Following another week of very wet weather, conditions are extremely challenging and very little harvesting is taking place. Losses have occurred already, which are likely to substantially increase as we progress through the harvest.
A report released by ABARES this week has highlighted that weeds and pests are costing farmers $5.3 billion a year through management and production loss.National Farmers’ Federation CEO Tony Mahar said this extraordinary figure once again showed farmers were already doing the bulk of the heavy lifting in Australia’s biosecurity system.
The vast majority of America’s table grapes are grown in the San Joaquin Valley. But this year, a freak summer storm took a big chunk out of that production. One grape grower stated that for every plump, green grape, there’s another one that’s purple and shriveled.
Two tons of apples have been blown off the trees, ending up in the corner of the Somerset Cider Brandy orchard. The company, based near Martock, said it is now giving them away. The fallen apples were the result of the winds and floods storm Ciarán have caused.
The wet weather and correspondingly difficult harvesting conditions have considerably delayed this year's potato harvest in the Magdeburger Börde. "October was wetter than ever before, which is why we are lagging behind somewhat.
Agriculture stands as the cornerstone of the Ukrainian economy, providing sustenance for a significant portion of the population. Ukraine's fertile lands, favorable climate, and investment climate have not only nourished its people but also fueled food exports to Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Temperatures remain mild at well above 20°C in southern Italy despite the brief passing of the Ciaran storm. The prolonged heat is worrying producers, as they are afraid some crops will suffer because, in a normal situation, some species would enter a period of vegetative rest after losing their leaves, but it is not happening in some areas.
The Berkane region in eastern Morocco, one of the country's strongholds of citrus production, is preparing to launch its early clementine export campaign. According to Mohammed Saidi, CEO of Vergers Domaine Tarifit, the region's growers are experiencing the same problems as those in Souss Massa, but are faring better.
Sweet potato supply from North Carolina, the state that is responsible for two thirds of US sweet potato production, is down significantly this season. “The crop is down about 30 to 40 percent in acres, which translates into a production decrease of 30-40 percent,” says Norman Brown with Wada Farms.
UPA-UCE Extremadura has described this season's chestnut harvest as "catastrophic", with an almost 40% drop in the production compared to the previous year. "The impact of climate change has been very significant in chestnut producing areas this season."
A potato farmer said the wet weather had created the "perfect storm" for a reduced potato crop this year.Luke Abblett grows potatoes, sugar beet and barley on his Daintree farm in Ramsey in Cambridgeshire.
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For Saffron farmer Ashiq Hussain, the flowering of the crop has been in abundance this year and the yield is more than last year, thanks to late rains in the month of October.The 43-year-old farmer and his family have already plucked beds of the purple flowers in the five days in his village of Chandhara in south Kashmir’s Saffron belt of Pampore.
On a bright October morning, Margaux Hein crouched under the shady cover of grapevines. She held up a hefty bunch of a variety known as Autumn King – green berries nearly the size of ping pong balls.
University of California Cooperative Extension farm advisor Franz Niederholzer, an orchard systems expert involved with tree nuts and navel orangeworms, is finding “massive losses” in at least four counties due to a major infestation.
According to the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU), severe flooding has been a "major blow" to farmers as crops have been severely damaged. The union said that many farmers have lost a "significant amount of crop" to the wet weather. It comes after a number of areas in counties Down, Armagh and Antrim were hit by heavy flooding.