The Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) has set aside P187 million to compensate nearly 25,000 insured farmers for losses caused by tropical cyclones Luis, Maymay and Neneng, and the enhanced southwest monsoon.
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Shivakumar also directed the authorities to curb irregularities in crop insurance, take action against agents misleading farmers.
Wednesday’s severe weather left local farmers grappling with widespread crop damage as strong winds and drenching rainfall flattened fields across Waterloo Region.
India’s Digital Agriculture Mission has registered over 10.3 crore farmers under AgriStack to enable data-driven crop management.
Idaho Fish and Game has completed a two-phase project to remove 109 elk from private agricultural land in the Big Willow Creek drainage near Emmett in the state’s southwest.
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) staged a dharna at the SDM office in Siwani town of Bhiwani district on Thursday demanding that the Siwani tehsil be declared drought-hit and farmers be provided compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre for crop losses.
Farmers across Indiana are navigating the recovery process three weeks after heavy rains flooded parts of the state.
The DG urged members of both committees to contribute meaningfully towards strengthening technical standards.
When conditions allowed it, harvest progress was made around Saskatchewan but it was still behind the five and ten year averages for this time of year.
With ElNiño concerns surrounding the upcoming grain production season, dryland maize farmers in Limpopo gathered to learn how weather index insurance from Santam can help protect them against the financial risks of erratic rainfall and drought.
Oriyon International Limited, a livestock production and aggregation company focused on building structured and traceable livestock value chains, has partnered with Leadway Assurance, one of Nigeria’s leading insurance providers and a member of the Leadway Group, to launch the Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth in Livestock Agriculture (EEWYLA) training programme at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
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.
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Corn may already be worth more than the board suggests as farm payments and incentives add about 52¢ per bushel to producer revenue.