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07.05.2024

Brazil - Rain and widespread flooding leads to huge death toll

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.

07.05.2024

USA - Preliminary Texas Panhandle wildfire agriculture losses top $123 million, costliest in state history

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.

06.05.2024

Finland - Agri season delayed cold, wet start to the year

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.

06.05.2024

Netherlands - Optimizing crop yields for Mars: insights from Wageningen University

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.

06.05.2024

India - 50% crop damage in Barak tea estates feared

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.

06.05.2024

India - Rain fury wipes out crops worth Rs 25 crore

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.

06.05.2024

India - EC agrees for payment of crop loss compensation

Heeding the request of the agriculture department, the Election Commission has allowed the state government to pay compensation for crop losses due to hail storms. The crop losses occurred between March 16 and 24 in over 15,814 acres.

06.05.2024

India - Bad year for Muzaffarpur’s lychee farmers

High temperature and scorching westerly winds have created an unsuitable climate for the growing lychee fruits in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. This has spelt doom for hundreds of lychee farmers, who were already worried over low flowering this year due to erratic weather.

06.05.2024

Philippines - El Niño farm damage hits P5.9 billion

Agricultural damage caused by El Niño has been estimated at P5.9 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).In a bulletin, the DA said that volume losses of farmed commodities was 255,467 metric tons (MT), with rice the most affected crop, accounting for 53.2% of the total.

06.05.2024

Brazil - Flooding rain threatens harvest, planting

A lot of the recent concern in Brazil has been the early end to wet season showers in central Brazil, which is forcing the crop to use up its limited subsoil moisture in a more accelerated fashion.

01.05.2024

USA - Southeast Michigan fruit update

Welcome to the third in-season fruit article update for southeast Michigan for the 2024 season. Throughout the season, these updates will include information about the weather in the past week and the upcoming week, a fruit-by-fruit guide to current conditions with appropriate pest and disease updates, and other relevant observations.

01.05.2024

Ukraine - Influence of weather on sweet cherry harvest

Unpredictable weather patterns during the spring of 2024 are posing additional challenges for farmers in Ukraine. After an unusual period of high temperatures, a sudden drop in temperatures, some below freezing, has occurred in certain regions.

01.05.2024

EastFruit reports on frost impact on berry crops in Poland, Serbia, Ukraine

EastFruit analysts have conducted a thorough examination of the frost's repercussions on berry cultivation. As a reminder, the previous week concluded with numerous European nations reporting nocturnal air temperatures plummeting below the freezing point.

01.05.2024

Taiwan - Late April showers cause over NT$11M in agricultural losses

The Ministry of Agriculture released a report on Tuesday (April 30) detailing the agricultural damage caused by late April's heavy rains, revealing losses amounting to NT$11.84 million.

01.05.2024

USA - How a Carthage vineyard combats late frost

Recent cold snaps in Southwest Missouri have threatened this year’s crops for many farmers. A late frost could decimate this year’s harvest – and it has. Murphy Orchard in Marionville, Mo. has reported 60-80% crop loss on this year’s peaches. Fortunately, they say their other crops escaped the frost unharmed.

01.05.2024

USA - New noxious weed could wreak crop havoc

“It’s the new public enemy number one.”That describes the latest noxious weed to arrive in the Big Horn Basin — Palmer amaranth — in the words of Josh Shorb, supervisor of the Park County Weed and Pest Control District.

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