The Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) has warned that 14 regions in the country are expected to receive above normal to normal rainfall during the upcoming rainy season, which could lead to excessive soil moisture, flooding, and crop damage.
Wild boars have damaged large swathes of ripe paddy in the past few days in Aul, Rajnagar, Rajkanika and Mahakalapada blocks in Kendrapada district."Wild boars have been entering ripe paddy fields during the harvest season. As a result, we are facing a challenge to protect our crops," said Janakar Sethi of Digochia village under Aul block.
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.
Between wavering crop prices and high production costs, financially, farmers are dealing with a lot right now.Now, many in Georgia and other farming states are raising the alarm about white-tailed deer, which can cause millions of dollars' worth of damage to the state’s most profitable crops.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in Mississippi for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to the drought conditions that began on Oct. 10, 2023.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2022.Eligible impacted producers can apply for financial assistance through theEmergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022.
The dust is settling and the picture is becoming clear for the Moroccan avocado industry, after storm Bernard raised concerns last week. Abdelmoumen El Achkar, avocado producer and CEO of ECOMAC said, "It was more fear than harm. We did take some damage, but not to the point of derailing the campaign."
The Spanish citrus season is now underway with a lower mandarin production and a great drop in the orange production across the country. There are hardly any overseas lots left and not much competition from Morocco is expected.
Unexpected snow in a localised area near Harrismith in the Free State has damaged nets and poles, even flattening orchards under the weight of the snow, with trees snapping at the ground in some blocks.
Small City Farmowner Kim Shaw joined those working to salvage crops Tuesday, harvesting everything from peppers to tomatoes, and even cut flowers when the weather changed from around 80 degrees to the 50s in one day, with a freeze warning called for overnight into Wednesday morning.
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The second migrating herd of the Dalma range of elephants that entered Bankura last week, destroyed several acres of almost ready-toharvest paddy on Beliatore last night, causing loss of cash crop cultivated by at least a dozen of marginal farmer families in Beliatore range here.
The two storms that crossed Andalusia last week - Aline on Thursday, 19 and Bernard on Sunday, 22 October - have caused considerable damage to Andalusia's nursery sector, especially in the provinces of Cadiz, Seville, and Huelva.
According to a recent report by Andalusía's Alert and Phytosanitary Information Network (RAIF), the dominant phenological state of greenhouse tomato cultivation in the province of Almeria is fruit fattening.
Storm Bernard, which hit the Spanish province of Huelva last Sunday, has caused significant damage to the berry sector, with raspberries being the most affected product. The Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberries and Berries from Huelva (Freshuelva) estimates that about 2,000 hectares of crops have been affected.
Suffolk farmers are assessing the damage in the wake of the floods caused by Storm Babet last week - with some already counting the cost.Kris Grzelak, farm manager at Tuckwell Farms, a 2,000-acre business at Kettleburgh Lodge, Framlingham, said newly-planted winter wheat fields were most heavily affected.
EastFruitexperts draw attention to the consequences of Storm Bernard, which last weekend caused quite significant damage to the production regions of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.