Following Sunday's sizable rains and winds, assessments continue of California's fruit crops. Nick Wishnatzki of Wish Farms says much of last week's strawberry harvest was lost to rain damage.
Kansas State University has discovered research affecting Kansas farmers due to climate change. Climate changeis expected to bring more severe weather, likedroughts and extreme heat, to Kansas in the coming decades, with significant negative impacts on farm productivity and profitability.
One of the highlights of summer in British Columbia will likely be in short supply this year, as farmers in the province’s interior grapple with the sourfruitsof extreme weather.Farmers say a warmer-than-normal winter followed by an extreme blast of arctic air in January has wiped out entire crops of popular fruit, including peaches, plums, cherries and nectarines.
Unseasonably warm weather in Turkey's Black Sea region, a global hub for hazelnut production, is causing concern among local producers. The absence of snowfall and higher-than-average temperatures pose risks of fertilization and agricultural frost disasters to the country's green gold.
Negros Occidental’s provincial government plans to provide aid to rice farmers from seven local governments affected by the dry spell, with crop damage and losses rising to about PHP12.8 million as of this week.
Following recent rains and in particular, Sunday’s severe rain and wind that descended upon California, produce growers/shippers are taking stock of the situation.That starts with harvest delays in some vegetable crops.
TheMaryland Department of Agriculturein partnership with theDepartment of Natural Resourcestoday announced a new initiative that will connect farmers with hunters in an effort to address deer damage on agricultural land.
Last year brought months of challenging weather to Vermont. Persistent rainstorms set records that caused catastrophic flooding throughout the state and the Northeast. The flooding prompted emergency evacuations, closed access to multiple towns, and damaged homes and communities.
Western Cape Agriculture MEC, Dr Ivan Meyer, has urged the agriculture sector to take the necessary measures to protect lives, livestock, crops and agricultural infrastructure amid the continued extreme heat and numerous veld fires across the province.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipsonrecently announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will begin accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Pear harvesting and packing for shipments to North America are underway in Chile and Argentina. “Early reports indicate that pear sizes, particularly for varieties like Bartlett, are smaller than anticipated.
A hot and dry end to January and beginning of February for a large portion of the growing regions in South America. For the week ending Feb. 3, temperatures trended the third-hottest and one of the driest in 30-plus years for Mato Grosso and the major soybean-growing regions of Argentina.
In the freezing landscapes of Lapland, Finland, where extreme conditions are a constant challenge for farmers, choosing greenhouse farming or vertical farming becomes a trickier decision day by day.
TheNorth-Western European Potato Growers(NEPG) released a concerning report today, detailing the struggles faced by potato growers in the 2023 season, marked by adverse weather conditions, high disease pressure, and escalating costs.
A Creston orchard’s soft fruit supply has been completely wiped out by record-breaking winter weather that settled in the area a few weeks ago.The Creston Valleybroke temperature recordsfrom Jan. 12 to 14, when a cold weather system touched down in area and caused thermometers to plummet as low as -27.2 degrees Celsius.
During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2024 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2024 crop year.