Unseasonal and heavy rainfall in the last two months has destroyed standing crops in many parts of the country. At this time, the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), should provide some relief to the distressed farmers who have lost their crops and incomes.
Farmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears he will lose his two acres of land in northwest India after scarce rainfall and extreme cold in recent years hit crop yields, trapping him in a web of loans with little help from the state to overcome his financial woes.
The growing period for the Turkish cherries has been rather positive, says Belit Balci, deputy managing director of Turkish fresh produce exporter Alara Tarim: “The weather conditions are favourable during the cherry production period.
Agriculture and Food Minister Maria do Céu Antunes has signed an order recognizing a drought situation in 40% of the country’s southern region late last week. This will also activate measures to support farmers, she announced on May 8.
The wind gusts of more than 70 km/h caused by Cold Front #52 at the end of April toppled a considerable part of the Manila mango production, scheduled for 2023, in the municipalities of Actopan and Puente Nacional, stated Guillermo Palmeros Marin, the president of Veracruz's Mango Producers State Council.
According to Tim Boring, director of Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board, Michigan is the largest asparagus grower in the nation. Jamie Clover Adams, executive director of the same organization, stated: “When you are out shopping for asparagus, be sure to look for the ‘Product of Michigan’ or ‘Product of the U.S.’ on the purple band.
Some kiwifruit growers won’t make any money this year, as four major weather events are tipped to lead to the smallest green crop in 20 years.The latest Zespri crop estimate said the company expected to export about 136 million trays of green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit this season.
As per the State Disaster Management Authority, the losses suffered in the agriculture sector from March 1 to May 8 amount to a shade over Rs 40 crore while the horticulture sector has suffered over Rs 63 crore losses.
What were once bright red strawberries hoping to soon be picked and savored by jolly springtime customers at Strawberries on 903 in Pitt County, are now laying in standing water battered and bruised by hail.
Senior Telugu Desam leader Kanna Lakshminarayana demanded Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government provide Rs 50,000 per acre as compensation for commercial crops and Rs 25,000 per acre for pulses and millets to the farmers who suffered crop loss due to the recent rains.
In a world of worsening heatwaves, flooding, drought, glacial melting, megafires and other calamities of a changing climate, Gary Gragg is an optimist.As California warms, Gragg — a nurseryman, micro-scale farmer and tropical fruit enthusiast — looks forward to the day that he can grow and sell mangoes in Northern California.
Farm and commodity trade association leaders lobbied for updating commodity programs and strengthening crop insurance programs at a Tuesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee.
I grew up in a little hill station town called Shillong. It’s a beautiful area in India’s northeast corner that’s called the “Scotland of the East” and not far from where they grow tea in Assam. It’s about 50 miles from the rainiest place in the world near the border with Bangladesh.
A spell of fresh snowfall in parts of Kashmir on Monday has heightened fears among the apple farmers that the production this year might be affected.Reports of fresh snowfall were received from the upper reaches of Gulmarg, Qazigund, Bandipora, Gurez, Kupwara and Pir Panjal range in south Kashmir.
Last weekend, in some places in Latvia, the temperature at night dropped to -7 C.Many berry and fruit farms confirmedeven 80%-90% yield losses. The industry associationplans to turn to the Ministry of Agriculture for assistance, Zemgale Television reported on May 8.
The unseasonal rain and hailstorm in Himachal Pradesh have damaged rabi crops, such as wheat and barley, besides fruit trees and vegetables crops. A state agriculture department report on the damage due to the ongoing erratic weather has pegged the loss to crops at₹20 crore.