Fruit cultivation is increasingly vulnerable to weather extremes. Getting a good crop into storage is no longer always a given and you must get better at guarding against Mother Nature's whims. "Hail net systems are increasingly becoming an investment growers consider," begins Jeroen de Beste of Hermens Fruitsystems.
State and local experts agree on one critical point about the white-tailed deer population in Southold Town: There are far too many of them.Now, help is on the way.
Crop damage has continually been identified as a key concern to Pennsylvania farmers and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau marked working on issues to mitigate the effects of crop damage caused by wildlife as one of its top priorities for 2023.
Severe drought conditions in Spain are causing devastating losses for avocado and mango farms, with production plummeting by 80%. Many farmers are witnessing the unprecedented effects of the drought, leading to significantly reduced mango production from 300,000 to 70,000 kilos.
On July 10, 2023, Vermont felt the brunt of the flood's wrath. Massachusetts wasn't spared, either. Farms in the western part of the state got hit hard.Natural Rootsis a 7.5-acre organic farm in the town of Conway, Massachusetts.
New South Wales, a region famed for its vibrant cherry production, has recently faced a devastating blow due to unexpected hailstorms on Saturday, December 2nd. This severe weather, characterised by heavy rains and strong winds, has particularly affected cherry orchards, leading to significant crop damage just before the crucial Christmas period.
The findings are a wake-up call: European potato yields are under severe threat from climate change. Drought and heat, two of the most significant byproducts of global warming, are drastically reducing crop yields.
Rice farmers within the West Kano Irrigation Scheme are staring at a Sh50 million loss after flood water marooned rice under farms.The scheme chairman Jared Odoyo says rice crop within the 650 acres is now wasted as the region continues to receive heavy amounts of rains.
Following a cold snap in May and a wet summer in the Empire State, the USDA designated four counties in the state as natural disaster areas, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a news release. The governor’s office said the USDA bases this disaster designation on crop loss reporting to local Farm Service Agencies in the state.
According to the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (CEPEA), a new heat wave in Brazil’s São Paulo state has been concerning citrus growers. Temperatures are higher than those registered in the last wave in September and are lasting longer.
Farmers in Godavari districts are salvaging the paddy crop in the fields after the cyclone storm played havoc in the region.The sun came out on Thursday and this helped farmers in drying the wet crop.
A total of 53,307 farmers suffered crop damage across 82,191 acres of land, a report submitted by the Khammam agriculture officials revealed. The damage occurred during the recent rains in the state, Joint Director of Agriculture S Vijaya Nirmala told the media on Thursday.
Untimely rainfall has added to the worries of farmers in several South Bengal districts.In various places, rains have hampered potatoes and paddy cultivation in several districts.
Cocoa farmers in Ghana are expressing a waning interest in cultivating the crop, citing the adverse effects of climate change as a primary cause.Many of these farmers claim to have limited awareness of how climate change is negatively impacting the cocoa they cultivate.
Growing up on a small rice farm in China in the 1960s, my family was keenly aware that any single adverse weather event could wipe out a year’s worth of effort.The climate and weather patterns are something a farmer feels in his bones, but changes in these patterns and the extremity of events have, in recent years, shocked rural communities.
Kansas State University researchers have been given millions in funding to study ways to increase crop yields as national reports warn of worsening agricultural conditions in the Midwest.