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Since weed control options are limited on organic crops, Crop Insurance offers the Organic Reseeding Benefit on crops that are worked under and reseeded by July 15 due to excessive weeds.

Eligible producers will receive:

• $20 per acre for cereals, flax, mustard (yellow, brown, oriental)
• $25 per acre for canola and sunflowers
• $30 per acre for pulses - fababeans, field peas, all classes of lentils (large green, red and other lentils)

If you decide to destroy any organic acres due to excessive weeds, you must contact Crop Insurance before working the crop down. Acres will be inspected to verify:

• The request is for a minimum of 10 acres or 10% of the insurable crop
• The acres are insured as organic
• The acres were originally seeded at the recommended rate
• The acres were destroyed
• The new crop was reseeded at the recommended rate

To be eligible for the Organic Reseeding Benefit, the crop must be reseeded by July 15. Crops reseeded after Crop Insurance's seeding deadlines are not eligible for yield-loss insurance; however, these acres are still eligible for this benefit provided they are seeded before July 15.

The July 15 deadline is later than other seeding deadlines for yield-loss insurance (June 20) and greenfeed (June 30) to provide organic customers with sufficient time to assess if crops are too weedy and should be plowed down and reseeded. Any crop can be reseeded for this benefit, including crops intended for green manure plowdown.

To be eligible for yield-loss insurance, producers must abide by Crop Insurance’s seeding deadlines. To be eligible for yield-loss coverage, the reseeded crop must be reasonably expected to mature before the first fall frost date in your area. To be eligible for greenfeed coverage, the seeding deadline is June 30.

Yield-loss insurance may be purchased on the reseeded acres, provided they were seeded by Crop Insurance's seeding deadlines, even if the crop was not previously selected. If the reseeded crop was previously selected and seeding deadlines are met, those acres will continue to be insured.