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Canadian Crop Hail Association

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

Aug 16, 2019 | 11:21 AM

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.