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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering help to farmers and livestock producers impacted by the recent tornadoes.
Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh are facing fresh concerns after the emergence of Pokka Boing disease in standing crops, raising fears of lower yields and additional losses at a time when growers are already dealing with recurring disease pressure.
The severe floods that affected the southern Mozambican province of Gaza this year caused damage to the Lower Limpopo Irrigation Scheme estimated at 23 million meticais (about 360,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) has prepared 335,598 family food packs (FFPs) in anticipation of the possible effects of the low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored by the state weather bureau in the Southern Luzon-Visayas area.
Former minister and INLD leader Sampat Singh said there was a need to bring comprehensive reforms in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) as the scheme had been proving a boon for the insurance firms rather than providing protection to farmers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a Secretarial Disaster Declaration for 43 primary natural disaster area counties and an additional 61 contiguous counties in Virginia, according to Governor Abigail Spanberger.
If sowing fails in 75% of a notified area due to deficient rains, insured farmers will get 50% of the sum insured straightaway.
Spring planting in Saskatchewan is virtually complete, with farmers in the province’s east-central, southeast and northeast left with small amounts left to seed according to the June 25 provincial report.
Extremely heavy rain that has pounded the country over the past week has caused agricultural losses totaling more than NT$95 million (US$2.98 million) as of Saturday morning, with most of the losses concentrated in southern Taiwan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, announced that the board of the National Veal Project has approved new financing worth EGP 499.415m for 372 beneficiaries, including small-scale breeders and young graduates, to raise and fatten 7,137 head of livestock.
USDA Conservation Secretary Richard Fordyce says enhanced risk management tools are helping farmers strengthen their safety net.
The Hood CollegeDepartment of Biology has received a $19,998 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct research on natural predators of the invasive Spotted-Wing Drosophila fly.
With concerns over a possible drought looming over the district, Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy has directed officials to ensure 100 per cent coverage of the monsoon crop survey scheduled to begin on July 1, stressing that no farmer should be left out of relief and insurance benefits.
Coverage of agricultural insurance is expanding in Azerbaijan, and its minister noted that progress has been made.