Scottish farmers say last weekend's flooding has resulted in some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen. NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables have been damaged by flood waters described as unprecedented for the time of year.
"In Spain, we usually begin harvesting raspberries in mid-September. It's already a month later now," says Jan van Bergeijk. The Dutchman is responsible for raspberry sales at the Plusberries group in Huelva, Spain.
Mark Carroll, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Floyd County, said this year’s pumpkin production yields are down 20%-40% due to drought in areas where the bulk of Texas’ crop is grown.
The Telangana High Court on Tuesday sought to know from the central and Telangana state government as to why a comprehensive "crop insurance scheme" which covers all types of losses faced by farmers was not implemented in Telangana.
Soybean producers in the Midwest and Upper Midwestern areas of the United States need to keep an eye on the weather this wee as harvest season continues to monitor the potential for frost in the forecast that could threaten struggling soybean crops.
After floods led to huge losses, Himachal Pradesh fruit and vegetable growers are considering taking out huge loans for the next crop cycle. Floods and incessant rain in July not only damaged the infrastructure of the state but also affected the quality and quantity of crops such as apple, plum, pear, tomato, cauliflower, beans, capsicum, chilli, cabbage, eggplant, peas and broccoli, causing huge losses.
Moderate to heavy rains coupled with high velocity winds during the night have made paddy growers anxious as it is anticipated that they might opt for early harvesting to avoid damages caused by the inclement weather instead of waiting for the moisture content in the grain to drop to the optimum level.
The 2023 U.S. corn and soybean harvest is in full swing with farmers now getting a better sense of crop yields following a growing season characterized by extended periods of dry weather across much of the Corn Belt.
The year 2023 dawned an exciting one for the husband-and-wife team of Sebastian and Colleen Hardy, owners ofLiving Roots Wine & Co., which produces wines in both Colleen Hardy's native New York and Sebastian Hardy's native Australia.
Industry sources claim that exports of fresh blueberries by Peru in the 2023/2024 campaign will register a decrease due to the weather. The Association of Blueberry Producers of Peru (Proarándanos) projects a drop between 15 and 20% in volume compared to the previous campaign, when it reached 285.000 tons.
Temperatures in the Wiregrass are finally straying away from the summertime feeling and starting to feel more like fall.As temperatures continue to lower, the possibility of a freeze is in the back of a farmer’s mind.“The fruit is already going into production,” said John Aplin, owner of Aplin Farms.
China suffered direct economic losses of 308.29 billion yuan ($42 billion) over the first nine months of 2023, the government said, from natural disasters such as torrential rains, deadly landslides, freakish hailstorms and a string of typhoons.
On his land in a mountainous area in the region of Chefchaouen, in northern Morocco, Khaled Kouskou, a business consultant turned farmer, complains that his efforts to cultivate 10 hectares owned by his family are being thwarted by poor rains.
Findings from a recentstudyconducted in Assam suggest that bats can have a positive impact on rice ecosystems. In the study, conducted over the Sali (winter) rice season of 2019, insectivorous bats were found to help reduce damage to rice crops by suppressing pests, thus protecting yield.
A don, Prof. Tunji Iyiola-Tunji, has advocated the adoption and cultivation of flood-resistant seed varieties to curtail harvest losses due to flooding.Iyiola-Tunji, a fellow at the National Agricultural Extension Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Grain farmers say their harvest has been a disaster this year after months of wet weather.Fields of crops are waterlogged and harvesting that should have been finished by now is not completed.