USDA has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers who have been significantly impacted by recent rain and flooding.Impacted producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure and livestock losses and damages.
Despite clear consumer expectations, the start of the season has been difficult. "In my 30 years in the business, I have rarely experienced such a slow start to the season in northern France.
The 2024 season for fresh pears in China has begun. In Hebei, fresh pears started being harvested in the first week of July. Despite experiencing heavy snow and low temperatures in winter, the fresh pears have grown well, with no significant impact on quality or yield due to favorable weather conditions in the first half of the year.
Recent flooding has impacted parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa, with estimates suggesting up to one million acres of corn have been affected.A soybean and corn advisor predicts that harvested corn acres may fall below 91% of plantings this year due to flood damage.
Limpopo farmers are facing a bleak outlook after a weekend of black frost swept across the province, causing widespread damage to crops and infrastructure.According to TLU SA’s north region chairperson, Henk van de Graaf, reports indicate “tremendous losses” to potatoes, tomatoes, and various vegetables.
Corn farmers across Egypt arestrugglingwith widespread devastation of their crops this season, facing substantial losses due to the pervasive and formidable Fall Armyworm (FAW).
The stone fruit season is nearing its halfway point in the Spanish region of Extremadura, with a fairly good demand for plums, according to Ramón Fernández, from the Extremadura-based company Arrofrut.
July started with storms in various parts of Spain, with particularly strong ones in the area of Mequinenza. So much so, in fact, that the town council has requested the declaration of a catastrophe due to the hail and storm damage that occurred in the early hours of July 1.
The Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) has revised the 2024 macadamia crop forecast, with adverse weather conditions the primary factor. The updated forecast estimates production of 50,830 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (54,500 tonnes in-shell at 10% moisture), down from the previous estimate of 56,000 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (60,000 tonnes in-shell at 10% moisture).
Experts from the Landesanstalt Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) in Veitshöchheim have reported adverse effects of a late April frost on Bavarian plums, forecasting a harvest reduction of 30 to 40 percent.
The recent floods that have inundated Sylhet caused a massive loss of crops including Aus paddy, Aus seedbeds, vegetables, etc. in the region.The calamity due to onrush of hill water from the Indian state of Meghalaya coupled with excessive rains has so far damaged agricultural crops worth around Tk6.13billion (Tk612.59 crore).
On January 13, Bruce Johnson woke up to fog and negative 13-degree temperatures at his 5-acre cherry orchard in Blue Bay on the east side of Flathead Lake, where the fruit trees absorb much of the landscape adjacent to MT Highway 35.
Preliminary assessments conducted by the Banana Board post-Hurricane Beryl show an 80 to 100 per cent loss for bananas and plantains.According to a report from JIS News, the Board has, so far, conducted assessments in the larger banana-producing parishes of St Thomas, St Mary, Portland, St James, St Catherine and Clarendon.
Nearly half of Georgia is experiencing drought conditions, and more than 95% of the state is now considered “abnormally dry,” according to the latestU.S. Drought Monitordata from theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
A stretch of heat and dry weather has put many areas across Georgia and South Carolina into a moderate drought. Leaving many local farmers that rely on the crop, to suffer the consequences.
Preliminary assessments conducted by the Banana Board show an 80 to 100 per cent loss for bananas and plantains, consequent on the passage of Hurricane Beryl.The Board has, so far, conducted assessments in the larger banana producing parishes of St. Thomas, St. Mary, Portland, St. James, St. Catherine and Clarendon.