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.
Amid increasing distress among farmers, the State government on Wednesday initiated measures to identify the extent of crop area damaged due to unseasonal rains andhailstormacross the State over the last few days.
The New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food’s Crop Loss Program recently opened to receive applications from New Hampshire producers. The Crop Loss Program allocates $8 million to help farmers who suffered crop losses because of weather-related damages in 2023.
A farmer in Kelowna working to sew the seeds of sustainability to feed generations to come says the government and industry need to strive for change.Jennifer Deol, of There and Back Again Farms in Kelowna, is faced with significant crop loss after yet another year of unprecedented weather events.
Pecan trees are popular landscape trees in Mississippi and many areas of the southeastern United States. Most homeowners expect pecan trees to serve a dual purpose, providing both shade and tasty nuts.
The 2024 Horticulture Crop Input Prices report highlights significant challenges for Irish field vegetable growers. The report, which provides up-to-date facts about specific input prices in January 2024 compared to 2023, states that input price inflation in the field vegetable sector continues at a rate of 5.1%, totalling over 43% since the first report in March 2021.
The supply of Spanish iceberg lettuce is falling and is expected to plummet in the coming weeks due to the adverse effects of the higher temperatures this winter and the alarming impact of drought.