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A stormy July in the Prairie provinces led to insurance claims being filed on more than one million acres of land, according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA).

Within the region, association member companies investigated more than 4,000 claims related to July storms, CCHA said in a news release Friday.

“As crops ripen, any hail or wind storms could lead to more severe losses ahead of harvest,” the CCHA said.

The period of July 3 to 10 was described as “particularly destructive” for Saskatchewan crop producers.

Rodney Schoettler, chief executive officer at Municipal Hail Insurance…

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