The Junta de Extremadura and Agroseguro have agreed that it is a priority to strengthen cherry insurance to optimize its coverage and better adjust it to the real needs of the producing sector.
Governor Tina Kotek signed a letter Thursday to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture requesting a disaster designation for pear growers in Hood River and Wasco counties, as well as contiguous counties affected by severe crop losses in 2025.
Over the last week, IREC staff have observed several pests in winter and spring grain crops. Most wheat and barley fields at IREC have populations of cereal leaf beetle, aphids, and armyworms.
France’s agricultural sector is grappling with the immediate consequences of a severe heatwave, which is causing significant damage to key crops across the country.
The latest payments will be deposited into beneficiaries’ accounts immediately, as authorities say compensation claims for last year’s agricultural damage are being settled faster than ever before.
Lakhs of farmers across Vijayanagara district are staring at an uncertain future, with the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) allegedly failing to provide compensation for crop losses suffered during the previous kharif and rabi seasons.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding American producers’ access to crop insurance, offering turfgrass producers in select states and counties a new risk management option through a pilot program, Turfgrass Value Select (TVS).
Human-elephant conflict continues to threaten farmers in Wokha district, with a herd of wild elephants raiding farmlands at Chanka village on two separate occasions within five days.
Insurance is helping farmers recover from droughts and floods before crises deepen – as climate shocks intensify and the shadow of El Niño threatens.
The World Bank is lending $70 million to the Philippines for a co-insurance pool that would protect small farmers and fisherfolk from the effects of climate change, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday.
Poland's apple juice concentrate (AJC) crop faces the prospect of a sharply reduced harvest in 2026 following severe frosts, while Turkey is set for a strong recovery season after near-total losses a year earlier, according to market sources cited by Mintec.
Excessive precipitation across northern Alberta over the past several weeks has significantly impacted seeding progress for many producers and is causing fields to flood in some areas.
With water storage in the Mettur dam forcing a sharp decline in short-term paddy cultivation this season, farmers in the Cauvery Delta have urged the Tamil Nadu government to announce a special relief package and provide scientific guidance on alternative crops to help offset mounting losses.
Tanzanian pastoralists are set to access a transformative digital insurance framework utilizing artificial intelligence to scan animal nose prints for rapid payouts.
The advance of wild boars across Brazilian territory worries the countryside due to economic loss, threat to biodiversity, and sanitary risk to livestock, especially in regions where crops and livestock are vulnerable to the species’ movement.
Revisions to the principal livestock risk management programs, as well as to crop insurance, take effect July 1.