Van Hensarling grows peanuts and cotton. But this Mississippi farmer's harvesting a disaster."It probably took two-thirds of the cotton crop, and probably half of the peanut crop," Hensarling said.
With the ongoing increase in global population, the need to meet food and nutrition requirements is paramount. India produced around 275 million tonnes of food grain in 2018, and it is estimated that the production needs to be increased by five million tonnes annually to feed the population over the next decade.
A new report found that over the last two decades, losses tied to extreme weather triggered over $3 billion in crop insurance payouts to California farmers.Authors of thereport, which was published by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, analyzed payments made to farmers fromthe Federal Crop Insurance Programbetween 2001 and 2022.
At the end of August/beginning of September, Cavalleri Ettore at Munich Wholesale Market usually receives the first pears from Italy, but local weather conditions caused significant failures.
In South Australia, the citrus lobby has been working with biological services experts to help growers detect, monitor and control European earwigs. Entomologist Dr Paul Horne and entomology consultant James Altman said the insects were widespread throughout the country, and mostly active at night during the cooler months.
IFA National Potato Committee Chair Sean Ryan said this year’s potato harvest is the worst in recent memory which is rapidly turning into a salvage operation as drills are underwater following recent flooding.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has announced a significant boost to the agricultural sector with the awarding of Specialty Crop Block Program Grants (SCBGP) totaling over $600,000 to a diverse group of recipients.
A lack of thorough awareness among village administrative officers (VAOs) of the provisions under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), particularly ‘Prevented Sowing’, is adding to the risks samba farmers in the district face amidst the unavailability of Cauvery water for irrigation.
The picture is becoming clearer as to the extent of navel orangeworm damage in California almond orchards this year, and it’s not a pretty picture.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.
For the first time in eight years, India's rice output is expected to drop this year, raising the prospect that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government will extend curbs on exports of the grain to keep a lid on food prices ahead of elections.
Rains have interrupted the final stretch of harvest season and early field work, but those looking to apply anhydrous are likely to find good conditions this fall.After the summer drought, advice from agronomists was to wait for some moisture to get into the ground. The late-October rains should do just that.
As the global population continues to increase steadily, there is a projected surge in the need for both food and fibre production. Meeting this escalating demand becomes increasingly challenging due to the decreasing availability of arable land, which is further compounded by the impacts of a changing climate.
The situation halfway across the world is having a big impact on the orange season in Greece. According to the research group Fundecitrus, the rapid spread of the greening disease in Brazil, which seems to have infected about 38% of Brazil’s production area, can see their yields reduced by 60 per cent over the next five years.
Storm Babet, which made landfall in the UK on 19th October, brought torrential rainfall, causing extensive flooding, particularly in parts of Scotland where it was the second storm to hit the country in as many weeks.
Malta experienced the driest October in more than a century. The record dry weather means farmers face higher irrigation costs and less income as a higher supply of crops on the market, resulting from warmer temperatures, pushes prices down.
Suspicions were already there, but officially, Morocco was still free of ToBRFV. An update from EPPO has now changed that. The European plant health authority is adopting a notification from Morocco's plant health colleagues.