Contract Price Option

Contract Price Option

MASC Price

  • Base $ Value
  • All Crops*

Producer’s Contracted Price

  • Deferred Delivery Contracts
  • Basis and Flat Price Contracts
  • Identity Preserved Contracts

New Blended Price

  • Increased Coverage
  • Improved Risk Management
  • Higher Blended Price

Purpose

Over the years, producer groups have requested higher coverage for higher value crops. These higher value crops can demand a higher price from the market when sold under contract, which sometimes leaves these contracted crops underinsured.

MASC’s Contract Price Option (CPO) allows producers to blend the price from their contracted production with the base AgriInsurance dollar value to better reflect expected market prices.

*The CPO is available for most insurable crops (including forage seed, organic, and pedigreed crops, excluding potatoes, vegetables, and forages).

Estimate Rates and Coverage

Get an idea of how opting-in to CPO can affect your expected AgriInsurance premiums and coverage:

CPO Calculation Examples

Calculations

Formulae Used

Blended Price

= (percentage of commercial production x Dollar Value) +

(percentage of contract production x Contracted Price)

New Premium

= (standard Premium x Blended Price) / Standard Dollar Value

Total Coverage

= Coverage per acre x Acres

Dollar Coverage

= Total Coverage x Insured Price


Scenario 1 – Multiple Contracts

A producer is growing 800 acres of canola: 320 acres at MASC’s dollar value of $600 per tonne, and is filling three separate contracts: 160 acres at $625 per tonne, 160 acres at $650 per tonne, and 160 acres at $655 per tonne. The producer selects 80 per cent coverage, which results in a premium of $12.17 per acre and a coverage per acre of 1 tonne per acre.

Total Coverage

= 800 acres x 1 tonne per acre
= 800 tonnes of canola

Contract Type

Calculation

Commercial

= 320 of 800 tonnes
= 40%

Contract 1

= 160 of 800 tonnes
= 20%

Contract 2

= 160 of 800 tonnes
= 20%

Contract 3

= 160 of 800 tonnes
= 20%

Blended Price

= (40% x $600) + (20% x $625) + (20% x $650) + (20% x $655)
= $626 per tonne

Impact on Coverage and Premium

Conventional Coverage

= 800 tonnes x $600 per tonne
= $480,000

CPO Dollar Coverage

= 800 tonnes x $626 per tonne
= $500,800

New Premium

= ($12.17 x $626) / $600
= $12.70 per acre


Scenario 2 – Price Premium (basis)

A producer is growing 800 acres of red spring wheat: 640 acres at MASC’s dollar value of $325 per tonne, and is filling a separate contract on 160 acres at $425 per tonne ($100 above the base price). The producer selects 80 per cent coverage with a premium of $12.17 per acre and a coverage of 1 tonne per acre.

Total Coverage

= 800 acres x 1 tonne per acre
= 800 tonnes of wheat

Production Ratio

Commercial

= 640 of 800 tonnes
= 80%

Contracted

= 160 of 800 tonnes
= 20%

Blended Price

= (80% x $325) + (20% x $425)
= $345 per tonne

Impact on Coverage and Premium

Conventional Coverage

= 800 tonnes x $325 per tonne
= $260,000

CPO Dollar Coverage

= 800 tonnes x $345 per tonne
= $276,000

New Premium

= ($12.17 x $345) / $325
= $12.92 per acre


Scenario 3 – Different Soil Zones

A producer is growing 800 acres of canola: 480 acres at MASC’s dollar value of $600 per tonne on a soil zone that has a coverage per acre of 1.00, and is also filling two contracts: Contract 1 is for 160 acres at $630 per tonne on C32 soil (Probable Yield (PY) = 0.986), and Contract 2 is for 160 acres at $655 per tonne on E32 soil (PY = 0.956).

Total Coverage

= (480 acres x 1.00 tonne per acre) + (160 acres x 0.986 tonnes per acre) + (655 acres x 0.956 tonnes per acre)
= 480.00 tonnes + 157.76 tonnes + 152.96 tonnes
= 790.72 tonnes of canola

Production Ratio

Commercial

= 480.00 of 790.72 tonnes
= 61%

Contract 1

= 157.76 of 790.72 tonnes
= 20%

Contract 2

= 152.96 of 790.72 tonnes
= 19%

Blended Price

= (61% x $600) + (20% x $630) + (19% x $655)
= $366 + $126 + $124.45
= $616.45 per tonne

Impact on Coverage and Premium

Conventional Coverage

= 790.72 tonnes x $600 per tonne
= $474,432.00

CPO Dollar Coverage

= 790.72 tonnes x $616.45 per tonne
= $487,439.34

New Premium

= ($12.17 x $616.45) / $600
= $12.50 per acre

Opt-in to Contract Price Option

Farmers who choose the Contract Price Option must submit their contracted prices to MASC by June 30. Contact your insurance specialist to get started.

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