Fruit growers in Vermont are aiming for a recovery this summer after a severe frost on May 17-18 last year destroyed fruit blossoms and damaged vines across the state, leading to a disaster designation by the USDA.
The United States Department of Agriculture identifies Laurel Wilt as a significant threat to the laurel family of trees, including avocados, caused by the redbay ambrosia beetle's symbiotic fungus. This disease has led to the demise of hundreds of millions of trees within the southeastern U.S., extending its reach to other areas.
Fundecitrus, a Brazilian association of citrus growers and juice industries, has released a 2024-2025 orange crop forecast, predicting a 24.36% decrease in production from 307.22 million boxes in the previous season.
Kurubur Shanthkumar, President of the Karnataka State Sugarcane Growers Association, along with a delegation of farmers, met Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra on Monday to urgently request the release of drought and crop loss relief due to the farmers’ severe distress.
Authorities in Tokyo are struggling to deal with problems caused by an especially wily invasive species: North American raccoons.The city reportedthe number of raccoonsliving in the wild in Tokyo and its surrounding areas has skyrocketed in recent years, with 1,282 trapped in fiscal 2022, a sharp increase from 259 caught in fiscal 2012.
The severe drought over the past year had plunged Karnataka’s farmers into deep distress, and just when the State government started disbursing compensation, heavy rain and winds are adding to their woes.
Persistent heavy rain in Brazil has seen table grape exports from the San Francisco River Valley suffer a serious reduction, with up to 80% of volumes affected since the start of the year. Producers have instead had to turn to the local market to prevent losses.
Devon Slater, a farmer in Orange Hill, Barbados, is experiencing significant financial losses due to monkeys raiding his pineapple farm. After six years of farming without incident, the primates recently started attacking his crop, consuming or damaging several fruits daily.
EastFruit's analysts are diligently evaluating the extent of damage inflicted on fruit and vegetable crops by Ukraine's recent frost events. For an overview of the initial assessment, please refer to the first segment of our report. Notably, since May 9th this year, nocturnal temperatures have plummeted to as low as -8°C.
SPP "Enogray" in Kherson is set to begin its sweet cherry harvest in late May. This year's crop has been significantly impacted by fluctuating temperatures, with those varieties that bloomed in colder weather facing poor fruit sets.
From October to April, the Canary Islands have been having record temperatures. In fact, with the exception of March, which offered a much-needed respite, and December, which was only the fourth warmest December on record, every month has been the warmest since data started to be recorded in 1961, with anomalies of up to 3.6 degrees Celsius above the average.
The enumeration undertaken by the horticulture department to ascertain the actual extent of damage to banana cultivation from the recent gale that struck several parts of the district has put the figure at about 500 acres, said officials.
The combined economic cost of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could reach $290 billion, equivalent to 1.5 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, U.S. forecaster AccuWeather said in a report Sunday.
The consistent adverse weather conditions and the decline in the number of farmers have led to a significant shortage of the Kerr's Pink potato variety, a favorite in Cork and Kerry. This scarcity has resulted in many supermarkets and independent grocers running out of stock.
Some tough news for those in Michiana wanting local peaches this year.Indiana and Southwest Michigan farmers suffered a loss of their peach crop this year, after a cold start to the year. With a combination of fragile peach buds and a cold snap earlier this year, we'll have to do without local peaches this summer.
Ukrainian farmers are facing a severe setback this spring due to extraordinary weather conditions. Persistent nocturnal frosts are poised to decimate nearly half of the nation's blueberry yield, as reported by EastFruit. Some agricultural enterprises are bracing for losses of up to 90%.