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24.08.2026

Canada - Monette Farms restructuring update: Crop insurance dispute and U.S. land deal

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.

24.08.2026

India - Sukhjinder Randhawa raises concerns over 73 lakh farmers leaving Crop Insurance Scheme, questions Centre

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.

24.08.2026

USA - Farmers face crop concerns after flooding in Pulaski County

The floodwaters might be gone, but farmers are now focusing on crop damage.

24.08.2026

USA - New Hay Insurance Adds Revenue Protection for 2027

The new option could provide stronger protection when forage losses coincide with higher replacement feed costs.

24.08.2026

USA - Storm damage hits western Kentucky crops ahead of harvest season

Last week’s storms caused widespread damage to some areas, with damages even affecting some in the agricultural industry.

24.08.2026

India - Farmers to get compensation for crop loss from extreme weather

Claims cover damaged okra, tomatoes, pomegranates, and kinnow under new insurance scheme.

23.08.2026

USA - Pennsylvania Opens $10M Aid Program for Freeze-Hit Growers

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.

23.08.2026

Nepal - Hunting permits issued to protect crops from wildlife in Arghakhanchi

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.

23.08.2026

A year of change in Polish agriculture

Minister Krajewski highlights support for farmers and stronger agricultural resilience.

23.08.2026

Spain - Barrachina highlights 35.3 million in agricultural insurance for 21,000 professionals in the field

The Generalitat allocates 35.3 million to agricultural insurance in the Valencian Community to support 21,000 farmers and ranchers against increasing risks.

23.08.2026

India - Sodiem locals seek FIR against WRD over paddy crop damage

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.

23.08.2026

India - Bhilwara farmers face crop loss as yellow mosaic virus hits pulses

Farmers in Bhilwara district are in distress due to an outbreak of yellow mosaic, commonly known as yellow disease, affecting their pulse crops.

20.08.2026

Philippines - Farm damage from ‘habagat’ and serial storms hits ₱1.7B

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).

20.08.2026

India - Madhya Pradesh embraces a new technological framework to estimate crop yield losses, but farmers say it misses damage on the ground

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.

20.08.2026

India - Tech Guard For Farms: MIT Muzaffarpur Students Develop AI Device To Protect Crops From Nilgai

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.

20.08.2026

Kenya - Meru Farmers Take Vervet Monkey Crisis to Parliament Amid Rising Crop Losses

Farmers from Meru County have taken their grievances to Parliament, seeking government intervention over significant crop losses attributed to vervet monkeys.

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