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Excess Moisture Program (EMP)

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) is administering the Canada-Saskatchewan Excess Moisture Program (EMP). Together, the federal and provincial governments are providing $30 per eligible acre to Saskatchewan producers who had land too wet to seed as of June 20 or seeded crop lost because of flooding on or before July 31.

All Saskatchewan producers are eligible for the program. The deadline to apply for the EMP is September 30, 2010.

There are no deductibles, but a seeding intensity will be taken into account. The seeding intensity calculates the producers' average percentage of land seeded for the previous two years. This calculation ensures the EMP compensates only for acres that are normally seeded. SCIC adjusters may verify acres that are too wet to seed or had crop lost due to flooding.

The funding for this program comes from AgriRecovery, which is part of the federal-provincial Growing Forward Business Risk Management Suite. AgriRecovery is a disaster relief framework which provides a coordinated process for federal, provincial and territorial governments to respond rapidly when disasters strike, filling gaps not covered by existing programs. The funding will be cost shared; 60 per cent will come from the federal government and 40 per cent from the provincial government.

Application

Producers not enrolled in Crop Insurance who could not get their land seeded by June 20 or lost crop because of flooding on or before July 31 will need to fill out an application form.

Crop Insurance customers will not have to apply for this support unless established crop was flooded between June 20 and July 31, 2010. If a customer has lost crop due to flooding between June 20 and July 31, which was not included in a previously registered claim with Crop Insurance, then an EMP application will need to be completed for those additional flooded acres.

The application form is available at all SCIC customer service offices, RM offices and can also be found below. Producers must account for all annual crop acres they operate, whether or not the acres were unseeded or flooded.

• Canada-Saskatchewan Excess Moisture Program Application (PDF File Size: 176 K)
• Appendix A (PDF File Size: 144 K)

You can print and complete this form manually or complete the application on your computer; this is a fillable form. If completing the form electronically, print then fax, mail or deliver the form to an SCIC office. Appendix A is to be used if producers require additional lines to report land.

Example EMP Example

Claim Calculation

Total acres covered	= total crop acres x seeding intensity
Total eligible acres	= total acres covered - (seeded acres + acres seeded then flooded out)
Total payable acres	= total eligible acres + acres seeded then flooded out
Indemnity	= total payable acres x $30/acre

Example

You have a total land base of 1,000 cultivated acres, of which only 670 were seeded in 2010. You had 250 acres that were two wet to seed and 80 acres that were flooded after seeding. The average seeding intensity from 2008 and 2009 was 90 per cent.

Farm cultivated acres

1,000

Farm acres seeded

670

Acres too wet to seed

250

Acres seeded seeded and flooded

Seeding intensity

90%

Total acres covered	= 1,000 acres x 90% = 900 acres
Total eligible acres	= 900 acres - (670 acres + 80 acres) = 150 acres
Total payable acres	= 150 acres + 80 acres = 230 acres
Indemnity	= 230 acres x $30/acre = $6,900

Additional Information

• Excess Moisture Program Fact Sheet
• News Release and Backgrounder
• Excess Moisture Program Terms and Conditions

Contact

For more information or to apply for the Canada-Saskatchewan Excess Moisture Program, producers can contact SCIC:

• toll-free: 1-888-935-0000
• e-mail: customer.service@scic.gov.sk.ca
• 21 Customer Service Offices