This summer, crop yields in Ukraine face increased risks due to abnormal heat lasting approximately three weeks. This condition is anticipated to reduce yields significantly, affecting the prices of various products including vegetables, potatoes, meat, and eggs.
The UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Economic Impact Analysis Program (EIAP) is conducting a survey to assess losses and damage associated with Hurricane Debby.
An Ohio agronomist says thehot and dry weather has helped preventthe fast spread of tar spot. Agrigold’s Scott Bugg tells Brownfieldthe diseasewas found a month earlier in the crop.
California table grape growers are ready to jump into new proprietary varieties of red and green seedless grapes this time during the season. With table grape movement having been fairly flat, pricing will be based on moving volume.
The wet conditions of recent weeks have had devastating consequences for Swiss potato and vegetable growers. As a result, processor Hilcona has already revised its harvest forecast for this year downwards.
In Granada's Costa Tropical, over 2,000 families are grappling with the adverse effects of climate change on their subtropical crops, facing a potential loss of millions of euros. The region, known for its production of mangoes, avocados, and custard apples, has endured five consecutive difficult seasons due to fluctuating temperatures and prolonged droughts.
The Ministry of Agriculture released thecrop report breakdownfor July 23 to 29 on Thursday. Keeping with thedowntrend noticed the last few local crop reports, minimal moisture in the west-central area (and around the province) has been severely affecting the quality of crops ahead of harvest.
There were many difficulties in the crop insurance schemes during previos government with insufficient claims, insured amount was less, delay in settlement of claims, said Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday.
Losses of late crops due to drought may amount to 10-15%, acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky said on the air of the single national telethon."There are two main types of crops - early and late. If we are talking about harvesting wheat, barley, peas, rapeseed, rye, oats, and millet - this is the early group.
A combination of intense heat and widespread insect infestation damaged 50%- 75% of guava crop from the Ganga Katri region of Unnao and Kanpur this season, leading to a substantial reduction in crop yield of the prized fruit, according to the growers in this belt.
State agencies remain at the ready to help Georgia farmers with crops lost from Tropical Storm Debby.The National Weather Service recorded winds as high as 55 miles per hour and more than a foot of rain in some areas of Georgia.
Growers of these popular green vegetables will not count this year's season as a success. Bacteria and diseases developing in the hot and humid summer days have destroyed a large part of the crop across the country.
The supply of California table grapes has been affected due to a prolonged heat wave, with vines halting production and reduced working hours for picking crews as the state's primary growing area, the San Joaquin Valley, enters peak harvest season.
Local farmers said feral hogs are running rampant throughout the big country.We talked to the Taylor County Extension Agent, Steve Estes, who said the feral hog population is growing rapidly.
The Egyptian table grape season has been a positive one, says Said Zidan, Vice Chairman of Egyptian fresh produce exporter Eden for Export : "The season as a whole was a good season, despite the global challenges that are currently taking place.
Farmers in Tanzania will detect and fight against Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD) following the development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tech project developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA.)