REGINA — The federal and Saskatchewan governments have announced a supplemental freight adjustment to further support Saskatchewan producers who experienced wildlife damage to their stacked forage.
"In southwestern Saskatchewan, there are producers who have suffered multiple years of dry conditions and experienced an increase of wildlife damage," Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit said.
"To maintain their herds, some needed to travel throughout the province to replace feed damaged by wildlife. We have listened to the concerns of our producers and industry and are responding to reduce hardship to those most affected."
The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) administers the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program. For 2022-23, SCIC has reassessed and finalized the 2022-23 Wildlife Compensation values for forage products. The updated values include a freight adjustment payment to compensate producers for the additional cost of transporting feed. The adjustment reflects higher than normal replacement feed costs in specific parts of the province. The top-up is only applicable to wildlife damage stacked forage claims registered between Sept. 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. To be eligible for the adjustment, a producer must have filed a wildlife damage claim after Sept.1, 2022.
The freight adjustment will supplement wildlife damage compensation claims for producers whose stacked forage yard sites are located in the province's southwest and west-central regions. Freight adjustments are determined by location and will be applied only to the tonnes of feed that were lost or damaged by wildlife. For more information, contact your local SCIC office or visit scic.ca.
