CALGARY — The pork version of the national tripartite stabilization program will finish July 2.
The program, paid for by producers and both levels of government, was scheduled for completion Dec. 31, 1995 but changes in national and international hog markets prompted producers to ask for an early end. The program was being challenged in some sectors as an unfair subsidy.
John Prentiss of Agriculture Canada said all provincial accounts will be in surplus by July 2. The last hog payout was in the third quarter of 1992. Leftover producer money will be returned to producers on a province by province basis.
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Producers will be offered a transition program before embarking on a whole-farm income safety net.
“There was a commitment by (agriculture) ministers in their meeting in March that in the event of early termination they would make available interim programming to hog producers for the nine months ending Dec. 31, 1994,” Prentiss said.
If producers decide on interim coverage, it will likely come from second-quarter premiums rolled over into the program.
There are two approaches in doing this, said Prentiss. A fund similar to the cattle industry development fund could be established, or individual producer accounts similar to a NISA program could be offered.
Producers enrolled in the program at the time of termination will be receiving further information on what the next stage will be.