The average percentage of winegrape crop loss/waste per farm in 2022-23 has been revealed in a new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), with winegrape growers recording higher average percentages of crop loss/waste in 2022-23 than 2021-22, and NSW winegrape growers reporting an average crop loss/waste of 41% per farm in the 2022-23 period.
About a week ago, tropical storm Alberto came through Central Mexico and affected the growing areas of different produce items, including hot peppers. It was the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and brought heavy rains.
"The 2023/24 campaign for citrus fruit intended for processing ended with high quotations. It was a season characterized by the presence of a considerable quantity of fruit of extremely small size, to the extent that traders did not consider buying lots where more than 50% of the oranges were small.
The state executive director with South Dakota’s Farm Service Agency says the southeast part of the state has experienced some crop losses from the flooding in late June.Steve Dick tells Brownfield “we’re hearing reports that as much as 30% of the acres in the extreme southeast part of the state are affected by the flooding.
Large portions of Southern Minnesota, along with adjoining areas of Northern Iowa, and Eastern South Dakota, have been impacted by severe storms and excessive rainfall amounts in recent weeks.
Fire retardant may be a bigger concern for grape growers in the Dry Creek Valley than smoke taint.Harry Merlo Junior, who owns a vineyard near the site of the Point Fire, tells the Press Democrat some of his grapes are covered in fire retardant.
Australian food producers are finding innovative new ways to limit losses and create alternative uses for waste, as evidenced in a new report titledCrop loss/waste on Australian horticulture farms, 2022–23released on 25 June 2024.
An update on farmers struggling to save their crops. We showed you last week how the lack of rain is interrupting this year’s growing season.According to the Extension Director for Beaufort County, things are not looking good here. He says nothing has been confirmed yet, but farmers could take a loss this year.
Changes are being made to help wineries experiencing devastating crop losses.The Penticton Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the provincial government back in February, calling for changes to manufacturing and licensing requirements after an extreme cold snap decimated the wine industry.
"Due to the early blossoming, the cherry harvest is also particularly early this year," explains Claus Schliecker, Chairman of the fruit-growing section of Landvolk Niedersachsen.
Before Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine stood as a prominent exporter of sweet cherries, with a substantial 89.5% of its exports directed to Belarus. However, the early 2022 occupation of Melitopol plantations in Zaporizhzhia Oblast has profoundly affected Ukraine's ability to sustain this export.
Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) offers a full suite of business risk management programs including Crop Insurance, AgriStability, Livestock Price Insurance and the Wildlife Damage Compensation and Prevention Program.
Smallholder farmers in India are reporting crop losses due to erratic and extreme rainfall induced partly by climate change, according to a report by Forum of Enterprises for Equitable Development, an independent non-profit and Development Intelligence Unit.
High temperatures and weeks of clear skies might have you wondering when it’s going to rain. But for North Carolina farmers, the impact goes even further.As of Tuesday, central North Carolina has gone more than 18 days without widespread rain.
Channels of water snaking between rows of soybeans along the I-90 corridor.Bales of hay collapsed after torrential rain in northern Minnesota meadows.A biofuels refinery forced to shut down as an upriver dam threatened to break.
Climate science researchers have been concerned with amplifying feedback loops that exacerbate the effects of climate change. Amplifying or positive feedback loops are mechanisms that increase the warming effects caused by an initial event.