By Emily Keller

CANADIAN CROP HAIL ASSOCIATION

Canadian Crop Hail Association receives more than 10,000 damage claims this year

Aug 17, 2019 | 10:51 AM

Grande Prairie, AB – The Canadian Crop Hail Association says more than 10-thousand damage claims have been received by its member companies so far this year.

It says at the mid-point of the year, Saskatchewan farmers have filed nearly seven-thousand claims — the most on the Prairies.

The association says the five-year average for Alberta and Saskatchewan is up slightly, while Manitoba is down somewhat for the hail season, which ends in October.

Overall, claims are on a pace similar to last year, which saw more than 11-thousand filed by the end of the year.