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March 1, 2026

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2025 Crop Year Delivers Mixed Hail Storm Results Across Prairie Provinces

Craig Lester November 1, 2025

The 2025 crop year showed average hail damage claims, with overall claim numbers down from last…

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Hail Continues to Damage Crops During Harvest

Craig Lester September 14, 2025

The Canadian Crop Hail Association member companies are investigating 310 claims of crop damage from hail…

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Late August Storms Obliterate Crops, Kill Livestock in Alberta, Saskatchewan

Tim Parent September 1, 2025

Several powerful storms swept across Alberta and Saskatchewan, leaving behind a trail of destruction that wiped…

  • Crops
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Hail Claims Down in Mid-July Across Prairies

Craig Lester July 29, 2025

Mid-July hail claim numbers across the prairies were down compared to previous weeks, according to the…

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Hail Damage Threatens Maturing Crops Across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Craig Lester July 20, 2025

Recent storms across Western Canada resulted in reports of mostly light to medium damage. There were…

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RRC Podcast Ep. 1 – Drought, Hail, Calgary Stampede and BASF’s Growing Home Program

Craig Lester July 15, 2025

In Episode 1 of the RRC podcast we chat about the drought situation across the prairies,…

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A Farmer’s Guide to Lightning

David Spence May 11, 2025

Thunderstorm season bas begun across the prairies, bringing with it danger in the form of lightning,…

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Hail Report: Devastating Storms Damage More Than A Million Acres

Tim Parent September 6, 2024

More than one million acres were damaged or destroyed by storms during the week of August…

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Hail Report: Mild to Severe Hail Damage to Crops Reported Across the Prairies

Tim Parent July 19, 2024

Summer storms across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba resulted in mild to severe hail damage to crops…

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Hail Report: Crop Damage Claims Reach 1,500 for June 17-23

Tim Parent July 6, 2024

The Canadian Crop Hail Association, hail ranging from pea-sized to as large as softballs from storms…

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Growing the Future Podcast: Greg Johnson The Tornado Hunter

Craig Lester February 10, 2020

The Tornado Hunter gets real on the nature of risk, life on the prairies, the impact…

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