The latest hail report says golf-ball size hail damaged crops across Western Canada during the first ten days of August. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says there are about 400 claims of crop damage from pea to golf-ball size hail in the first part of August. “The storms are small, […]
Tornado warnings were out as were severe thunderstorm warnings, but Regina appeared to escape heavy rain and hail on Wednesday night. While Regina got some rain, there was no hail unlike Pense and Grand Coulee where nickel-sized hail was reported with heavy rain coming down in Lumsden. Wild, electrifying weather over @CityofRegina tonight. #skstorm pic.twitter.com/sVzJ9cgQzl […]
Farms in over three dozen Saskatchewan communities have been hit by hail storms during the past 2 weeks. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says hail as large as golf balls resulted in over 1,000 crop damage claims in the latter part of July across the prairies. “Very scattered thunderstorms, and […]
Hail storms continue to pound crops across Saskatchewan. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says Saskatchewan bore the brunt of crop hail claims in the past two weeks. He says there were 2,000 prairie claims from July 6th to 19th. He says the hail ranged in size from pea to quarter. […]
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says crop damage hail claims total over 120 for storms in late June and early July. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Rick Omelchenko, says heavy rain and flooding contributed to crop damage from hailstorms in parts of Western Canada. He says storms damaged crops in Churchbridge, Calder, […]
The latest Saskatchewan agriculture crop report says most of the province received rain this past week. The Rama area northwest of Yorkton had the highest amount at 98 millimeters or almost 4 inches. Many areas received hail and strong winds. The Tisdale area in the northeast sustained damaged crops and property and isolated areas […]
The latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture says seeding is virtually complete in the province at 99 percent now planted. Rain was received in most areas and was welcome, but more is needed in some regions. The southern and central regions would welcome more moisture. However, there were also reports of localized flooding in […]
It was another night of severe thunderstorm activity across parts of Saskatchewan on Tuesday, with hail being the main concern. Environment Canada’s Brad Vroijk said stones as large as golf balls were seen north of Regina. “We got a report last night out of Southey, and they had very large hail, they saw golf ball […]
Saskatchewan farmers have a new option to buy hail insurance on the internet. Co-op Hail insurance is launching a new online direct hail insurance program. CEO Murray Bantle says the buy direct hail insurance program enables farmers to save money. Bantle says farmers will save between seven and eight percent on hail insurance by going […]
A researcher at the University of Regina says climate change has had an impact on farming over the last 50 years in Saskatchewan. Professor Dave Sauchyn says climate change is difficult to detect in this province because of the extensive range of weather. But overall, he says the temperature is 5 degrees warmer in winter […]
