Sask. Crop Insurance

[skhadenuf]

Area yields aren't going to help our situation because it was a wide area that had the same disasters, even though crappy my yields were at or above the area. The same abuses can occur in individual yield if you have had no bad disasters and therefore a good average you could simply stop the inputs for 4 or 5 years and claim every year but those who would do that are the same ones that would under the area yield scenerio. The day I had to resort to that I'd call her a day and pack it in, there is no business sense to it I suppose unless you are about to retire, but mainly lacks a thing called self-pride. Picking our top 5 or 6 or 7 yields for that matter excludes the 2,3, or 4 natural uncontrollable disasters that killed our average. I am still putting all the imputs to the max needed but as stated earlier am insured at 48% of what my level of inputs can produce on a normal year of production.

[TOM4CWB]

Wouldn't lower costs for insurance, a coverage level you need being an option you select yourself... and weather event coverage... like hail insurance...

What is this subsidy thing you are talking about?

I am requred to subsidise the railways, the fertiliser & Oil co's... the elevator co's the banks... every time I turn around someone is taking a huge chunk out of my bottom line... without competition,,, collusion and anti-competitive structures are now normal in our economy.

And the Governments rake in the taxes from absurd profits... and don't even blink.

EDC is used to help our industry... the least our overnment can do is help us deal with weather disasters... That is basic infrastructure required to have a stable agricultural economy.

If support on Crop Insurance is a 'Subsidy' then so to is driving down the paved roads... using our utilities... and health care in Canada.