Persistent heavy rain in Brazil has seen table grape exports from the San Francisco River Valley suffer a serious reduction, with up to 80% of volumes affected since the start of the year. Producers have instead had to turn to the local market to prevent losses.
Devon Slater, a farmer in Orange Hill, Barbados, is experiencing significant financial losses due to monkeys raiding his pineapple farm. After six years of farming without incident, the primates recently started attacking his crop, consuming or damaging several fruits daily.
EastFruit's analysts are diligently evaluating the extent of damage inflicted on fruit and vegetable crops by Ukraine's recent frost events. For an overview of the initial assessment, please refer to the first segment of our report. Notably, since May 9th this year, nocturnal temperatures have plummeted to as low as -8°C.
SPP "Enogray" in Kherson is set to begin its sweet cherry harvest in late May. This year's crop has been significantly impacted by fluctuating temperatures, with those varieties that bloomed in colder weather facing poor fruit sets.
From October to April, the Canary Islands have been having record temperatures. In fact, with the exception of March, which offered a much-needed respite, and December, which was only the fourth warmest December on record, every month has been the warmest since data started to be recorded in 1961, with anomalies of up to 3.6 degrees Celsius above the average.
The enumeration undertaken by the horticulture department to ascertain the actual extent of damage to banana cultivation from the recent gale that struck several parts of the district has put the figure at about 500 acres, said officials.
The combined economic cost of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could reach $290 billion, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, U.S. forecaster AccuWeather said in a report Sunday.
The consistent adverse weather conditions and the decline in the number of farmers have led to a significant shortage of the Kerr's Pink potato variety, a favorite in Cork and Kerry. This scarcity has resulted in many supermarkets and independent grocers running out of stock.
Some tough news for those in Michiana wanting local peaches this year.Indiana and Southwest Michigan farmers suffered a loss of their peach crop this year, after a cold start to the year. With a combination of fragile peach buds and a cold snap earlier this year, we'll have to do without local peaches this summer.
Ukrainian farmers are facing a severe setback this spring due to extraordinary weather conditions. Persistent nocturnal frosts are poised to decimate nearly half of the nation's blueberry yield, as reported by EastFruit. Some agricultural enterprises are bracing for losses of up to 90%.
The first nectarines of the 2024 campaign are already being harvested in the Spanish province of Badajoz, and just like with peaches and flat peaches, the production volumes are expected to be normal.
Catastrophic floods in Brazil will have long-lasting impacts for agriculture, with soaked soils making it harder for farmers to plant crops including rice and wheat for next season.
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Quality Loss Adjustment Improvement for Farmers Act. The bill would give farmers more flexibility by improving the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC)’s ability to set discounts for farmers who experience crop loss.
The recent cold weather in southern Michigan vineyards this spring has created a need for growers to consider adjusted insect and disease control programs for frost-damaged vineyards.
In early May, overnight frost damaged fruit trees across Ukraine, leaving farmers grappling with significant losses. The owner of a farm in the Dnepropetrovsk region recounted that after a warm Spring, a frost on May 5th caused extensive damage.
Papaya supply is "a disaster", says a South African retail buyer, "for the third season running. The papaya crop had been expected to pick up in March and April, but in my twenty years I've not seen papaya supplies this low."