Insights and Stories on Crop Damage

Southern Saskatchewan dry, but Prairies mostly OK for now

Jul. 6, 2017 at 8:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern Saskatchewan are cause for vigilance, but rain could still pull out a healthy harvest, according to a provincial soil and nutrient specialist. The area of concern lies within a triangle shape, with the northern tip at Saskatoon, one arm stretching southeast to Weyburn, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures flat as damage assessed

May. 3, 2017 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Soggy conditions stress Saskatchewan’s crops

Jul. 14, 2016 at 4:59 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Storms trim potential for big Prairie crops

Jul. 13, 2016 at 6:46 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Severe weather causing problems for Manitoba crops

Jun. 27, 2016 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Erin DeBooy

India to launch new crop insurance scheme

Dec. 23, 2015 at 6:35 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India will launch a new farm crop insurance scheme early next year and use drones and other technologies to assess crop damage, the agriculture minister said Wednesday, in what could be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first major move to address rural hardship. The impact of […]

By Krishna N. Das

Sask. widens wolf harvest pilot area

Dec. 3, 2015 at 9:20 pm CST

Last winter’s pilot project to push wolves back from ranches and farms in northeastern Saskatchewan will expand west this winter. Saskatchewan’s environment ministry on Wednesday announced a wolf hunt will run from Dec. 15 this year until March 31, 2016 in wildlife management zones (WMZs) 49 and 53. The wolf […]

By Staff

USDA analyzing effects of wild pigs on crops, livestock

Sep. 25, 2015 at 6:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Friday it has started analyzing for the first time data it has collected on the impact that wild pigs have on U.S. farmers’ crop and livestock operations. It is estimated by federal and state agricultural officials that there are […]

By Reuters

Dawson: Moisture may trigger more Man. crop claims than frost

May. 21, 2015 at 5:47 pm CDT

Excessive moisture in Manitoba from the Victoria Day long weekend might result in more crop insurance claims than frost. “From our perspective the amount of rain and snow that came with this storm is probably as big a concern as the frost itself,” David Van Deynze, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp.’s […]

By Allan Dawson

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