Monette Farms is facing a previously unpublicized hurdle in its restructuring effort, as court documents show the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) seeking a payment of $1.9 million to maintain the large farm's 2026 crop insurance coverage in Saskatchewan.
Senior Congress leader, Rajya Sabha MP and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday questioned the Centre’s agricultural policies, citing a reported decline in enrolment under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and a sharp fall in cotton cultivation in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
The floodwaters might be gone, but farmers are now focusing on crop damage.
The new option could provide stronger protection when forage losses coincide with higher replacement feed costs.
Last week’s storms caused widespread damage to some areas, with damages even affecting some in the agricultural industry.
Claims cover damaged okra, tomatoes, pomegranates, and kinnow under new insurance scheme.
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.
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.
Minister Krajewski highlights support for farmers and stronger agricultural resilience.
The Generalitat allocates 35.3 million to agricultural insurance in the Valencian Community to support 21,000 farmers and ranchers against increasing risks.
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.
Farmers in Bhilwara district are in distress due to an outbreak of yellow mosaic, commonly known as yellow disease, affecting their pulse crops.
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).
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.
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.
Farmers from Meru County have taken their grievances to Parliament, seeking government intervention over significant crop losses attributed to vervet monkeys.