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Today, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit announced details of the 2022 Crop Insurance Program.

View the livestream of the announcement here. Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit will announce the 2022 Crop Insurance Program at the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation’s Head Office on Tuesday, February 22, at 10:30 a.m. in Melville.

The federal and provincial governments have agreed to increase the 2021 AgriStability interim benefit payment percentage from 50 per cent to 75 per cent for Saskatchewan producers.

During today’s virtual meeting of Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture[1], Ministers agreed to remove the reference margin limit for AgriStability, one of the business risk management (BRM) programs under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The removal of the reference margin limit will be made retroactive to the 2020 program year. In addition, the deadline for producers to enrol in the 2021 program year will be extended to June 30, 2021.