"I'm just back from a few days in Spain visiting our business in Almeria. Talk of the town there is how incredibly dry it is. One of the warmest and driest winters on record. At the same time I've got our Patrick on the phone from Lancashire telling me "raining again….it's biblical….fields saturated….can't dig, can't plant". Unbelievable!
A budding disaster is unfolding across the Okanagan-Similkameen.Now that blossoms are starting to appear, cherry growers are realizing they face a significant crop loss from this past winter’s extreme cold snap in mid-January.
Crop damage and other agricultural production losses in Negros Oriental due to El Niño have reached more than PHP229 million.A report from the Department of Agriculture-Provincial Agriculture Technology Coordinating Office (DA-PATCO) showed that as of April 18, production loss in value was pegged at PHP 229.881 million.
The State government has initiated the process for a thorough enumeration ofcrop lossesin the districts and according to officials, standing crops in over 3100 acres were damaged by the untimely rains across the State.
The Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster has opened a crisis cleanup hotline for those affected by the April 2024 flooding. The Kauai Crisis Cleanup hotline number is 808-451-3102 and is scheduled to remain open through May 3.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said a 'girdawari' has been ordered to assess the crop damage caused by hailstorms in order to compensate the affected farmers
The prolonged dry spell is also wreaking havoc in Mindanao’s Soccsksargen region, with Cotabato province alone seeing more than P300 million in agricultural losses due to the rising temperatures and dry weather conditions.
Cocoa prices broke $10,000 per ton for the first time in March, amid disease outbreaks and destructive weather patterns in West Africa. Cocoa futures were as high as $10,080 in New York at the close of the first quarter, having more than doubled this year – due to expectations of a shortage of cocoa beans, the raw material used to make chocolate.
The north-west — Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions — of Bangladesh produces more than one-third of the country’s staple food, especially boro rice. The region has 40 per cent of the country’s total irrigated area and 30 per cent of the net cultivable area, with the highest average rice yield.
The United Arab Emirates experienced a "historic climatic event", according to the National Meteorological Center, which stated, "The UAE experienced the heaviest rainfall in 75 years, and the "Khatm Al-Shakla" area in Al Ain received 254.8 mm of rain in less than 24 hours." That's the equivalent of two years' rainfall by the country's standards.
Root rot has been established in some pea and lentil fields across North Dakota and Montana, with widespread crop loss observed in 2022-23. To help, North Dakota State University (NDSU) research is focusing on what farmers can do to reduce their root rot risk as they begin seeding their pulse crops this spring.
Agricultural crops worth approximately P184.63 million suffered damage, while 3,427 farmers grappled with the effects of the El Niño phenomenon.Sylvia Dela Cruz, the provincial agriculturist of Capiz, reported that data from 13 municipalities showed 3,115.11 hectares of rice land impacted, with 852.41 hectares totally damaged and 2,272.70 hectares partially damaged.
All eyes are on the short-term weather forecast for local stone fruit farmers thanks to Mother Nature’s unpredictable ways.In a strange twist that saw this year’s mild winter help create an early explosion of healthy blooms over the past week, forecasted low overnight temperatures over the next two weeks could create a disastrous situation.
During the spring time of the year we do see inclement weather conditions, something that has occurred quite a bit over the past few weeks across the country.Due to this, theUSDAFarm Service Agency(FSA) wants to remind agricultural producers to report damage or losses following inclement weather.
Facing increasing drought, alarming climate change, high levels of food insecurity and a myriad of distinct microclimates in all parts of the province, farmers are continually searching for ways to mitigate their obstacles.
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