Hail Report: Devastating Storms Damage More Than A Million Acres
More than one million acres were damaged or destroyed by storms during the week of August…
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Prairie Weather this Week: September 2
In this Prairie Weather this Week report, heat persists this week over parts of the prairies,…
Hail Report: Golf Ball-Sized Hail Destroys Crops Across the Prairies
Severe storms across the Prairies pummeled crops with pea- to golf-ball-size hail according to the Canadian…
Hail Report: Crop Damage Claims Climb in Wake of Summer Storms
More than 1,600 crop damage claims have been filed in the wake of summer storms that…
Hail Report: Alberta Crops Most Affected By Recent Storms
Between July 15-26, there were 737 claims of crop damage from hail and storms. The majority…
Hail Report: Golf Ball-Sized Hail Causes Considerable Crop Damage
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says golf ball-sized hail caused considerable crop damage in some parts…
Hail Report: Mild to Severe Hail Damage to Crops Reported Across the Prairies
Summer storms across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba resulted in mild to severe hail damage to crops…
Hail Report: Cereal Crops Show Resilience After Early Season Storms
The Canadian Crop Hail Association is currently reviewing approximately 1,000 crop damage claims from storms that…
Hail Report: Crop Damage Claims Reach 1,500 for June 17-23
The Canadian Crop Hail Association, hail ranging from pea-sized to as large as softballs from storms…
Severe Weather Leads to Over 900 Crop Damage Claims
Insurance adjusters are investigating the crop damage claims following storms that blew through the Prairies between…
Eyes on the Sky: Tornado Season Approaches
A series of tornado warnings in east-central Alberta last week serves as a reminder that we…
Hail crop damage claims top one-thousand in last week of July
Quarter-size hail and drought were the primary causes of hail crop damage at the end of…
Farmers with crop damage asked to leave sample strips as early harvest begins
As producers roll into the fields, insurance adjusters are asking producers to leave adequate sample strips…
Farming Smarter: A Hail of a Story – crop recovery after hail
Farming Smarter General Manager Ken Coles share results from hail recovery research. Alberta has a special…
WheatStalk: Researching crop recovery from hail damage
Researching the ability of crops to recover after a hail storm. Farming Smarter’s Ken Coles talks…
Eye on the storm: Life of a storm chaser
There are about 50 that currently chase storms across the province of Alberta and you'll see…
Cloud seeding to mitigate damage
Severe weather season has started across the prairie provinces and while many like to watch a…