Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the state incurred a crop loss of₹35,000 crore in 48 lakh hectares due to the drought and asserted that relief from the government will not be sufficient if nature does not support it.
A comprehensive report, submitted by a joint team from Punjab Agricultural University, Central Integrated Pest Management (CPIM), Jalandhar, and the State Horticulture Department, has confirmed significant crop loss due to a fungal outbreak in Sanaur.
Due to the erratic rainy season this year, paddy cultivation is unsuitable for Kharif and Rabi crops in the region. Farmers have thus turned to mango cultivation on a large scale.
The relentless torrents lashing far north Queensland have left no stone unturned, wreaking havoc on local agriculture and causing significant crop losses. An array of fruits, includingmangoes, bananas, avocados, and barramundi,have borne the brunt of the severe weather conditions, right on the cusp of the peak Christmas period—a time when farmers typically rely on increased sales and revenue.
UC Riverside scientists have discovered a stealth molecular weapon that plants use to attack the cells of invading gray mold.If you’ve ever seen a fuzzy piece of fruit in your fridge, you’ve seen gray mold. It is an aggressive fungus that infects more than 1,400 different plant species: almost all fruits, vegetables, and many flowers.
Cherry farmers inSouth Australiahave had the worst harvest in 50 years, losing up to 70% of their crops to wild pre-Christmas storms and forcing up prices.Storms and heavy rain also lashedNew South Wales cherries, forcing growers to dump hundreds of tonnes of fruit.
For a few years, canola industry leaders have been worried about verticillium stripe and its impact on crop yields.Reports out of Europe suggest the fungal disease could cause a wide range of losses, anywhere from 10 to 50 percent on oilseed rape.
The two most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century are climate change and food insecurity. Heat waves, flash floods, droughts, and cyclones — some of the ongoing effects of climate change — are negatively impacting the lives and livelihoods of Indian farmers.
Welcome to winter – though for many of us, it seems like winter started early this year. The markets are largely trading on South American weather forecasts early in the new year, which I dove deep into in last month’s column.
Experts predict a 15 percent decline in Costa Rica’s marketing year 2023/24 orange crop, driving production down to 250,000 metric tons on suboptimal precipitation – associated with an El Niño weather system – during the critical fruit development period in 2023.
Bills proposed in the N.H. Legislature would help farmers recover from millions of dollars in weather-related crop damage incurred this year, and would set aside money for future such problems.
Brazil’s largest agricultural-producing state, Mato Grosso, is set to have its largest soybean crop loss in history, reducing the country’s overall 2023/24 output to 153 million mt, according to estimates released Wednesday by Itaú BBA consulting.
Farms that were under water earlier this week in Franklin County, Massachusetts, are still waiting to see the extent of their losses.Meryl LaTronica directs farm operations at Just Roots in Greenfield, a non-profit community farm located between Glen Brook and the Green River.
After a bad kharif season, farmers in Maharashtra are battling a failing rabi season owing to a winter warmer than usual, less soil moisture and unseasonal rainfall in November.A state agriculture department report recently revealed that there was also a possibility of reduction in the rabi area due to insufficient soil moisture.
Mangoes, bananas, papaya and avocados are among produce destroyed in far north Queensland as producers assess damage from Cyclone Jasper.Consumers are likely to face shortages of produce from the region and may have to pay more for fruit such as papaya.
Lincolnshire, a major area of vegetable production, saw a staggering 150 mm in October alone - 312% above the long-term average. And continued rainfall into December is filling already flooded fields resulting in difficulties in harvesting.