Texas’ drought conditions are undoubtedly severely affecting the state’s agriculture picture. “There are fewer plantings. This should mean higher prices down the road once we get into the regular harvest cycle,” says Tony Martinez of Primo Trading Services LLC in McAllen, Texas.
This was according to independent meteorologist, Johan van den Berg, who warned that “many dams are still very full after the previous two high-rainfall seasons, and therefore the [potential for] flood damage is concerning”.
"We estimate a 20 percent drop in the potato crop, although the data are not yet final. This is a pity, because the quality of the tubers is excellent, but weather conditions and the presence ofelateridshave given producers quite a few headaches," said Massimo Cristiani, president of the Italian Selenella Consortium.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the state government will soon provide assistance to the farmers for their crop loss due to the recent floods in Odisha.“Our farmers are worried over the recent floods in the state.
The Spanish kaki production will again be reduced by around 20% compared to the volumes harvested in the 2021/2022 season. This means that the production stands 50% below the current production potential.
Heavy rains in Karnataka have caused widespread destruction to farm lands. The Karnataka Government has estimated rain-related losses at Rs 7,647.13 crore since June this year. Farmers are staring at heavy losses due to excess rains as their yields have been destroyed.
The toll of extreme flooding on Pakistan’s food security is becoming apparent: large swathes of farmland under water, crops and stockpiles washed away, homes and livelihoods wiped out.
Amid reports of some insurance companies making profits in the government's flagship crop cover scheme PMFBY, the Centre is planning to revamp the programme to rationalise premium rate and encourage participation of more insurers.
Hugo Morán, Secretary of State for Environment, said that forecasts for the coming years indicate that Spain will reduce its water resources by 25-40%, which "makes it necessary to take planning decisions differently" and reduce demand.
The harvest has already begun in La Rioja Alta and, according to the manager of the Rioja Alta Interlocal Agricultural Cooperative of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Emilio García, there will be a 20 to 30% decrease in production when compared to last year.
As reported by the French Potato Producers' Group, UNPT, "the latest samples, to date, confirm the historical deterioration of the yields of the plots dedicated to potatoes by at least 20% compared to the average of the last twenty years, that is, 1.5 million tons lost (40,000 hectares in terms of the surface).
The campaign in Bajo Cinca, Aragon's main fruit-producing area, is coming to an end in a year in which results are, at the very least, discouraging.Producers in the region were only able to collect 60 of the 280 million kilos that could have been produced because of the frost in April.
Crops in around 1.2 lakh hectares of agricultural land were estimated to have been damaged by the recent floods which affected as many as 24 districts of Odisha, sources said on Tuesday.
Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.
Cotton production has been decimated by drought and extreme heat this year, costing Texas High Plains farmers and other agricultural industries at least $2 billion, according to one estimate.
For the first time ever, a citrus tree disease known as the Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus was found in the United States during a farm inspection in Tulare.