In response to Cyclone Gabrielle, scientists from Plant & Food Research have been collecting data from apple orchards in Hawke’s Bay. Working with industry body New Zealand Apples and Pears, the aim is to better understand the impact of the event on tree and soil health and support grower’s management decisions, now and into the future.
Vanguard International reports that the global grape market is currently experiencing significant shifts due to a series of unexpected weather events in key producing regions. These events have led to notable losses in some areas, impacting the overall supply and subsequently affecting market prices.
Launched earlierthis year by USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), the new program offers financial assistance to eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk," during 2020, 2021 and 2022."
Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems interwine and intensify, it likely will hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study.
The wet autumn continues with barely a day without rain. As one of our agronomists points out, it is the first high slug pressure season since the loss of metaldehyde, and it is being felt.
Mango supply seems to be tight across a few growing regions right now. “There is supply coming from Brazil but there’s a lot of commitment for short crops. The volume compared to last year is much lower,” says Giorgio Ceciarelli of GC Imports, noting that the country is shipping Tommy Atkins mangoes.
In order to compensate the farmers who bear the brunt of natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Haridwar DMDhiraj Singh Garbyal has formed teams to assess the crop loss due to rain and storms.
As cornfields suffer crop damage caused by weather, corn producers can use geospatial and remote sensing technologies to get a more accurate measurement of the damage and estimate potential economic loss, according to arecent studypublished inFrontiers in Agronomy.
As El Niño strengthens, Indonesia is experiencing its most severe dry season in four years, fueling wildfires and threatening production of the country’s palm oil, coffee, and rice.Indonesia typically experiences hotter, drier weather during El Niño years.
The vagaries if nature continued to wreak havoc on rice growers in Punjab and Haryana with a sudden spell of rain lashing many parts of the two states Monday, flattening the standing crop, which was ready for harvesting.
Darchula, a hill district in Sudurpaschim Province, has witnessed its first snow this year. It rained with hailstones in the lower altitude while the high altitude places in the district witnessed snowfall.
At Brickyard Farm near Slingsby, North Yorkshire, Andrew Wilson has just started on his 60 ha of potatoes for McCain. Lifting conditions are okay so far, he says: “We had 10mm of rain on Monday (2 October).
The South African deciduous fruit industry is reeling under the impact of the recent floods in key production areas, particularly in Elgin, Grabouw, Vyeboom and Villiersdorp (EGVV), parts of the Klein Karoo, and Franschhoek.
New economic modelling by the world’s leading insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, has shown extreme weather events that lead to food and water supply shocks could cost the global economy $5 trillion over a five-year period.
The Karnataka Chief Minister said the drought condition has resulted in crop loss on 42 lakh hectares in the state and 216 out of 236 taluks have been declared drought-hit.
Heavy rain on late Saturday night has added to the worries of farmers as their paddy crop is ready for harvesting. Unseasonal rain led to waterlogging in many low-lying areas, besides flattening of paddy crop in the district.