Temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s over the last three days have led to heat advisories, prompted electric utilities to urge Vermonters towatch their energy consumptionand likely contributed to algae blooms that haveclosedBurlington beaches.
Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in the US on 30th August, has caused concern for Florida's orange production. The unfolding impact of this hurricane is visible in the orange market, which consequently influences orange juice prices.
According to Gysbert du Toit, marketing director at Dutoit Agri, increasing erratic weather patterns severely impact the management of apples. Ongoing power cuts are a thing as well.
The Atlantic hurricane season is now underway, and the ninth storm of the year is right on schedule. However, the peak of the hurricane season is still a couple of weeks away.
Agricultural losses from Typhoon Haikui reached an estimated NT$258 million (US$8.09 million) as of 5 p.m. Monday and may continue to rise, according to preliminary figures from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
Today, the Governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a record-breaking level of payments under the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) Forage Rainfall Insurance Program.
Smaller corn and soybean crops are projected as drought and record heat lower yields, according to scouts who participated in the recent Pro Farmer Crop Tour.The tour concluded on Aug. 24 amid heat and drought in the western Midwest, with data collected showing smaller harvests.
Australia is likely to lower its wheat production forecast for 2023/24 by about a million metric tons as dry El Nino weather reduces yields, traders and analysts said, tightening global supplies hit by poor harvests in rival exporters.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rajewal, and five other farmers’ organisations today held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, demanding compensation for the damage caused by the floods.
We can expect lower volumes for the Polish apples, as cold weather early in the cultivation period destroyed some of the crops, says Emilia Lewandowska, office manager for Polish fruit exporter Fruit-Group: “The apple crop in Poland will be lower compared to last season.
The New York apple crop could be down by approximately 20 percent in volume this 2023-2024 season. “Most of this is attributed to the frost in the spring at bloom time. It’s region-specific and different varieties have different timing,” says Tim Mansfield with Sun Orchard Fruit Co.
The 2023 Greek grape season looks very strange. The only positive thing is, that it will be much better than 2024, 2025, 2026 and after that. The weather has been getting more and more erratic, with wild changes.
"For Sicilian lemons, it has been a complicated year with little produce available, so much so that we have remained deeply dissatisfied," reports Salvo Magliocco, manager of Cooperativa PASAM Agrumi in Syracuse (Sicily), specializing in the production and commercialization of femminello lemons holding the organic and Demeter certifications.
The Region of Murcia, through the Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (Imida), has developed a data integration platform that allows optimizing the use and frequency of irrigation, determining the number of nutrients that plants need, and anticipating climate risks.
With around 50% deficient rain in Hisar, farmers are fearing crop failure in the kharif season. Adjoining Jind, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts, too, have received deficient rains, posing a threat of withering of crops, mainly paddy and cotton.
Nearly two weeks after tropical storm Hilary swept through California, we're now getting a better sense of how the agriculture industry was impacted.Grape growers say they've suffered a huge loss, the highest since 1994.