The pressure is on the provincial government to announce flood support programming before July 5th.

The 90 day pre-election period, when the province cannot make any major announcements, begins Tuesday.

"That only serves to redouble our efforts to get something put in place quickly," says Stan Struthers, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. "I fully intend to have a program announcement announced quickly, having some terms and conditions out very shortly thereafter."

"I don't want a big gap between an announcement on the grain side and the cattle side," he says.

The province is working together with the federal government on an AgriRecovery program.

Struthers hints a program for crop producers could look similar to last year, when flooded producers received a $30 per acre top-up to Excess Moisture Insurance.

"That's the kind of announcement we'll be looking at. I want the announcement to be even better than it was last year because we're looking at a broader excess moisture event this year than we did last year. We're looking at increased costs for farmers, so I want the program to be that much more valuable for farmers," he says. "We're using that as a base and we're looking to make it a stronger program this year."

Keystone Agricultural Producers has been calling for $50 per acre in addition to EMI.

Struthers says he's also working on a program for livestock producers.

"Take greenfeed for example. I want to be able to help farmers throw down some greenfeed, so that can then be used to alleviate the feed shortage on the cattle side," he says.

He notes the province is estimating more than 3 million acres went unseeded this spring.