. Agri-news. Agriculture. Cap removed from wildlife compensation In response to producers concerns, the maximum value per acre payment cap from the wildlife compensation program is being removed to bring it in line with the waterfowl compensation program. The announcement was made on October 9. 1997 by the Minister of Agriculture. Food and Rural Development. Ed Stelmach. While waterfowl compensation is funded jointly by provincial and federal governments, the wildlife compensation program is a provincial responsibility. "Unfortunately, wildlife such as deer, elk and moose don't respect su
. Agri-news. Agriculture. Cap removed from wildlife compensation In response to producers concerns, the maximum value per acre payment cap from the wildlife compensation program is being removed to bring it in line with the waterfowl compensation program. The announcement was made on October 9. 1997 by the Minister of Agriculture. Food and Rural Development. Ed Stelmach. While waterfowl compensation is funded jointly by provincial and federal governments, the wildlife compensation program is a provincial responsibility. "Unfortunately, wildlife such as deer, elk and moose don't respect subtle program differences, and eat the crops with the same enthusiasm as waterfowl.'' says Stelmach. "The payment cap to wildlife compensation meant that farmers could receive less for wildlife damage than for waterfowl damage, even if that damage resulted in the same amount of crop ; Removing the payment cap will increase the total annual payments to farmers by approximately S per year on average, based on experience in the program from 1990 to 1995. " says Rick McConnell. the vice president of research, information and development for the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) "Thai amount will vary. and. as we know. 1996 was anything but a normal year. In fact, it was the worst year on record for wildlife damage to crops. More than $ million was paid out to farmers in 1996 - 15 times higher than the ; The additional funds will be re-allocated from existing budgets Waterfowl and wildlife crop damage compensation programs help support the preservation and development of wildlife habitat for all Albertans Much of the habitat is located on private lands, and farmers who lose crop income because of wildlife should be compensated The wildlife crop damage compensation program was included as part of an ongoing examination of the crop insurance program because of unusually high losses caused by wildlife in 1996. Farmers iden
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