1, 2025 is the deadline to apply for […] Read more
Soybeans in Grey County
Crops

Soybean planting extension granted

Agricorp is extending the soybean planting deadline for areas of Ontario from June 30 to July 2. Essex, Chatham-Kent, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Norfolk, Haldimand, Brant and Niagara counties were provided with the two-day grace period due to wet weather creating difficult planting conditions. Agricorp expects an influx of phone calls related to the delayed planting […] Read more
Some areas in the province have corn growing well, while others wait to plant.
Crops, News

Corn deadline extended for southern counties: Agricorp

A wet planting season has meant numerous acres to plant yet in southern Ontario

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Agricorp has extended its planting deadline date for corn for parts of the province. Wet weather has made planting challenging in the south of the province. Why it matters: The deadline will especially help livestock farmers who need the corn to feed their animals. Many crop farmers have already switched to soybeans. Agricorp says it […] Read more
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Ontario extends deadline to lock in RMP coverage

Final date to secure coverage moved to June 30

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Grain and oilseed growers and cattle, hog, sheep and veal producers in Ontario now get until June 30 this year to secure coverage under that province’s Risk Management Program (RMP). The province on May 29 announced the deadlines for grain and oilseed producers to submit their completed RMP applications and make any coverage changes — […] Read more
File photo of an Ontario cherry orchard. (UpdogDesigns/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Ontario to extend labour-related crop loss coverage

Losses due to COVID-19-related labour disruptions covered

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A temporary crop insurance expansion that covers Ontario farms against crop losses due to “on-farm labour disruptions” caused by COVID-19 will be held over for yet another year. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, announced in late December the feature first introduced in 2020 will be included again in 2022, at the same coverage […] Read more
A group of wild boars running in Europe, where the pigs have caused challenges with disease spread. (iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Ontario moves to phase out wild boar farming

Province, feds fund swine fever defense plans

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Hoping to improve its odds against African swine fever ever getting a toehold in Canada’s hog herds, Ontario plans to regulate Eurasian wild boar as an invasive species starting in the new year. To that end, the province is making funding available to farmers who actively breed and raise wild boar to “shift to other […] Read more
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Ontario’s RMP rolling out ‘later than usual’

Details pending, Agricorp says

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Ontario farmers’ coverage under the provincial Risk Management Program (RMP) won’t be affected by ‘a bit later’ rollout this spring, the program’s handlers say. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, reiterated in a statement Tuesday that the RMP “will be available in 2021 (and) program details will be shared with customers as soon as […] Read more
Accumulated precipitation map for Eastern Canada, April 1 to October 31, 2020.
Crops, News

Good crop yields all around in 2020: Agricorp

2020 corn and soybean yields were a welcome change across most of Ontario

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The 2020 growing season was an overall good year for Ontario’s corn and soybean growers, according to Agricorp numbers. Published Jan. 15, statistics from growers who subscribe to production insurance with Agricorp show the province saw slightly above average yields. As described on its website, the provincial average for corn yields was 177 bushels per […] Read more
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Livestock

Ontario hog set-aside plan underway

AgriRecovery program taking applications through March

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Ontario hog farmers can now apply for AgriRecovery toward feed costs for hogs held back from sale when certain pork packers went into COVID-19-induced slowdowns. Agricorp, the province’s ag program delivery agency, on Nov. 25 announced the Canada-Ontario COVID-19 2020 Hog Maintenance Feed Initiative, which started effective Nov. 6 and will run through to March […] Read more
Soybeans in Ontario, June 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops

Ontario stretches production insurance deadlines

Three already-passed deadlines bumped to June 1

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Ontario farmers who missed their April 1, May 1 and/or May 10 deadlines for production insurance filings now have until June 1 to enroll or make coverage changes. Agricorp, the provincial farm program delivery agency, announced the extension Thursday. The extension gives farmers the “time and flexibility to make business decisions and to assess their […] Read more

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