After a June 14 severe thunderstorm dropped some of the state’s largest recorded hail on Noxubee County, row-crop farmland there suffered up to 50% yield loss.A 5-inch-diameter hailstone from the eastern Mississippi storm cell made media headlines, but reports of wind and hail damage to crops in the Mississippi Delta began rolling in as early as the previous weekend.
The potential for more rain in the forecast could spell disaster for Okanagan cherry crops that are just starting to ripen,valley fruit farmersare saying.That means helicopters are on standby to hover over orchards in an effort to save delicate fruit, an issue that is as derided by some valley residents as it is needed by farmers.
This week, according to the Missouri Crop progress report from The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS), there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 18, 2023.
The weather phenomenon known as El Niño is causing above average temperature increases in Peru, making the critical flowering period for mangos very challenging according to a producers. Climatologists report that the El Niño system is already upon the country with the rest of the year pointing to hotter and drier conditions.
The destruction of the Kakhovska Dam in Ukraine will have a major impact on the Ukranian fruit and vegetable cultivation, says Volodymyr Gurzhiy of Ukrainian apple exporter USPA: “Big volumes of fruits and vegetables, approximately 30 per cent of the entire production, are grown in the south of Ukraine.
After consulting with the cooperatives in the sector, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias Castilla-La Mancha has estimated that the production of apricots in the region in 2023 would decrease by 65% over the previous year.
Irish growers and industry experts are warning there will be a shortage of domestic fruit and vegetables including cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, parsnips, broccoli and sprouts for the rest of the year.
Cherry farmers in Kashmir have suffered heavy losses due to above-normal rainfall and hail storms in May and June this year. Some of the cherry orchard owners claim that they have lost over 50 per cent of their harvest due to weather troubles.
A rather modest line of showers and storms was accompanying a front across northern Indiana and northwest Ohio on Thursday afternoon. To those in northern Adams County, it seemed like a gentle rain with rumbling thunder was moving into the county with much needed rain.
It's been a tough year for Alabama farmers after dealing with the freezing temperatures back in March, impacting crops.It's caused some farms in Chilton County to lose their entire peach crop, while others have been able to get a percentage of their crop.
Vineyards and apple orchards across the Northeast are still gauging damage from a late-season frost in May that wiped out a third to most of the crop for some growers who say it’s the worst frost damage they have ever seen.
Emergency managers in Polk County are talking and getting ready for what may be ahead when it comes to this week’s weather. On Monday afternoon, dark, low clouds and isolated storms rolled through with moderate rains but nothing severe.
Rain is still falling over Citrusdal where food has had to be flown in by helicopter to stranded inhabitants after the town's entrance road was washed away, and now the remaining electricity line has also fallen victim to the flood.
Rural insurer FMG has paid out more than $120 million in claims relating to Cyclone Gabrielle.The insurer has settled 43 percent of the 10,500 claims relating to Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods combined.
A week afterlosing most of his crops, a farmer in Jones says people from all over the country are offering their support.TheOklahoma State Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma City Police Department and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau have all stopped by to investigate.
Manitoba beekeepers will be eligible for $7.5 million in support from the federal and provincial governments to rebuild their colonies following extraordinary losses incurred over the winter of 2021-22, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced today.