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Saskatchewan farmers will have access to record crop insurance coverage in 2019.
Speaking in Melville on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister David Marit announced that coverage levels for 2019 will increase to a record average of $230 per acre, up from $216 per acre in 2018.
Premiums per acre are to increase by just 20 cents, increasing to an average of $8.61 per acre.
Crop insurance claims in 2018 totalled $300 million.
The crop insurance program for 2019 will be changed in other ways, too.
A total of 55 new weather stations will be added across the province to improve the data available to producers. As a result of the change, most of Saskatchewan’s agricultural land will be within 30 kilometres of an active weather station.
Insured values on tame and native grazing land are increasing to assist producers, while a new Corn Rainfall Program will be available to forage and grain corn producers who face a lack of moisture on their acres.
The fall seeding deadline also has been extended to Sept. 30, giving farmers an additional 15 days to be eligible for winterkill coverage when seeding fall rye and winter wheat.