Energy, Mines, and Resources
Agriculture
Yukon Wildlife Damage Compensation Program
The Yukon Agriculture Wildlife Damage Compensation Program is available for producers who have attempted prevention and mitigation of crop damage caused by wild ungulates. The compensation program is available to maintain the viability and sustainability of agriculture operations by providing financial assistance to recover forage crop and improved-pasture losses that occur because of wild elk, deer, moose or bison. See also the Wildlife Damage Prevention Program.
Eligible damage
Coverage for damage to forage crop and improved pasture losses that occur because of wild elk, deer, moose or bison. The possible effects of wildlife damage include potential loss to farm income, decrease in the amount of feed available for livestock use, and damage to fences. Wildlife damage to forage crops, seeded pastures and fences varies substantially from year to year, depending on the severity of winter weather conditions.
The forage fields must be within Yukon. Eligible damage is limited to cultivated forage crops currently in production. Assistance will not cover protecting feed crops not brought in from the field that could have been harvested or crops which are stored in a manner that cannot be protected.
Eligible forage crops must be in the seedling stage and/or standing crop stage, and include wheat, oats, barley and other cereal crops, alfalfa, clover, tame grasses and legumes used for livestock feed.
Forage crops not eligible for compensation include crops that have been mowed; swathed; gathered in sheaves, stooks or bales; and crops stacked in silage or in storage.
Eligible applicants
Individuals who have crop damage caused by wild elk, moose, deer or bison.
Applicants must provide proof of ownership or lease confirmation for damaged fields.
Applicants must show a firm commitment to preventing and/or reducing the amount of damage caused by wildlife.
Eligible funding
A maximum of 80% of the verified losses documented in each eligible claim are paid, with a minimum eligible claim of $250.
Contact the Agriculture Branch if damage is about to occur or has already occurred.
Growing Forward Contact:
Energy, Mines and Resources
Agriculture Branch
Phone: 867.667.5838
Fax: 867.393.6222
Email: agriculture@gov.yk.ca
Visit us on the 3rd floor, Room 320, of the Elijah Smith Building at 300 Main Street in Whitehorse, Yukon.