The European Commission's President, Ursula von der Leyen, has initiated the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture. This should help in developing a collective vision for the EU's agricultural and food system.
The Algarve Commission for Hydrographic Sustainability has issued a warning about potential water cuts in Portugal's Algarve region, which could severely impact agricultural production. These restrictions, aimed at conserving water amidst a regional drought, could result in a loss of 95,000 tons of fruit and a €130 million blow to business by 2025.
Due to the unusually warm weather in December and January, fruit and vegetable harvests in Spain's Murcia region are predicted to occur earlier than usual. This includes the early flowering of trees, says the agricultural industry.
Support payments worth €14.3m are being made to farmers in the tillage sector.Some of the €14.3m funding is being used to support growers who were unable to harvest their cereal crops last year due to wet weather.
Farmers in Washington who experience damage to commercial crops caused by deer and elk could see an increase in state payments for their losses.On Thursday, the state Senate’s Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Parks advancedSenate Bill 5784, sponsored by Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Lake Sutherland.
Hawaiʻi producers incurred $23.1 million in economic loss and damages from the wildfires and high winds experienced in early August 2023, according to estimates from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.
“So much was just about to bloom,” recallsSuna Turgay of Flowerwork Farm in Northampton. “And then the flooding came.” Warmer, wetter, and less predictable weather are all on the rise in New England as our climate changes.
There is some concern for Sicilian tomato productions as, despite the fact that they have not yet recovered from the damage caused by ToBRFV, they might have to face a new problem in the form of the "Tomato Fruit Blotch Virus" (ToFBV -Blunervirus solani), an insidious disease that can be easily mistaken for the Tobamovirus and therefore treated as such, leading technicians and producers astray.
Callum Ross, the newly appointed chief executive of the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association, is set to assist fruit growers in the region as they recover from last year's Cyclone Gabrielle.
Table grape producers in Piura, in northern Peru, lamented the “very bad 2023 season” due to many weather and climate related challenges that impacted production negatively. Juan José Munive, general manager of the producer Bravo Fresh, says: “Regrettably, 2023 has proven to be a particularly challenging year for us in terms of production.
When a province has a huge chunk of its geography referred to as “hailstorm alley,” it’s not surprising crop producers would get a lot of payouts forhail damage.But does that alone explain why total insurance payouts for hail damage in Alberta are about seven times more than the other Prairie provinces?
There were fears it would bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall but graziers in north-west Queensland say the impact of ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has, so far, been minimal.Towns like Charters Towers, Hughenden and Richmond were expected to be in the firing line, but this morning woke to gentle rain and no wind.
The agricultural sector of the Algarve could require €100 million in support if drought conditions and planned water supply cuts persist, according to José Apolinário, president of the CCDR (Regional Coordination and Development Commission).
Cloudy weather and light to moderate rain have disrupted normal life in several parts of Odisha on Wednesday. The condition is more acute in Western Odisha as several districts including Bargarh, Sundargarh and Sonepur have been experiencing rainfall activities since Tuesday.
Plant bug infestations have become an increasingly problematic issue for growers over the last few years. Vice President of Member Relations for Blue Diamond, Mel Machado detailed the problem during The Almond Conference back in December. Machado noted that damage from the pest has been on an upward trend.
Delayed planting and harvesting schedules, waterlogged fields, import bottlenecks and, not least, the inflation-related cost increases - due to these challenging conditions, 2023 was a tough year for potatoes in many respects.