Saskatchewan farmers enrolled in AgriStability will see improved coverage for the 2025 program year.
Provincial Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison made the announcement on Monday morning on a farm near Rush Lake, about 35 kilometres northeast of Swift Current. It also comes after the topic was discussed at a virtual federal/provincial/territorial agriculture ministers meeting last week.
The AgriStability compensation rate will go from 80 per cent to 90 per cent in 2025, meaning participants will receive 90 cents for every dollar of eligible margin decline. The maximum payment cap will double to six million dollars, and the enrollment deadline has been extended until July 31st.
Starting next year, AgriStability will revise how feed inventory is valued for livestock producers, considering feed used on farms rather than sold. The change will better reflect farm realities during drought conditions. Also under consideration is the inclusion of feed expenses from grazing on rented pastures as eligible costs under AgriStability.
Kevin Hursh is the chief agricultural editor of SaskAgToday.com
Prime Minister Carney and the premiers are meeting on Monday to discuss tariffs and trade—-involving the United States and China. From Saskatchewan’s perspective, Canada decision to implement tariffs on Chinese steel imports has concerned farmers about potential Chinese response on canola seed.
Meantime, the variable precipitation continued in Saskatchewan over the weekend. It went from downpour levels in certain locations, including parts of Saskatoon,to very little or nothing in the north-central and northwest regions of the province, which remain very dry. We drove from Big River to Saskatoon on Monday afternoon and the first sign of precipitation was at Blaine Lake. The closer you got to Saskatoon, the more rain had fallen.
Back to Kevin Hursh . . . who farms at Cabri in southwest Saskatchewan.
We’ll get a better handle on rainfall numbers when the Saskatchewan Agriculture weekly crop report is released on Thursday morning.
