In recent weeks, Kansas storms brought long-overdue rain that pumped some optimism into Kansas farmers heavily impacted by exceptional drought. The rain didn’t come in time to salvage wheat crops in several areas, but being able to harvest what was salvageable kept combines rolling across the state as many looked forward to a more favorable fall crop.
Residents of western Massachusetts were dealing with waterlogged basements, washed out driveways, flooded roads and the loss of entire farms' worth of crops on Tuesday after being pummeled by relentless rain from a storm system that lead toflooding across the northeast.
Gradually rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events are resulting in increasing losses in agriculture around the world, with rapid declines in crop production known as shocks.
Our cotton crop is all over the board currently. Our early planted crop (mid-April/early May) is not growing off quite as fast as everyone wants. I just was able to sidedress some last week (the last week of June) that was planted late April. Yesterday, I was thinking I may need to give it some more juice to kick it off.
The Indian agriculture and allied sectors contribute to around 20% to the Indian GDP while engaging more than 45% of the working population. These factors as well as the socialist economic nature of the country necessitate India to protect the interests of its farmers, particularly small farm holders with less than two hectares of land holding which accounts for around 86% of all farmers.
A reduction in yields of no less than 50 percent is estimated for the upcoming clementine season in Sardinia, due to a significant fruit drop phenomenon that, for about a week, has affected the production areas, both the central-western and southeastern parts of the island.
According to a University of California expert, it may be a full year before the damage to Central Valley orchards from the winter and spring weather is fully known. Currently, almond growers are expecting a diminished crop as cold and rain during bloom limited bee activity and hindered spray operations, causing the spread of phytophthora and other maladies, according to researchers.
The Georgia federal government has stepped in to help keep farms afloat amid growing money, weather, and other issues. However, some people said that won’t solve everything.
On May 26, the European Commission published in the Official Journal of the European Union an implementing regulation laying down measures to prevent the introduction into and spread of the tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in the European Union and amending regulation (EU) 2020/1191.
Italian pear cultivation is struggling. A major harvest is not expected there this year, which could result in the second-lowest European pear harvest in the past decade. That is according to initial estimates released during Interpera, writes GroentenFruit Huis.
On the 29th of June, at the request of FDSEA, cherry growers of the Loire department demonstrated in Saint-Etienne to denounce the increasing pressure of drosophila suzukii (the Asian midge) in their orchards and the lack of resources.
Connecticut farmers whose crops were damaged by an abnormal late-spring frost can now apply for federal disaster assistance, as they continue to adjust practices while contending with climate change.
The French cherry campaign was rather mixed, with weather conditions that were not conducive to fruit development, impacting yields from the moment the fruit set in bloom.
The National Agricultural Health Service of Argentina (Senasa) has issued a phytosanitary alert for the entire national territory for the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), a virus that damages tomato and pepper crops.
According to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization, there is a 90% probability of the El Niño event continuing during the second half of 2023. It is expected to be at least of moderate strength.
Canada has been fighting wildfires across the country. “While it’s very early in the season, they are present in Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and the West,” says Ken Lyons with Blue Mountain Fruit Company.