As much as 59.15 per cent of the average soyabean production in Nagpur district stands affected adversely due to fluctuations in rainfall and pest attack and disease. Bhiwapur is the worst affected tehsil, while Ramtek tehsil has suffered the lowest damage, as per the circle-wise survey report of the Agriculture Department.
The state agricultural department has developed a crop compensation plan of Rs 38.06 crore for farmers impacted by the ethnic violence, five months after Manipur slid into ethnic warfare.
Cotton farmers across the High Plains and Rolling Plains of Texas fight the rain, wind, and blowing sand of spring to get the crop in the ground and watch it grow. But too often lately they are watching it wither.
Missouri continues to have the worst corn in the nation after a dry summer leaves 39% of the state’s corn crop in poor/very poor shape.After a dry summer, Missouri corn farmers continue to struggle with corn quality as harvest continues and autumn begins.
Chocolate risks becoming even more expensive if West Africa’s new cocoa harvest ends in disappointment.Cocoa prices have soared about 47% in the past year on fears that bad weather and crop disease will hurt output in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, which make up two-thirds of world supply.
In Greece, people are counting the cost of the devastating floods that hit the centre of the country after Storm Daniel in early September.Fruit trees, corn and around a fifth of Greece's cotton crop have been destroyed and over 200,000 animals and poultry killed.
Jagdish Dhangar (45) had planted soya beans on his two acres hoping that a bountiful harvest would cover the expenses of his son’s wedding and help pay the EMI.However, nearly a month after the sowing, a prolonged dry spell with scanty rainfall destroyed half of his crop.
In the second preliminary report on agricultural damage from Hurricane Idalia, state officials on Wednesday estimated the Aug. 30 storm caused up to $447 million in losses for the industry.
After last weekend's prodigious rainfall across the Western Cape, the South African Table Grape Industry expects some flood damage to vineyards - some of the earliest varieties are already budding - and its first table grape crop estimate for the 2023/2024 season will reflect the new reality.
Contrary to the trend in recent years, Peruvian blueberry volumes are currently quite disappointing. "Due to El Niño, Peru has significantly lower production, something that's only now becoming truly clear.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has updated quarantine boundaries for the Oriental Fruit Fly in California to now include, Sacramento County (Rancho Cordova Area), Contra Costa County (Brentwood Area), and Santa Clara County (Santa Clara Area).
At the international online seminar EastFruit, under the auspices of FAO/EBRD and organized by Drone.ua and Sapienza.media, the prospects of using agricultural drones for the cultivation of vegetables and fruits were discussed. Gleb Lesoviy, a GIS specialist from DroneUA, shared crucial insights into this technology.
The apple cultivation in Greece is expected to be lower than usual, in the area that grows quite a chunk of the Greek national production, Matoula Katsika, export and sales manager for Greek fruit exporter A.C. Kissavos, says: “The apple production in our region, and in general for the producing countries of the EU, appear to be reduced for the new season.
Members of National Farmer Labour Federation on Thursday burnt effigy of state agriculture minister Kamal Patel to vent their ire over government’s indifference to the plight of farmers.
Last Saturday (September 23), some areas of Puglia were hit by violent and unforeseen extreme weather conditions, which mainly affected vegetable crops, vineyards and olive groves.
According to industry reports, record-breaking heatwaves in the summer of 2023 is impacting agricultural production across Japan. The average temperature between June and August was approximately 1.76 degrees Celsius higher than the average 1991-2020 average, marking the highest temperature increase on record.