July 23, 2024 – Melville, Saskatchewan – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Today, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay and Saskatchewan Agriculture
Minister David Marit announced details of the 2024 Crop Insurance Program, administered by the Saskatchewan
Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC).
This year’s enhancements build on SCIC’s existing suite of business risk management programs that have
demonstrated success in providing support to producers impacted by drought conditions. Over the last three years,
this suite of programs has largely responded to weather-related production losses, providing over 6 billion
dollars of insurance claims and other program benefits directly to Saskatchewan producers.
For 2024, multi-peril crop insurance average coverage is $389 per acre, a decrease from 2023, largely due to
an average decrease in insured commodity prices. As a result, the average premium is also decreasing to $12.71.
Producers’ coverage and premiums are individualized to their operation. Coverage reflects each producer’s
production records and premium reflects each producer’s claim history.
SCIC’s existing Weather-Based Programs include Forage Rainfall Insurance, the Corn Rainfall Insurance, and Corn
Heat Unit Insurance. The rainfall insurance programs provide protection in the event seasonal precipitation is
below the long-term average, adjusted for extreme heat. The Corn Heat Unit Insurance Program insures against a
shortage of heat units over the growing season. A selection of program options allows producers to tailor
coverage to their needs.
Introduced for the 2024 Crop Insurance Program, SCIC’s weather-based programs now provide options to insure
intercrops and additional feed crops. The Mixed Forage Rainfall Insurance Program protects any forage feed crop
not previously covered under weather-based programs, including mixed forage, greenfeed and silage, if seasonal
precipitation is below average. With the Intercrop Rainfall Insurance Program, annual intercrops intended for
harvest can now be insured for below average seasonal precipitation.
Additionally, coverage is increasing for the 2024 Forage Rainfall Insurance Program. Coverage levels now better
reflect the productive capacity of the insured acres and increased transportation allowance (which recognizes
the costs associated with replacing lost feed). Producers can select from three levels of coverage, Low, Medium,
and High, offering flexible risk management and related premium cost options.
For 2024, SCIC is pleased to announce an additional 38 weather stations to supplement its existing network.
All weather-based programs are enhanced by this increased weather station density province-wide. With 224
weather stations across the province, most land is located within 30 kilometres of at least one weather station.
One weather station can be selected for each insured land location. This allows producers to insure each of
their land locations with relevant coverage.
March 31, 2024, is the deadline for Saskatchewan producers to apply, reinstate or cancel their Crop Insurance
contract. Producers must select insured crops and coverage levels or make additional changes by this date.
Producers can speak to their local SCIC office to make any changes or coverage will remain the same as the
previous year.
SCIC offers a full suite of programs that can work together to ensure you have every angle covered. These
include Crop Insurance, AgriStability, Wildlife Damage Compensation and Prevention Program and Livestock Price
Insurance. We encourage producers to review their options and find the right coverage for their operation.
Crop Insurance is a federal-provincial-producer cost-shared program that helps producers manage production
and quality losses. Support for the program is provided by the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan under
the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).
Source: https://www.canada.ca/