The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre today published the “Drought in Europe - July 2022” report, an assessment of Europe’s drought situation based on theEuropean Drought Observatory.
The most critical time of the corn growing season is upon us. We started the year saying there was no room for yields to be below 176 bushels per acre. That might have changed a little since USDA reduced demand, and political and economic headwinds with China seem hard to avoid without additional crop losses in the world.
Ecuador’s banana industry faces further challenges following cold weather that has reduced production by about 25%, while some farms are also in phytosanitary quarantine.
Drought alerts have been issued for much of the Continent, fires have driven villagers from their homes, great rivers are sluggishly low and a brutal heat wave — which could reach a record-breaking zenith in the coming days — will strain agricultural production and nature’s resilience.
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The severe rain that pounded Mancherial for six days continued last week and caused devastation to roughly 18000 farmers in the region, destroying standing crops on 27592 acres. This is according to statistics supplied by the Telangana government.
Crops across nearly 1.35 lakh hectares of land have been damaged due to floods in several parts of Vidarbha region, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who visited the flood-hit districts of Wardha and Chandrapur on Tuesday.
Summer crops were looking hearty just two days ago, according to local farmers. But a devastating storm that swept through southern Alberta Monday afternoon has left crops looking bleak.
Agriculture Minister P. Prasad has said that a special team has been constituted to assess the huge crop loss in Wayanad in rain-related calamities in a fortnight.
The drought recorded this year in the subtropical fruit producing area of Axarquia, in Malaga, where the sector has also been struggling for years with a lack of infrastructure and water resources, has generated great uncertainty when it comes to the next mango harvest, which will kick off in September.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated a record-low 2022 citrus harvest in Florida. Compared to the previous growing season, the production of oranges, grapefruit and other specialty crops is already down about 22%.
Widespread damage to cotton and seasonal vegetable crops in Fazilka and Muktsar districts is feared after last week’s rain that left fields waterlogged. Rainwater also entered inhabited areas in low-lying localities but no major damage was reported.
As the Godavari river experienced early onset of rains and floods early this season following intense Monsoon activity in its catchment areas, farmers say they suffered less of crop damage.
Balumol Cadiding, municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer, said Tuesday the floods also destroyed crops but the extent of damage has yet to be determined.
Drought conditions in Arkansas this summer have prompted Gov. Asa Hutchinson to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a disaster designation that covers the entire state.
Farmers across much of Europe are feeling the effects of heatwaves and drought. EU Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič recently warned, “the present drought in Europe could become the worst ever”.