2026 Saskatchewan crop insurance guarantees

[TASFarms]

Does the Sask govt still just put an IOU in the kitty and not actually fund it?
Might have to ask Ai a second time. Seems to get it right after you tell its
wrong.

[bucket]

And the Grok answer is:

No, this claim is not accurate based on available information about Saskatchewan’s crop insurance and irrigation programs.

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) administers crop insurance, where premiums are shared: producers pay 40%, the federal government covers 36%, and the provincial government covers 24%. This applies to all participating farmers, not just those with irrigation. There’s no program where the government fully pays premiums for irrigation farmers specifically.

Regarding subsidies:

• There is no $40 per acre annual subsidy tied to crop insurance premiums for irrigation farmers. Irrigation-related programs, like the Irrigation Development Program or Irrigation Efficiency Program, offer one-time funding for infrastructure (e.g., up to $1,675 per irrigable acre for development or 30% of costs up to $50,000 for efficiency upgrades), but these are not annual and do not cover insurance premiums.

• Irrigation farmers pay an annual levy (currently about $1.75 per acre) to the Irrigation Crop Diversification Corporation (operating as Irrigation Saskatchewan) for research and development—not the other way around.

• The Enhanced Irrigation Program allows separate coverage for irrigated and dryland acres to better reflect lower risk on irrigated land, which can result in lower premium rates for those acres. However, producers still pay their 40% share, and the government does not “pay the premiums” as part of any subsidy.

OK ....BUT


If you don't have to pay the $40 per acre as an irrigator but the government dumps $40 per acre annually into the local district ( after selling the taxpayer capital for building the infrastructure in the first place - for a dollar ) it means an irrigator has $40 per acre not being extracted from his chequebook therefore he can pay his crop insurance premiums instead of the district's expenses.

The fact they are still subsidizing the districts after 30 years highlights it is a drain on the economy as opposed to a net contributor to the provincial GDP.

Dryland farmers do the heavy lifting production wise. And are ignored. No $40 an acre annual subsidy.

BTW , if the taxpayer infrastructure is sold for a dollar of the initial cost of hundreds of millions AND the government ( taxpayers ) responsible going forward of identified deficiencies by the taxpayer funded engineering report - can anyone explain the GDP growth or ROI to the taxpayer of the existing districts?

[Rareearth]

So, the leftist, lunatic, radicals are finding it more difficult to spread lies and half truths now with AI,

I do agree with some of your posts, ok but…

[bucket]

So, the leftist, lunatic, radicals are finding it more difficult to spread lies and half truths now with AI,

I do agree with some of your posts, ok but…

Try this.

The Public Accounts of Saskatchewan will tell you what the districts get paid every year.

The Western producer writes articles about the 5 year agreements between government and large irrigation districts.

What is never told is the amount the districts paid for the infrastructure funded by taxpayer.

An no one knows what the government is on the hook for the deficiencies identified by the MPE report going forward.

But I can tell you the districts are not picking up the full tab going forward for the concrete pipe that is rotting.

[Rareearth]

Well, you certainly have a left wing tendency to alter or misrepresent the truth..

can you show quoted references for what you are talking about ?

What industrial developments haven’t had voter and governments support?

Leftist governments in the past have not supported industrial and agriculture development, believing unionized public sector knows best, and they vote that way.

BC and Manitoba are great examples of what can go wrong without the private sector. Taxation can build and-or-destroy economies.

S o do you believe economies should be built around public sector jobs or private?

[bucket]

Well, you certainly have a left wing tendency to alter or misrepresent the truth..

can you show quoted references for what you are talking about ?

What industrial developments haven’t had voter and governments support?

Leftist governments in the past have not supported industrial and agriculture development, believing unionized public sector knows best, and they vote that way.

BC and Manitoba are great examples of what can go wrong without the private sector. Taxation can build and-or-destroy economies.

S o do you believe economies should be built around public sector jobs or private?

I think public accounts of Saskatchewan under agriculture will show the money sent to the districts. That isn't hard to google.

The Western producer has a search option if you type in "irrigation asset transfer" and there is an article about the 5 year deals somewhere.

I don't think I am the leftist, I think those that pretend to be capitalists while being subsidized are the true leftists.

The numbers don't lie in the Public accounts.

I think the reporting on the asset transfer is accurate and so is the 5 year agreements that are backed up by the Public accounts.

We can argue about if I am a leftist but I don't think its relevant .