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Floodwaters claim the main road access to the Brandon Municipal Airport on June 29, 2020.

Floodwaters rise in western Manitoba

WEATHER: Areas in and north of Brandon were particularly hard hit by intense storms that rolled through June 29.

By Alexis Stockford June 29, 2020

Severe thunderstorms June 28 have left patches of western Manitoba fighting desperately to keep their heads above water. Areas around Brandon, Rapid City and north towards Riding Mountain National Park reported widespread flooding June 28-29. Brandon airport reported 155 millimetres of rain in a matter of hours, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC),

File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Weather

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Crop quality issues may pressure prices

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj March 17, 2020

New Delhi | Reuters — Unseasonal torrential rains and hailstorms have damaged the winter-planted crops of millions of Indian growers, inundating wheat, potato, chickpea and rapeseed farms in large parts of the fertile northern plains, farmers said. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail that has lashed fields full of

Crops, Weather

Hail, storm damage to crops during September, October

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team October 25, 2019

Despite temperatures largely below normal for September and October, there were some instances of hail damage to crops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA) said there were 53 cases of hail damage – as well as storm damage – in the two provinces. In Manitoba, storms that struck between Sept. 28

Crops, Weather

Storms leave close to 1,000 hail claims on Prairies

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team September 28, 2019

MarketsFarm — There were almost 1,000 claims for hail damage across the Prairies following a series of storms Sept. 15-20, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA). The CCHA said the most destructive of the storms during that week came on Sept. 17. “There is significant damage from this late–season storm. There was heavy

Crops, Weather

Prairie hail claims pass 10,000 for year

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team August 16, 2019

MarketsFarm — More than 10,000 claims for hail damage have been filed by Prairie farmers so far in 2019 with insurance companies belonging to the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Between July 27 and Aug. 6, hail on the Prairies saw farmers add 900 claims alone, according to a CCHA press release Friday. To date overall,

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Alberta markets optimistic despite weather

By GFM Network News August 14, 2019

MarketsFarm — Varied weather across Alberta has made for an unpredictable pulse harvest. “We’ve seen everything from drought-like conditions in the south, to an overabundance of water in the central region, and to some degree in the north as well,” said Leanne Fischbuch, executive director of Alberta Pulse. Despite less-than-favourable weather conditions, pulse producers are

Rathwell received large hail after a chain of storms hit the region Aug. 1.

Crops, Weather

Hail damage and dry weather hamper grain and forage crops

Looking surprisingly good despite stresses

By Geralyn Wichers August 9, 2019

Severe thunderstorms scattered hail across southern Manitoba on July 31 and mangled a few crops. Crop insurance claims were just beginning to come in on the afternoon of August 1, said David Van Deynze of Manitoba Agriculture Services Corporation. Van Deynze said they were seeing a bank of claims from the U.S. border, ranging up

Crops, Farmit Manitoba, Pulses

VIDEO: Bean development in Manitoba

Lower temperatures early in the season have slowed growth to some extent

By Greg Berg July 23, 2019

So, how are soybeans and dry beans faring in Manitoba this crop season? At the recent Crop Diagnostic School, Dennis Lange, provincial pulse crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, offers what he’s seeing in terms of crop development in the province, the impact that weather has had for growers so far this year, and what options

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Temperatures as high as 38 C were recorded in the western Prairies over the weekend — and with that heat comes questions about crop impact. Lentils and peas are far enough along that the recent heat wave is unlikely to affect them from a yield perspective, according to Carl Potts of Saskatchewan

Other, Weather

More on severe summer weather: Hail

You don't necessarily need a really tall thunderstorm to get the really big hailstones

By Daniel Bezte July 31, 2018

Time to continue our series of articles on different types of severe summer weather. I like to re-examine these topics every year or two due to the importance of understanding the different types of severe weather, and also because most people find this aspect of weather so fascinating. In this issue we are going to

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Hail

Floodwaters rise in western Manitoba

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Hail, storm damage to crops during September, October

Storms leave close to 1,000 hail claims on Prairies

Prairie hail claims pass 10,000 for year

Pulse weekly outlook: Alberta markets optimistic despite weather

Hail damage and dry weather hamper grain and forage crops

VIDEO: Bean development in Manitoba

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

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