Storms damage crops as harvest continues - Crop Insurance In Canada

Storms damaged crops across Western Canada as harvest continues, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA).

CCHA member companies are investigating 1,642 claims of crop damage from storms that occurred July 29-August 11. More than 75 percent of the claims occurred on farms in Alberta.

Companies contributing to this report are Rain and Hail Insurance Service, Palliser Insurance, Agriculture Financial Services Corporation, Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation, and Co-operative Hail Insurance Company.

“With harvest beginning in some areas, producers are reminded to leave adequate representative areas for adjusters to assess, if they are harvesting, cutting, or salvaging their crops,” said Yves Dooper, Agricultural Financial Services Corporation.

Here’s a look at storm damage across the region.

Alberta
Crops damaged: Wheat, barley, corn, oats, dry beans, soybeans, canola, fababeans, flax, lentils, mustard, peas, potatoes, rye, sorghum, sugarbeets, triticale

Communities impacted include: Vauxhall, Lomond, Clint, Medicine Hat, Okotoks, High River, Blackie, Moss Leigh, Arrowwood, Queenstown, Vulcan, Bow City, Rainier, Scandia, Tilley, Cochrane, Airdrie, Balzac, Delacour, Lyalta, Strathmore, Carseland, Gleichen, Cluny, Bassano, Nobbleford, Monarch

Saskatchewan
Crops damaged: Wheat, barley, lentils, peas, canola

Communities impacted include: Estevan, Frobisher, Glen Ewen, Halbrite, Lampman, Oxbow, Regina, Rouleau, Sedley, Stoughton, Yellow Grass, Weyburn, Alameda, Swift Current, North Battleford, Kindersley, Shaunavon, Moose Jaw

Manitoba
Crops damaged: Wheat, canola, corn, soybeans

Communities impacted include: Virden, Beausejour, Steinbach, Tourond