California is grappling with a major agricultural issue, as a tiny insect wreaks havoc on the state's farming industry. On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to allocate $22 million towards tackling the problem.
Harold Stewart, owner of Stewart Avocado Farms in Fallbrook, has expressed concern over the state of his avocado crop. The farm, which houses approximately 2,000 avocado trees, has seen a significant decrease in fruit production this year, which Stewart attributes to recent cold weather conditions.
Delta farmers have appealed to the state government to announce reasonable compensation for those who lost their crops in the recent rain so that they can take up pulses and oilseed cultivation.
With bitter cold descending on the Okanagan Valley this week, there is concern in the wine industry about vines being killed again by the freezing temperatures.Ben-Min Chang, a scientist at the Summerland Research and Development Centre, said he's uneasy about the temperatures forecasted for this weekend that may push grape vines past survival.
The so-called Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (for short: RYMV) is responsible for high crop losses in Africa, particularly among small-scale farmers. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) has now produced rice lines that are resistant to the disease by means of genome editing.
Opium farmers in the Mandsaur district are facing distress over potential crop losses caused by ground frost due to the drop in temperatures and prevailing cold wave conditions in the area.
Monterey County has enacted a mandatory abatement program for select weeds as part of an effort to contain the impatiens necrotic spot virus, or INSV, which has severely impacted the region’s lettuce crop in recent years.
In 2023, the compensation provided to Israeli farmers for damages caused by extreme weather conditions saw a 13% increase from the previous year, as reported by Kanat, an insurer for the agricultural sector against nature-induced losses.
The average December rainfall for the province reached nearly 350mm, about 107mm more than the previous season’s rainfall and 136mm more than the 10-year average.The South African Weather Service reported that severe thunderstorms with strong damaging winds, hail and heavy downpours led to the localised flooding of roads, settlements and bridges.
Mango supply is still limited thanks to the El Niño phenomenon and the subsequent winter rains. “Aside from smaller sized mangos, the rain brings additional quality concerns on harvested fruit, so we employ a more strict quality control at the farms and packing facility,” says Ana Paula Jacome of dVida.
Drenched fields and overflowing rivers painted a grim picture across eastern South Africa. The wet start to the year, particularly in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, had transformed into a devastating reality.
Farmers could be set to benefit from government grants of up to £25,000 through the Farming Recovery Fund Defra has said.The support has been made available for those affected by Storm Henk through the Flood Recovery Framework, which is used in exceptional circumstances to support councils and communities following severe flooding.
Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Turkey’s agriculture sector. Cash crops such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio are particularly vulnerable to these elements.
The across-the-globe rise in extreme weather conditions due to climate change impacts has led to a growing incidence of crop failures.The situation has become worse in ecologically fragile agricultural zones like India’s northeast region.
“Normally on these trees, you would see hundreds and hundreds of fruit,” Harold Stewart, said the owner of Stewart Avocado Farms in Fallbrook.His farm is home to about 2,000 avocado trees, each growing upwards of a million blooms. But this year, Stewart says the crop is virtually almost non-existent.
Global temperatures reached exc­e­ptionally high levels in 2023, as the unprecede­n­ted heat from June on­­wa­rds led 2023 to become the warmest year on record — overtaking the previous warmest year, 2016, by a large margin, according to the2023 Glo­bal Climate Highlightsrep­ort released on Tuesday.