In early April, it was all hands on deck on Dutch and Belgian cherry farms. The frost caused sleepless nights for growers protecting the early varieties from damage by stoking, among other things. Yet it seems the frost is not local cherry growers' biggest headache.
The prairie vole is a common rodent that can be a pest in fields and for some fruit trees, as well as causing damage in yards.Voles are herbivores that feed off plants, and they build tunnels as escape routes from predators.
Farmers in the New South Wales Riverina region are desperately trying to finish harvestto prevent mice and rats from moving in and destroying crops.There has been an increase in rodent activityacross south-eastern states recently, which isimpacting farmers in Coleambally.
April 12 through April 14 is usually when our last freeze takes place in the Ozarks before we head into the warmer spring and summer months. That range of time helps homeowners plant a number of their plants, flowers, and even crops for their gardens.
Tea planters in Tripura are witnessing a "shortage" in production due to a prolonged dry spell in the northeastern state with "falling" prices of the crop creating pressure on margins, stakeholders said on Sunday.
The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop; since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional drought and heatwave events that will result on smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes.
In Malawi, most smallholder farmers were preparing their fields for the April harvest when Cyclone Freddy, the longest and most energetic tropical storm ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, struck the country in mid-March.
Heavy rain and hailstorm that lashed most parts of the district on Wednesday evening caused a huge damage to various crops, including wheat. This was stated by district agriculture officials here on Thursday.
Entrepreneurs in Tunisia are equipping farmers with tech tools and data to help the agriculture sector weather the country's worsening water crisis. The nation is enduring its fourth consecutive year of drought, threatening the agriculture industry, which is critical for its food security and struggling economy.
Potato is the third most important food crop in the world after rice and wheat in terms of human consumption. But potato world production is threatened by potato late blight, one of the most devastating potato diseases which causes globally 3-10 billion euros in yield loss and management costs annually.
In the context of more frequent extreme climate events, South America is experiencing a severe drought for the third consecutive year – the worst in a century, primarily due to the La Niña phenomenon that has persisted since 2020.
Inclement weather and intermittent rain since Tuesday have upset farmers in the lower Kangra district areas comprising Nurpur, Jawali, Indora and Fatehpur subdivisions, where wheat harvesting is in progress. The rain has hampered the harvesting and threshing work in their fields.
Southern European farmers are experiencing an acute crop crisis due to months of drought.Spain's largest farmers' association has warned that severe droughts have damaged more than 35,000 square kilometers of crops in the country.
At the end of last week, an article was published in the Polish segment of the Internet with ananalysis of the state of raspberry plantations in Poland by a local expert Pavel Kravets.
This year’s unusual winter weather has taken a toll on local crops and specifically a summer favorite, peaches.“We had last week, and we thought that summer was here and so did the customers and they were very eager to come shop and start to buy plants,” said Susan Kosinski.
Pakistan's major national food security policy goal is to grow enough wheat to not only meet its consumption needs but also create a surplus for buffer stocks and export.To achieve this, the government annually sets national sowing, output and procurement targets before planting begins.