Drought for previous four months followed by unseasonal rain and hailstorms have wreaked havoc in the past week, caused huge losses. The sitting Shinde-Phadnavis (SS-Shinde-BJP) has not even declared this a natural disaster nor announced any reliefs and the shrill commercial media channels are eerily silent on the crisis.
The stone fruit campaign has already kicked off with some extra-early varieties in Murcia, although there won't be significant and consistent volumes until the end of April. By mid-May, Badajoz will start to have a sufficient supply, and by mid-June, the season will also be getting underway in Lleida.
Texas could face another challenging peach season this spring. Jamey Vogel of Vogel Orchard in Fredericksburg, Texas says its harvest will start around May 1. This is slightly earlier than normal due to winter ending a bit earlier.
In the campaign that just ended, Almeria's tomato sector could not repeat the success of the previous campaign. This is a setback as the tomato sector has been experiencing an upward trend.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has harped on the need to avail Nigerian farmers, especially smallholder farmers, timely weather information so that they can know when to plant and when to harvest.
Bangladesh is preparing to introduce remote sensing and drones to detect crop damage caused by extreme weather events or diseases, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Kaua‘i Emergency Operations Center remains partially activated after last week’s flooding events, as county and state officials continue to address various recovery efforts islandwide.
Prolonged rainfall over Argentina's farming heartland has fueled fears of delays to the ongoing soybean harvest that could cause production losses, the Rosario grains exchange said on Monday.
Danny Wood has been growing wheat, millet, milo, and corn in Peetz, Colorado, in the Northeastern corner of the state for most of his life. It was about 15 years ago when he first noticed that the weather on his farm was starting to get weird.
Washington and Oregon cherry growers are eligible for emergency loans following crop losses in 2023. In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved Oregon’s request for a natural disaster designation after the state’s cherry growers lost an average of 35 percent of their crop.
The UK is set to face food shortages and price increases as severe weather associated with climate change causes low yields on farms both locally and internationally.
Farmers in La Union are shifting to drought-resistant crops to parry off the dire effects of the El Niño phenomenon in the agriculture sector.Rice farmer Carlito Eslava of San Gabriel, La Union is now planting corn and mung beans as an alternative to rice to cushion the possible effects of El Niño.
Maharashtra's Relief and Rehabilitation department has initiated an on-the-spot assessment for crops affected by unseasonal rains and hailstorms across approximately 11 districts.
Cover crops cost money, can lead to yield loss and don’t produce a harvestable crop. This may lead farmers to ask, “Why cover crops?”Laura Gentry, IL Corn director of water quality science, acknowledged the reluctance of farmers to plant cover crops.
Spring agricultural work is in full swing across Estonia but farmers say the weather is erratic and spring is late. While some say the weather is too wet, others are facing dried-out fields.
Until recently, Michigan blueberry growers didn’t have to worry too much about extreme heat during bloom. May temperatures in Michigan generally range from 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.