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Farmers reported sporadic storm activity across western Canada with pea-sized hail and a range of crop damage, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred Aug 15-29. CCHA member companies are investigating about 700 claims made by farmers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan during the time period.
Farmers reported spotty storm activity across western Canada with heavy damage and golf ball-sized hail in at least one area, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred Aug. 2-14. CCHA member companies are investigating about 280 claims made by farmers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan during the time period.
Farmers are urged to leave adequate samples of damaged crops as harvest begins across western Canada so insurance adjusters can accurately process claims, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Harvest is beginning after a hail storm season that, so far, is tracking close to last year. Farmers have made about 10,000 claims. The hail season ends in October.
Farmers in Saskatchewan have reported the most damage from hail storms so far this year with nearly 7,000 claims filed with Canadian Crop Hail Association member companies, according to mid-year data. In total, CCHA companies have received more than 10,000 claims across Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and have completed processing on 46 percent of those.
Farmers in western Canada got a break from the severe weather they saw earlier in July though storms continued to produce hail that damaged crops, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred July 22-26. CCHA member companies are investigating about 300 claims made by farmers in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan during the time period.
Farmers in the Manitoba communities of Roseisle, Brunkild and Russell made 123 claims after toonie-sized hail damaged cereals, canola, soybeans, edible beans and corn, according to Brendan Blight of Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. The storms occurred July 9 and 11.
Storms in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan produced hail that resulted in crop damage, with some areas sustaining heavy damage, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred July 6-9 and July 11-12. CCHA member companies are investigating 821 claims in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan made by farmers after the storms.
The Canadian Crop Hail Association is launching a new website that will serve as a clearinghouse for details about storms across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The site, cropinsuranceincanada.com, is part of CCHA’s increased outreach aimed at providing prairie farmers, the public, and journalists in Western Canada more information about how hail insurance works to protect crops that are critical to the region’s economy.
Storms in Alberta and Saskatchewan produced hail that resulted in light to medium crop damage with heavy damage reported in at least one area, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred on June 15, June 17, June 18 and June 19. CCHA member companies are investigating 128 claims with nearly half in the Saskatchewan communities of Assiniboia, Willowbunch, Ogema, Gravelbourg, Maple Creek, Elrose, Rosetown and Pierceland.
rms across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta produced hail that resulted in mostly light to medium damage to crops with significant damage seen in a few fields, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. The storms occurred May 29, June 2, June 6, June 7, June 9 and June 10. Farmers in the Saskatchewan communities of Weyburn, Midale, Ituna, Tisdale, Avonlea, Canora, Kamsack reported damage. In Manitoba, farmers in Portage, Somerset and High Bluff reported damage. And, farmers in the Alberta communities of Trochu and Westlock reported damage.