USA - NW cherry crop this year may be the smallest in nearly a decade
This year, there aren’t many cherries to harvest at Tonnemaker Hill Farm in Royal City, a small town about 20 miles east of the Columbia River in Central Washington.
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16.06.2022
Philippines - Agricultural losses from Mount Bulusan blast reach P13.6 mln
Sorsogon province agricultural losses due to the eruptions of Mt. Bulusan on June 5 and 12 have reached at least P13.6 million (€245,000), says the Department of Agriculture in the Bicol region.
16.06.2022
Kenya - Farmers count losses as marauding monkeys ruin crops
Maize and coffee farmers in Mukurweini Sub-county, Nyeri County are at the verge of hunger following invasion by troops of monkeys on their farms and destroyed their crops.
16.06.2022
India - Crop insurance meant for ryot welfare
Asserting that the YSR Free Crop Insurance Scheme is being implemented by the State government to protect farmers from crop loss due to natural calamities, Special Chief Secretary (Agriculture) Poonam Malakondaiah has said the AP government alone is implementing the prestigious scheme without any connection with the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana of the Centre.
16.06.2022
USA - York County farmers hammered by hail damage Tuesday night
Crop damage from Tuesday night's storms will add another worry for farmers in the middle of drought conditions. Thunderstorms hammered York County – like much of the state – Tuesday night. The county saw 5-7 storm cells over a matter of hours, according to the National Weather Service in Hastings.
16.06.2022
USA - Newly introduced wasps offer defense from SWD
To save their crops from massive destruction, fruit farmers are having to spray pesticides — often multiple times — to combat the invasive vinegar fly, spotted wing drosophila.
16.06.2022
USA - Growth stage has major impact on crop survival in flooded conditions
Large rain events seem to be trending this year in many parts of Ohio, especially in Northwest Ohio where 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in 24 to 48 hours. This can lead to standing water (flood) conditions or waterlogged soils (the root system is saturated).
16.06.2022
Ukraine - Russia’s invasion has caused almost $4.3 billion in agricultural damage
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly $4.3 billion in damage to Ukraine’s agricultural sector, a new study from the Kyiv School of Economics Agrocenter found, as the world continues to face a global food crisis aggravated by the war.
15.06.2022
USA - $6 billion for farm disaster aid but not a penny for cannabis farmers
Last month the Biden administration proudly announced that farmers hit by natural disasters over the past two years would start receiving relief payments from a $6 billion injection into the USDA’s Emergency Relief Program.
15.06.2022
USA - Continued discussion of disaster programs in agriculture
The existing farm safety net for crops in the United States includes commodity programs and crop insurance. Crop insurance protects against production losses and was instituted to move away from ad hoc disaster assistance.
15.06.2022
USA - Monday storm damages crops, hog barn in Southwest Michigan
A rainstorm moved through Michigan Monday night and left thousands of people without power and some Southwest Michigan farms with crop damage.
15.06.2022
India - YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme boon to farmers
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released compensation under the YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme for the 2021 kharif season at Chenne Kothapalli village in Sri Sathya Sai district.
15.06.2022
India - Hot, dry weather enhances whitefly attack scare
As incidents of pink bollworm have started surfacing from the cotton fields of Mansa and Bathinda districts, prolonged hot and dry climatic conditions have further enhanced the fear of whitefly attacks on the kharif crop.
15.06.2022
France - High probability Japanese beetle will enter the country
The Japanese beetle has already been present in Italy and Switzerland for several years. The probability that it will enter France is high. This pest represents a threat for hundreds of plant species.
15.06.2022
UK - Industry unites to tackle wireworm
Representatives from Syngenta, Frontier, G’s Fresh, Elveden Estate, Pearce Seeds, Inov3PT and Blackthorn Arable are collaborating on Fera-led R&D project ’Enigma I’ to understand wireworm, following an upward trend in wireworm damage in root vegetable and cereal crops throughout the UK.
15.06.2022
India - Andhra CM Jagan disburses ₹2,978 cr for crop loss under insurance scheme
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday made a direct benefit transfer of ₹2,978 crore into the accounts of 1.5 million farmers towards insurance to compensate for the crop loss in Kharif and Rabi seasons in 2021.