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Crop Damage Compensation
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Overview
At a glance
Funding available
- Implement environmental initiatives
- Reduce environmental footprint
- Minimum amount : 150 $
- Up to 100% of project cost
Eligible candidates
- All industries
- Saskatchewan
- All legal structures
- All revenue ranges
- All organization sizes
- All groups
Next Steps
Availability timeline
Activities funded
- Compensation for crop damage caused by wildlife.
- Compensation for livestock injury or death caused by predators.
- Funding for prevention measures to reduce wildlife damage.
- Support for feral wild boar control.
- Funding for honey bee protection measures.
Sources and recorded changes
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Crop Damage Compensation requirements updated
SCIC updated crop damage claim rules, adding standing-crop registration and inspection instructions, new minimum indemnity thresholds, and a 2026 minimum damage requirement.
SCIC updated the Crop Damage Compensation page with new standing-crop claim instructions: register at least seven days before swathing or straight cutting, identify the impacted legal land descriptions, and note that acres harvested before contacting SCIC are not compensated. The page also now differentiates minimum indemnities by claim type, with $150 for specified establishment and stacked-forage claims and $500 for acreage claims, and it states a $500 minimum damage requirement for 2026.
Program guide
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Saskatchewan producers.
- Saskatchewan producers and landowners for feral wild boar control.
Who is not eligible
- Businesses outside Saskatchewan.
- Applicants with damage not caused by wildlife.
Eligible expenses
- Cleaning excreta-contaminated grain.
- A handling allowance when the producer submits a receipt for cleaning excreta-contaminated grain.
- Flood damage to seeded crop and tame forage due to beaver structures.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Damage to volunteer crops.
- Crops planted too late to produce a normal yield.
- Crops seeded on land unsuitable for crop production.
- Crops left standing after harvest was generally completed in the area.
Eligible geographic areas
- Saskatchewan
Selection criteria
- Eligibility is based on the type and extent of wildlife damage.
- Claims are assessed on the yield loss in the damaged area.
- Damage must be verified through inspection.
How to apply
- Step 1: Report the damage
- Contact the local customer service office as soon as damage is detected.
- Use phone, email, or visit a local SCIC office.
- Step 2: Keep the damaged area available for inspection
- Before harvest, feeding, or grazing, leave the damaged area and a representative portion of undamaged crop for inspection if needed.
- Annual crops should remain standing or in swaths when required for assessment.
- Step 3: Wait for assessment and follow up if needed
- SCIC inspects the damage and calculates compensation based on the assessed yield loss.
- If additional damage occurs after inspection, contact the office for reassessment.
Processing and Agreement
- Report the damage and contact the local customer service office before harvest, feeding, or grazing.
- The damaged crop is inspected and the compensation is based on the assessed yield loss.
- If further damage occurs after inspection, the local office should be contacted for reassessment.
Additional information
- Compensation is based on the yield loss in the damaged area.
- Damage should be reported immediately after it is detected.
- Crop claims require the damaged area to be available for inspection before harvest, feeding, or grazing.
