UK - Slug invasion and fewer herbicides for winter beans
The wet autumn continues with barely a day without rain. As one of our agronomists points out, it is the first high slug pressure season since the loss of metaldehyde, and it is being felt.
17.10.2023
17.10.2023
Shorter crops and high prices predicted for winter mango season
Mango supply seems to be tight across a few growing regions right now. “There is supply coming from Brazil but there’s a lot of commitment for short crops. The volume compared to last year is much lower,” says Giorgio Ceciarelli of GC Imports, noting that the country is shipping Tommy Atkins mangoes.
17.10.2023
India - Haridwar DM forms teams to assess crop loss to compensate farmers
In order to compensate the farmers who bear the brunt of natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Haridwar DMDhiraj Singh Garbyal has formed teams to assess the crop loss due to rain and storms.
17.10.2023
USA - Geospatial technology can help corn producers assess potential wind damage
As cornfields suffer crop damage caused by weather, corn producers can use geospatial and remote sensing technologies to get a more accurate measurement of the damage and estimate potential economic loss, according to arecent studypublished inFrontiers in Agronomy.
17.10.2023
Indonesia - Risk of wildfires and crop damage is growing due to El Niño
As El Niño strengthens, Indonesia is experiencing its most severe dry season in four years, fueling wildfires and threatening production of the country’s palm oil, coffee, and rice.Indonesia typically experiences hotter, drier weather during El Niño years.
17.10.2023
India - Rain flattens paddy in Punjab, Haryana farms
The vagaries if nature continued to wreak havoc on rice growers in Punjab and Haryana with a sudden spell of rain lashing many parts of the two states Monday, flattening the standing crop, which was ready for harvesting.
17.10.2023
Nepal - Hailstones damage crops, vegetables in Darchula
Darchula, a hill district in Sudurpaschim Province, has witnessed its first snow this year. It rained with hailstones in the lower altitude while the high altitude places in the district witnessed snowfall.
16.10.2023
UK - Potato yields affected by dry early summer
At Brickyard Farm near Slingsby, North Yorkshire, Andrew Wilson has just started on his 60 ha of potatoes for McCain. Lifting conditions are okay so far, he says: “We had 10mm of rain on Monday (2 October).
16.10.2023
South Africa - Deciduous fruit industry is reeling under flood disaster
The South African deciduous fruit industry is reeling under the impact of the recent floods in key production areas, particularly in Elgin, Grabouw, Vyeboom and Villiersdorp (EGVV), parts of the Klein Karoo, and Franschhoek.
16.10.2023
Extreme weather events could cost global economy $5tn
New economic modelling by the world’s leading insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, has shown extreme weather events that lead to food and water supply shocks could cost the global economy $5 trillion over a five-year period.
16.10.2023
India - Karnataka farmers incurred loss of ₹30,000 crore due to drought
The Karnataka Chief Minister said the drought condition has resulted in crop loss on 42 lakh hectares in the state and 216 out of 236 taluks have been declared drought-hit.
16.10.2023
India - Rain flattens paddy crop, hampers harvesting in district
Heavy rain on late Saturday night has added to the worries of farmers as their paddy crop is ready for harvesting. Unseasonal rain led to waterlogging in many low-lying areas, besides flattening of paddy crop in the district.
16.10.2023
USA - Texas expecting smaller citrus due to drought
The 2023-24 season will continue to be a recovery period for Texas citrus. “Our trees continue healing after the 2021 freeze. Our trees are about 75 percent recovered, our numbers look good and our product is just as delicious as ever, but customers should expect a crop that peaks on smaller fruit as a result of the ongoing drought,” says April Flowers of Lone Star Citrus Growers.
16.10.2023
Canada - Kelowna winery copes with near-total crop loss due to cold
Vineyards across British Columbia were hard hit by a major cold snap last year, which had a significant impact on this year’s production in the Okanagan.Temperatures dropped in late December 2022, and in some areas of the valley dipped close to -30 C.
16.10.2023
USA - Florida’s citrus production could get bump
Still recovering from Hurricane Ian, Florida’s citrus industry is expected to see an increase in production after last year’s storm-damaged crop.But an initial forecast for the 2023-24 growing season, released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, projected that orange production will be half of what it was two seasons ago.
13.10.2023
Sri Lanka - Record Rs.250,000 per hectare for crop damage last season
Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has proposed to give a compensation of Rs.250,000 per hectare to the farmers whose crop was damaged in the last Yala Season due to drought.