The municipal council of Bayambang has placed the town under a state of calamity after Tropical Storms “Luis” and “Maymay” and the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, caused more than P31 million in agricultural losses.
Farmers in and around Lynndyl are beginning to assess severe losses after a powerful weekend storm ripped through fields with destructive winds and hail just as some crops were nearing harvest.
New LRP Coverage Aims to Reduce the Risk of Retaining Heifers for Breeding.
Corn may already be worth more than the board suggests as farm payments and incentives add about 52¢ per bushel to producer revenue.
The Iloilo provincial government has turned over P10 million to the state-owned Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) to expand insurance protection for farmers and fisherfolk vulnerable to losses from El Niño, La Niña, typhoons, pest infestations and other calamities.
The State witnessed a remarkable 1,263% jump in non-loanee farmer registrations, with their participation rising from 2 lakh in the previous Kharif season to 25.26 lakh farmers this year.
Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Health Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said that the estimated crop damage caused so far by the prevailing extreme dry weather conditions is nearly 8,000 acres of farmland belonging to around 7,000 farmers.
Damage to 183 homes, mainly in the Nicosia district, has been recorded following the severe weather that hit Cyprus last Saturday, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Severe rainfall shortages threatening the Swartland wheat crop have highlighted the need for government support to make crop insurance affordable for dryland producers.
Natural disasters destroy billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural production each year. From drought and wildfires in the West to hail in the Midwest and hurricanes in the Southeast, farms lose an average of $5.1 billion in crops and livestock annually, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
High temperatures over the summer caused an increase of certain pests harmful to vegetables.
New insurance options, emergency grazing authorities on Grassland Conservation Reserve Program acres, and guaranteed loans for regional meat processors are among the elements of a package unveiled by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Monday to encourage producers to rebuild the U.S. cattle herd.
England and Wales are experiencing an exceptional drought, with potato growers facing reduced tuber growth, irrigation restrictions and increasingly difficult harvesting conditions. The evidence supports serious concern—but not every alarming headline can yet be translated into a national crop-loss figure.
The Maharashtra government has sanctioned ₹23.33 crore in relief for 17,245 farmers whose crops were damaged by floods, excessive rainfall, cyclones and hailstorms.
Daedong has unveiled a new full-feed combine focused on reducing soybean cracking and crop loss during harvest.
Drought in July and August 2026 cut yields by more than half in parts of Serbia, but only 15 percent of farmland is insured. A corn policy costs about 4,500 dinars per hectare.