According to José Ángel Crespo, president of the Mango for Export Packing Company (EMEX), Mexico's mango production could decrease by 40% this year due to water shortages. This situation has generated speculation in prices and could significantly affect local trade.
After a very early start to the season in mid-March, late frosts slowed down the asparagus harvest somewhat and led to crop failures in green asparagus and some damage in the early young white asparagus plants.
In recent days, rains and hail in the Spanish region of Murcia have caused losses worth 48 million euros, according to a report drawn up by technicians of the regional Council of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
The devastating winter freeze event that wiped out a large share of British Columbia's (B.C) 2024 cherry crop, is coming on the back of four difficult years for cherry growers. "In the previous four years, we experienced winter damage, spring frosts, heat domes, and in-season rain events," says Richard Isaacs with Global Fruit.
Agriculture is a critical part of Canada's economy and food security. Yet, climate change has put farmers at high risk for health and safety. Understanding the risks of a changing planet on agricultural workers is essential to developing health and safety plans and achieving successful harvests.
The 2024 AgroInsurance International Conference took place on June 3-5th, 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. The conference was attended by 75 participants and speakers from 22 countries representing 47 companies and international organizations.Conference presentation deck is provided to all registered participants. Other interested companies and individuals can access the set of presentations andothermaterials for a fee.
El Niño-induced drought has left millions facing hunger and starvation in Zimbabwe.In April, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa,declared the drought a national disasterand revealed that the country needs about $2 billion to avert starvation.
For the small-scale producers of Colombia’s farming communities, the success of avocado and coffee crops often rests on weather systems made increasingly unpredictable by climate change.
The Sicilian season of canary yellow melons grown in the open fields is about to start, and things are looking good. Azienda Agricola Altamore, located in Roccamena (PA) and led by Franco Altamone with his son Giuseppe is among the leading players in Western Sicily thanks to its 100 hectares.
The agricultural sector in Kenya has been allocated Sh54.6 billion in the 2024–2025 budget, as announced by the Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u. This funding is aimed at various initiatives to transform the agricultural landscape of Kenya.
Climate change confirms itself as the number one problem for agriculture on a global level and Sicilian intensive greenhouse cultivation, despite its protected crops, makes no difference.
Chile, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, and South Africa are currently all in the market for citrus. What most of these countries seem to have in common this season is the effect of weather conditions. Drought, rain, and wind are having an impact on either volume of product, quality of product, or both.
Heavy rains in late spring created flooding from Nebraska to Ohio. Finding a cornfield where at least part of it was replanted was easy. Corn was growing in some fields when ponding occurred. What determines whether corn survives after ponding? And if it survives, will there be lasting effects?
What happened when the bear walked into the cornfield?It might sound like the setup to a bad joke, but farmers in northern Michigan aren’t laughing.Some there complain black bears increasingly rip down fledgling cherry trees, shred bee boxes into toothpicks and munch through sweet corn, also taking a significant bite out of their bottom lines.
Traditionally, melon sales can be gauged by the thermometer, and therefore, this year has been challenging. "The weather dictates sales and prices, and with this cold, wet, windy spring, we're facing a severely disappointing melon market.
John and Linda Stanley have just come out the other side of what they are calling "the worst year for any chestnut grower".For the past 10 years, they have owned and operated Chestnut Brae, a 28-hectare, 1,000-tree chestnut farm near Nannup, 260 kilometres south of Perth.