The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel team has created a multi-part series highlighting agricultural losses incurred due to weather disasters and the associated disaster-assistance programs meant to help mitigate their impacts.
The Agriculture Department report about crop loss indicated that rabi crops on 1.74 lakh acres has suffered losses in Hisar district due to the recent rains and gusty winds, while another 1,190 acres of rabi crop suffered damage due to hailstorms.
In the Hex River Valley grape growers are warily watching threatening skies, again, as yet more rain is predicted for the Western Cape.“If it rains now it’ll cause big problems and the season will pretty much be at its end,” says an exporter.
Irish domestic consumption remains buoyant with the current weather. However, these conditions have put a halt to all field work and plantings. Exports continue to Portugal and Holland, with good appetite for more as stocks remain tight on the continent.
The Generalitat, through the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), finances the development of new digital tools for the early detection and prediction of the main pests that threaten citrus crops in the Valencian Community.
Punjab and Haryana is likely to be lashed by another spell of rain and thundershowers today and tomorrow. Hailstorm and strong winds may accompany the lightening and thunderstorm, adding fuel to the fire, to cause damage to the Rabi crops.
Preliminarily, Monterey County officials and agricultural experts have indicated that crop losses from the torrential rains that have hit the Salinas Valley this year could easily top $500 million.
Temperatures dipped into the upper teens in some of North Carolina's western counties earlier in the week and that took a big toll on fruit growers.Howard Taylor says his peach crop at KT’s Orchard in Canton is now a total loss.
The strawberry sector in Egypt is suffering disruptions due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to Mohammed Ezzat, CEO of the producer Green Nile.Ezzat explains: "The season started with a cold snap that affected the Ismailia region in particular, and damaged the strawberry crops.
Unseasonal rains and hailstorm in parts of Telangana have damaged standing crops in more than 1.50 lakh acres, according to initial estimates by the state government.The unexpected rains and hail storms due to the trough over the state caused huge losses to farmers, who were hoping to reap the Rabi harvest in a few days.
2022 will go into the record books as the third-costliest year for weather disasters in U.S. history, with an estimated $165 billion in total economic losses.In the agriculture sector, new analysis by American Farm Bureau Federation economists in the latest Market Intel shows extreme weather caused more than $21 billion in crop losses.
The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be green and lush this time of year. He grabs a soy plant and easily disintegrates its leaves with his hands.
The hailstorm coupled with rain and strong cyclonic winds has played spoilsport for the much- expected bumper wheat crop in Punjab this year. Around 4 lakh hectares (9.88- lakh acres), which comes to over 10% of the total wheat crop, is under heavy lodging (flattening).
The Telangana state government announced Rs 10,000 compensation per acre for crops thatwere damaged in the recent untimely rains across the state.Standing crops like paddy, mango, maize, and horticulture crops were damaged in the recent rains and hailstorms in several parts of the state last week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering recovery assistance for livestock losses in Wyoming, in addition to Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.Agricultural operations in Wyoming were significantly impacted by recent snowstorms, promptingGovernor Gordon to request disaster designationfor all 23 counties.
Arjuna Jinadasa owns a plot of land full of coconut trees inKurunegala, in northwestern Sri Lanka, where he enjoys a good produce of about 3,000 coconuts a month. With Sri Lanka’s traditional cuisine heavily reliant on coconut milk, it’s a crop with high demand.