Western Cape Agriculture MEC, Dr Ivan Meyer, has urged the agriculture sector to take the necessary measures to protect lives, livestock, crops and agricultural infrastructure amid the continued extreme heat and numerous veld fires across the province.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipsonrecently announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will begin accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) on Thursday, Feb. 1.
Pear harvesting and packing for shipments to North America are underway in Chile and Argentina. “Early reports indicate that pear sizes, particularly for varieties like Bartlett, are smaller than anticipated.
A hot and dry end to January and beginning of February for a large portion of the growing regions in South America. For the week ending Feb. 3, temperatures trended the third-hottest and one of the driest in 30-plus years for Mato Grosso and the major soybean-growing regions of Argentina.
In the freezing landscapes of Lapland, Finland, where extreme conditions are a constant challenge for farmers, choosing greenhouse farming or vertical farming becomes a trickier decision day by day.
TheNorth-Western European Potato Growers(NEPG) released a concerning report today, detailing the struggles faced by potato growers in the 2023 season, marked by adverse weather conditions, high disease pressure, and escalating costs.
A Creston orchard’s soft fruit supply has been completely wiped out by record-breaking winter weather that settled in the area a few weeks ago.The Creston Valleybroke temperature recordsfrom Jan. 12 to 14, when a cold weather system touched down in area and caused thermometers to plummet as low as -27.2 degrees Celsius.
During the next few weeks, farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2024 crop year. March 15 is the deadline to purchase crop insurance for the 2024 crop year.
The crisis triggered by French farmers, which in recent days has extended to Belgium and even Portugal, is entering its most critical phase. Meanwhile, the European summit is being held in Brussels against a backdrop of riots.
Kashmir is undergoing through rough dry patch in terms of precipitation as the region has been snowless for quite some time now. The complete absence of precipitation has turned the faces of people gloomy. The people have even resorted to special congregation prayers in large numbers for divine intervention to bring rain and snow.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has stated that the general girdawari of crops had commenced from February 1 and would continue till March 1. During this period, district administrations had been directed to report the damage caused by hailstorm.
The Department of Agriculture reported that the agriculture sector has suffered P173.79 million in losses due to heavy rains and flooding induced by the shear line.Affected farmers in the Davao and CARAGA regions numbered 9,139, which will be provided by the agency with farming inputs and cash aid for recovery, the DA said.
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is all set to launch an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based crop-specific weather forecast for farmers to reduce the crop failure risk. TNAU is the first in India to develop weather-based automated agro advisories with zero human intervention.
Spells of rain on Feb 1 and 2 have inflicted damage to Bengal's agricultural landscape, casting a shadow on potato and other crops across various districts. According to initial assessments, standing potato crops have been extensively damaged, raising concerns about the overall impact on the retail market in Kolkata.
Andreas Karyos, head of the potato producer’s association, reported that over 40% of potato crops in the Famagusta district were damaged due to inclement weather. He stated that the rainfall in the Kokkinochoria area has led to the flooding of numerous potato plantations.
Supplies of California citrus are plentiful right now. “The fruit is big so it’s plentiful in large fruit and very very tight, limited supplies on small fruit--88s and smaller,” says Jim Saavedra of Cecelia Packing Corp.