Due to the rains recorded in May and June, close to 90% of the Spring garlic harvest in the Spanish region of Castile-La Mancha won't be easy to sell in the fresh market, according to Antonio Escudero, head for garlic at the regional delegation of ASAJA.
Not only did the explosion at the Kahovka Hydroelectric Power Station have terrible consequences for Ukrainians, primarily reflected in the prices of products, but also the weather conditions have led to a significantly lower yield of vegetables and fruits.
The initial assessment of drought-related damages in dryland arable crops, including winter cereals, legumes, and rapeseed, has reached€300 million, as estimated by Agroseguro (Spanish Association of Insurance Entities of Combined Agricultural Insurance).
Rainfall across the nation may be as much as 10 per cent below average this monsoon season, and the onset of the El Nino weather pattern could lower precipitation even further over the next two years, according to government officials.
Thursday's afternoon hailstorm hit various points of Lower Aragon. It left impressive images of streets and people protecting themselves from its force in the capital and generated losses in the harvest of one of the most emblematic fruits of the region, the Melocotón de Calanda PDO's peach.
Wednesday’s flooding is affecting farms along the Connecticut River. A Glastonbury farm says this has resulted in a major loss of crops.“This going to be flooded for a while. It’s going to take a week for it to try out," said Kevin Bassette.
The UK potato sector has been going through a better spell this year, but it did take a long time for the potato shortage to feed back to growers as there was still crop from the previous year on the market and the prices didn’t increase until around mid-May.
Growers, farmers, processors and the public are asked to remain vigilant after the Animal and Plant Health Agency confirmed findings of Colorado potato beetle larvae in Kent.Beetle larvae were identified in a field in Kent on Tuesday 11 July confirmed by Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) as Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata).
Until the morning of July 10, Agroseguro had received claims for 30,059 insured hectares because of the damages caused by the hail and rain storms last Thursday and Friday in the Ebro Valley.
"The first deliveries of the new domestic harvest of organic onions took place at the end of week 27. At the moment, the demand is mainly covered by goods from the Netherlands", Josephine Hardt informs us.
Today, the federal and provincial governments announced Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) is implementing extraordinary measures to offer support to Saskatchewan livestock producers facing challenges resulting from dry conditions this year, allowing additional acres of low yielding cereal and pulse crops to be diverted to feed.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture has released a resource page for farmers beginning to assess the damage from this week's floods.It provides instructions for what farmers can do about crop losses, if they have to dump milk because trucks can't get to their road, and where they can go for emergency funds.
The outdoor season for lettuces and cabbage vegetables in the Krefeld area started one week later than last year. "Due to the heavy rainfall in March, the vegetable plants could not always be planted under optimal conditions.
The warmer winter temperatures in Peru, which are assumed to be early signs of the El Niño weather phenomenon that is affecting the flowering of mangoes, is causing some delays in the harvesting of citrus and blueberries. “The December mango harvest is seriously compromised.
Poor weather in May and early June is a reason for a current shortage of melons in Mallorca. We are talking melons produced locally as well as imported from the mainland. According to Matias Adrover from Terracor, a Petra-based company for fruit and vegetable production, it will be another ten days before new crops of local melons ripen.
Saint Lucia is taking concrete steps to prevent the dreaded Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease from reaching its shores. Ministry of Agriculture personnel have formulated a Task Force to help safeguard the country's banana industry from the effects of the Fusarium wilt, commonly known as the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) disease.