Weather conditions have significantly delayed the watermelon campaign this year. "It was still very cold until week 17, with temperatures around 0 degrees. Accordingly, we haven't really started with watermelons yet," reports Sevki Özdemir, Co-Managing Director of EK Service Ltd, based in Duisburg.
On April 22, a heavy hailstorm took a significant toll on stone fruit crops right when the campaign was starting in various areas of the Spanish Region of Murcia. A few days after the event, the Council of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries estimated that over 580 hectares of apricots and around 200 hectares of peaches have been damaged.
After the sub-zero temperatures at the end of April, Saxony's fruit and wine growers are facing huge harvest losses. A decision on support for the farms is to be made in the coming weeks.
The sudden downpour that lashed many parts of the State including Hyderabad on Tuesday evening wreaked havoc claiming lives of at least 10 people and causing crop damage to thousands of acres.
Agricultural operations in Oklahoma have been significantly impacted by recent tornadoes.The U.S. Department of Agriculture has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover from these adverse weather events.
In September 2023, Rajesh Krishnan, farmer and CEO of theThirunelly Agri Producer Company Ltd. in Wayanad, Kerala, noticed something strange in the region’s paddy crops. The crops began displaying onion-like shoots, leaving Krishnan and the other members of the FPO (farmer producer organisation) flummoxed by the unknown occurrence.
The East African region is encountering a potential food shortage following extreme weather conditions, characterized by excessive rainfall and floods. These conditions have led to fatalities, injuries, destruction of infrastructure, and significant damage to agricultural lands in areas crucial for food production.
Recent weeks have seen extreme heat affect south and south-east Asia, resulting in fatalities, educational disruptions, and agricultural damage. The Philippines and Bangladesh closed schools last month due to the heat, with health advisories issued across the region.
"Based on the data at hand, Sicily's current lemon campaign is the worst of the last few years. It was an annus horribilis. This is due to several factors," says Carmelo Micale, president of the OP Consorzio APAM in Torrenova (ME).
The State government on Monday released an amount of Rs.15.81 crore for paying input subsidy to farmers whose agriculture and horticulture crops were damaged due to heavy rains or hailstorms in 10 districts between March 16 and 21, 2024.
The South of Brazil has seen record breaking flooding with up to 78 people dead, over 100 missing and around 100,000 people displaced following ongoing heavy rain in the South of the country since last week.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Serviceeconomists project the Panhandle wildfires caused $123 million in preliminary agricultural losses, making it the costliest on record.More than 1.2 million acres burned beginning Feb. 26, making it the largest wildfire in Texas history.
In Finland, the agricultural season is experiencing delays due to a cold, wet start to the year. ProAgria, a farming consultancy, reports that spring sowing is lagging by 5–10 days across various regions.
At Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, scientists have embarked on research to enhance space farming techniques, crucial for future human settlements on Mars. Exploring intercropping as a food production strategy in Martian colonies.
The pre-monsoon heavy shower coupled with repeated hailstorms had badly impacted the tea industry here in the Barak Valley, as the Tea Association of India estimated a 50 percent crop loss.
Over 900 farmers have suffered losses to the tune of Rs 25 crore after their banana plantation in around 1,250 acres was destroyed in rains and wild winds in Chamarajanagar district on Friday.