Widespread damage to winter cereal crops such as wheat, barley and canola is expected as ongoing flooding threatens farms and regional businesses across some of the nation’s major agricultural regions.
After two dry years out of the last four, many UK farmers are seriously considering the future viability of potato cultivation. An exceptionally dry summer for much of the UK came on the back of a dry growing season in 2018.
Parts of South East Australia have seen four times the average rainfall for October falling in just 24 hours, and people in three states have been ordered to evacuate due to flooding.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said that the State Government stands with every citizen affected by the disaster and is working to provide relief with a humanitarian approach. He said that the government is committed to ensure minimum casualties and maximum relief in any kind of disaster.
The Spanish Rojo Brillante kaki season has already started with a production that remains lower than expected. Low volumes and high production, packaging and transportation costs will be the biggest challenges this season, which has already started with higher prices compared to the previous one.
The 2022-2023 Florida all orange forecast released by the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board is 28.0 million boxes, down 32 percent from last season’s final production. The total includes 11.0 million boxes of non-Valencia oranges (early, mid-season, and Navel varieties) and 17.0 million boxes of Valencia oranges.
One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's wine crops.Months later, the destruction was in full sight at Southbrook Vineyards, an organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground byHurricane Ian’s fierce windslike so many green and yellow marbles are only the start of the disaster for citrus grower Roy Petteway.
As untimely rains damaged kharif crops, particularly paddy and cotton, in States such as Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Centre was waiting for reports from the States on the volume of damages.
This was announced at the Citrus Table, held on Tuesday at the Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Environment and Emergencies of the Region of Murcia, in which the forecast for this campaign was made public.
Heavy rainfall from an active hurricane season has been unfortunate for some farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as it has resulted in crop losses and unemployment. Most likely, it will also lead to price increases for vegetables.
The double whammy of scanty rainfall during the monsoon in about 50 districts and now widespread excessive rain and floods post-monsoon has left farmers in Uttar Pradesh with massive crop losses, people aware of the situation said.
Each spring, agricultural helicopter operators head to fields across NZ, their blades churning up warmer air on order to keep frosts from affecting the crops. This season, choppers have been out in full force amongst Waikato’s vineyards and orchards, where the frost was unlike anything seen in recent years.
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said unseasonal rains in some parts of the country have affected small farmers and are getting compensation under the government's crop insurance scheme.
This year, many European crops, including mushrooms, suffered from drought and heat. Mushrooms thrive under humid conditions. "Climate change is the biggest challenge in the wild mushroom business, and its impact will only increase in the coming years," begins Corné Verboom of Funghi Funghi.
Diwali is here again. For business and for people it is a festival every Indian looks forward to. But think of the millions of farmers' whose crops are under water, and at many places have been flattened by strong winds or for those who are struggling to collect and dry the moisture-laden harvested crops.