Jacqueline Chen

The 2022 crop year in Manitoba and Saskatchewan started with challenging conditions.

Dry, hot conditions ravaged large parts of Canada throughout 2021—setting a new Canadian record.

The record rainfall that hit the province of Henan in China the week of July 19 caused extensive flooding.

China experienced multiple extreme weather events in 2020 that resulted in crop insurance losses.

Agricultural insurance premiums in China have risen since government-funded subsidies were expanded in 2007.

Crops and livestock can face similar risks, but livestock is uniquely vulnerable to disease outbreaks.

Crops in Canada face many weather hazards, but in the Prairie Provinces—Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta—there’s also a different kind of hazard: grasshoppers.