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Producers enrolled in production insurance and unable to seed a commercial crop by the final seeding deadline may be eligible to receive CCPP payments of fifteen dollars per acre by filing a production insurance claim.

MP Carol Skelton says the CCPP will target assistance this year to designated areas across Canada where an extraordinary number of unseeded acreage claims were filed due to wet conditions.

Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced the CCPP in May, 2006.

For more information, you can call Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 1.800.667.8567 or visit www.agr.ca/ccpp.