A beekeeper in Western Australia's far north has been left reeling after finding out hundreds of thousands of his bees were deliberately poisoned.Broome-based apiarist Ryan Leavitt found his 16 hives, containing 60,000 bees each, dead one morning in December at a site in the West Kimberley.
Tourism MinisterJupally Krishna Raosaid the State government would be offering Rs.10,000 per acre as compensation to farmers who suffered losses due to unseasonal rains.
It’s been a rough couple of years for B.C. wineries, but one Shuswap vineyard operator says this winter’s cold snap delivered an unprecedented blow to his crops– wiping out an estimated 99 per cent of his projected yield.
In a stark warning to authorities, the African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) has raised the alarm over the looming drought disaster facing the country’s agricultural sector.
It has been a tough Florida strawberry season. "At least tougher than the past few years," says Matthew Giddings with Always Fresh Farms. Due to a cold winter, the season saw a delayed start and production didn't ramp up until the end of February, about three weeks later than normal.
Lack of rains and depleting groundwater levels are blamed for crops in lakhs of acres in Nalgonda district withering.Agriculture officials, on the condition of anonymity, said that half of the crop cultivated in the district has withered due to insufficient water.
Normally, there is a mix of optimism and concern among British Columbia farmers as they face the spring season. Despite the usual enthusiasm, the shadow of last year's unprecedented drought and the threat of another dry season loom large.
Siddipet district in Telangana is reeling from the aftermath of heavy rainfall and hailstorm, which caused widespread flooding and disruptions in the district on Wednesday, March 21. Agricultural fields suffered extensive damage, leading to significant losses for farmers.
Agriculture minister Tummala Nageshwar Rao, while stating that officials have been asked to make an assessment of the crop damage in the state, added that they will pay compensation of Rs.10,000 per acre to the farmers, which is way above the central government’s prescribed norm of Rs.6,000 per acre.
The flooding has also caused extensive damage to crops including bananas, potato, corn, and yucca, which are the main economic activity for local families. Many of these products rotted before being harvested due to stagnant water.
Researchers fromUnmanned Valley, Greenport DB, and NL Space Campus in the Netherlands have successfully developed an AI model that enables drones to identify the disease botrytis.
As we head into the growing season, many farmers this year are dealing with drought impacts and higher costs to maintain crops.Mitch Breunig, the owner of Mystic Valley Dairy in Roxbury, Wisconsin, says his farm is one of many facing those challenges.
Thirty years ago, the weather on Annie Doerr’s family ranch felt reliable. Now that she’s taken over from her parents, it’s been anything but. In recent years, drought has made finding good pastureland for beef cattle to graze increasingly difficult.
Spring equinox is fast approaching, on 20 March, but the changing seasons are playing havoc with UK wildlife and crops. This comes after England and Wales had their warmest Februarys on record, according to the Met Office.
Vietnam is grappling with significant agricultural challenges as saltwater intrusion threatens the Mekong Delta, leading to potential annual crop losses nearing $3 billion. This phenomenon, exacerbated by factors such as sea-level rise, droughts, tidal fluctuations, and reduced upstream freshwater flow, is putting critical agricultural areas at risk.
On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Patty Murray (D-WA), along with Representative Kim Schrier, M.D. (D, WA-08), announced that sweet cherry growers in Washington state are now eligible for up to $500,000 in federal Emergency Farm Loans followinga formal disaster declarationfrom U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for the 2023 cherry harvest season.