Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said Thursday that the financial damage to the states agriculture industry from Hurricane Milton will likely exceed $2 billion.
Farmers in Koman block, Nuapada district, are facing severe crop damage due to a herd of wild boars. Villages such as Komna and Birun Padar have been affected, with crops like paddy and corn destroyed.
Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ramnath Adhikari has attended the multi-stakeholder meeting and the inaugural session of the World Food Forum 2024 held in Rome, Italy.
Musim Mas Group, the Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming, SNV Indonesia, and World Agroforestry are collaborating to improve the knowledge and capacity of independent oil palm smallholders through the Biodiverse and Inclusive Palm Oil Supply Chain project.
Towards its drive to reduce the Federations high importation of food, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources held a distribution drive on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
Serbia has signed a $205 million loan agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to enhance its agriculture, education, and energy sectors.
Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao has announced that the state government would give Rs 7,500 to each farmer as part of Rythu Bharosa as promised in the Assembly elections.
Michigan sweet cherry farmers can now access low-interest emergency loans from the USDAs Farm Services Agency. This aid follows the U.S. Department of Agricultures disaster declaration in Antrim, Grand Traverse, Leelanau counties, and eight neighboring counties, due to crop losses from erratic weather and pest infestations.
A foreign agricultural giant has acquired Australia's oldest and biggest cotton ginning business for about $160 million, ending almost a year of bidding wars and intervention by the competition watchdog.
Farmers from various villages in Rohtak district staged a demonstration against the inordinate delay in the grant of crop-loss compensation by the state government and non-settlement of insurance claims.
In Haveri district, approximately 1,015 hectares of agricultural crops such as paddy, jowar, cotton, groundnut, and soybean were affected in October. Additionally, 30.25 hectares of horticultural crops, including chilli, cucumber, tomato, ridge gourd, papaya, and ginger, have suffered damage.
Hurricanes damage more than homes. They can wreck farms and the crops that fill our food stores. Produce from Mexico could help take up the slack but theres still the chance of higher prices ahead.
Hundreds of jobs and tens of millions of dollars are at stake as a virus never before seen in Australia has infected tomato crops in South Australia.
According to agricultural scientists, Rabi crops grown from November to March are bearing more brunt of climate change due to stark shift in temperatures and rainfall during winter.
Different crops on 136 hectares of land have been submerged due to the flood triggered by incessant rain in the district.
A drought, Tropical Storm Debby, and now Hurricane Helene, the hits just keep coming for farmers around the Peach State, including Burke County Pecan Farmer Jeb Barrow.