Crop insurance deadlines extended

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Published: June 3, 2010

Saskatchewan crop insurance seeding deadlines have been extended due to excess rain and moisture this spring.Producers in west-central, Moose Jaw and Estevan regions have until June 20 to seed and insure their crops.Full yield loss coverage will be available for all crops, except chickpeas, seeded by June 15 in the rest of the province. However, producers can seed and insure barley, oats, mustard, peas and Polish canola up to June 20.Customers unable to seed by June 20 are eligible for the unseeded acreage benefit of $50 per eligible acre.Only 59 percent of the province’s crop was in the ground as of May 31. The five-year average is 86 percent.

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Karen Briere

Karen Briere

Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

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