USA - Storm damage hits western Kentucky crops ahead of harvest season
Last week’s storms caused widespread damage to some areas, with damages even affecting some in the agricultural industry.
24.08.2026
24.08.2026
India - Farmers to get compensation for crop loss from extreme weather
Claims cover damaged okra, tomatoes, pomegranates, and kinnow under new insurance scheme.
23.08.2026
USA - Pennsylvania Opens $10M Aid Program for Freeze-Hit Growers
Pennsylvania will open a $10 million disaster-relief program Aug. 24 for fruit growers facing an estimated $150 million to $200 million in losses from a spring freeze, Gov. Josh Shapiro reported Thursday during a visit to an Adams County orchard.
23.08.2026
Nepal - Hunting permits issued to protect crops from wildlife in Arghakhanchi
Amid growing damage to crops and increasing human-wildlife conflict, a system allowing the legal hunting of certain wild animals has been introduced in Arghakhanchi.
23.08.2026
A year of change in Polish agriculture
Minister Krajewski highlights support for farmers and stronger agricultural resilience.
23.08.2026
Spain - Barrachina highlights 35.3 million in agricultural insurance for 21,000 professionals in the field
The Generalitat allocates 35.3 million to agricultural insurance in the Valencian Community to support 21,000 farmers and ranchers against increasing risks.
23.08.2026
India - Sodiem locals seek FIR against WRD over paddy crop damage
The Siolim-Sodiem gram sabha on Sunday resolved to initiate criminal action against the Water Resources Department (WRD) over damage to ready-to-harvest paddy crops allegedly caused by leakage and seepage from the Tillari canal.
23.08.2026
India - Bhilwara farmers face crop loss as yellow mosaic virus hits pulses
Farmers in Bhilwara district are in distress due to an outbreak of yellow mosaic, commonly known as yellow disease, affecting their pulse crops.
20.08.2026
Philippines - Farm damage from ‘habagat’ and serial storms hits ₱1.7B
The agricultural damage caused by the recent typhoons has soared to more than P1.7 billion, affecting over 50,000 farmers and fisherfolk, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
20.08.2026
India - Madhya Pradesh embraces a new technological framework to estimate crop yield losses, but farmers say it misses damage on the ground
For farmer Makhan Singh Mewada, the 2025 kharif season ended long before harvest time. A combination of unseasonal rains and animal attacks destroyed more than a third of the soya bean he had sown on his 2-hectare field in Khamaliya village, located in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district.
20.08.2026
India - Tech Guard For Farms: MIT Muzaffarpur Students Develop AI Device To Protect Crops From Nilgai
For years, farmers in Bihar have relied on scarecrows, fencing and constant vigilance to protect their crops from nilgai, wild animals and birds. But these measures often lose their effectiveness as animals gradually learn to ignore them.
20.08.2026
Kenya - Meru Farmers Take Vervet Monkey Crisis to Parliament Amid Rising Crop Losses
Farmers from Meru County have taken their grievances to Parliament, seeking government intervention over significant crop losses attributed to vervet monkeys.
20.08.2026
India - Atchanna urges farmers to enrol in crop insurance before month-end
Agriculture minister K Atchannaidu has urged farmers to enrol in the crop insurance scheme before the month-end deadline, cautioning that El Nino could lead to rainfall deficits and erratic weather, increasing the risk of crop losses.
20.08.2026
Nepal - More farmers are getting insurance, but crops are still left behind
Nepal issued more than 700,000 agricultural insurance policies in five years, but most cover livestock and fish, not crops.
19.08.2026
U.S. specialty crop growers seek US$5 billion in aid
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., called on Congress on Aug. 18 to direct as much as US$5 billion in additional federal assistance to specialty crop producers.
19.08.2026
UK and Europe farm losses deepen as heat and fires hit crop supplies
Cooler and wetter conditions bring some relief across the UK and Europe this week, but farmers are still dealing with damage from an unusually intense summer of heat, drought and wildfires.