The Commission administers production insurance coverage to 16 Crop Insurance plans, a Dairy Livestock Insurance Program and a Poultry Insurance Plan.
Eligible Commodities
PLAN | COMMODITIES COVERED |
Blueberries |
Lowbush, Highbush |
Corn |
Grain, Silage, High Moisture Ear Corn |
Forage Establishment |
Legumes, Grasses, Legume/Grass Mixture |
Potatoes |
Processing, Seed, Tablestock |
Raspberry |
|
Soybean |
Soybeans, Canola, Sunflowers |
Spring Grain |
Oats, Barley, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat |
Strawberry |
June Bearing, Day Neutral |
Tree Insurance |
Apple and Pear Trees |
Tree Fruit |
Apples, Pears, Peaches |
Maple Syrup |
|
Weather Derivatives |
Forage (Pasture, Fodder) |
Acreage Loss |
Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Fresh Carrots, Lettuce, Onions, Parsnips, Rutabagas, Winter Squash, Beets, Green Onion, Radish, Summer Turnip, Celery, Kale, Spinach, Eggplant, Field Cucumbers, Field Tomatoes, Melons, Peppers, Pumkins, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Fresh Beans, Early Potatoes |
Winter Grain |
Rye, Feed Wheat, Milling Wheat, Triticale |
Dairy |
Dairy Cows, Heifers and Calves, Loss of Income Benefit |
Poultry |
Broilers, Pullets, Layers, Breeders |
Vegetable |
Processing Carrots |
Grapes |
French hybrid, Vinifera, Labrusca |
The primary objective of the Crop and Livestock Insurance Commission is to provide Nova Scotia farmers with insurance-based programs that will assist in years of reduced yields and losses due to insurable perils.
For operational efficiency and convenience to farmers, the programs are administered by a common staff, but accounting of premiums and indemnities is maintained separately for each insurance plan. Administration expenses are proportioned to each program.The administration of the Crop and Livestock Insurance program is the responsibility of the Commission. It is subject to the provisions of the Nova Scotia Crop and Livestock Insurance Act and regulations and the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial framework agreement on agriculture, agrifood and agri-based products policy.
Premium costs for crop insurance programs are cost shared by producers and the federal and provincial governments, with the exception of livestock insurance premiums which are fully funded by producers.