Growing up on a small rice farm in China in the 1960s, my family was keenly aware that any single adverse weather event could wipe out a year’s worth of effort.The climate and weather patterns are something a farmer feels in his bones, but changes in these patterns and the extremity of events have, in recent years, shocked rural communities.
Kansas State University researchers have been given millions in funding to study ways to increase crop yields as national reports warn of worsening agricultural conditions in the Midwest.
California's vital fruit and nut supply is confronting an amplified threat from crop-destroying insects driven by climate change, as outlined in a study by researchers from UC Merced, the University of California's climate hub, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture California Climate Hub.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service have put the spotlight on a fungus that causes one of the world’s worst wheat diseases. They found that fungus can sense light and alters its expression of genes depending on the color of the light.
Paddy crop has been damaged in more than 1.5 lakh acres in Godavari districts due to the heavy rain and floods caused by cyclone Michaung this week, it is officially estimated.The state officials estimated preliminary losses and said the final assessment would be made after the waters receded from the agriculture fields.
Louisiana’s abrupt transition this year from one of thewettest statesto one of the driest has had crippling repercussions for its farms and forests.The state’s agricultural and timber industries have suffered nearly $1.7 billion in losses from the long-running drought and recent bouts of record high temperatures.
Till the morning of November 26, the grape farmers in Nashik were expecting a bumper harvest that would help recover previous crop losses. However, nature had a different plan in store for them. In 30 minutes, the standing lush green farms turned into ruins as hailstorm, described by many as unprecedented, hit the region.
Following Cyclone Michaung’s landfall in the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh, numerous regions in Telangana experienced substantial rainfall from late Tuesday through Wednesday morning.
In areas of Curicó, an important cherry production area in Chile, some orchards will reportedly only be able to deliver 20 to 30% of the initially expected harvest as a result of the impact of storms and rainfall.
The fire burned approximately 4 hectares in total, destroying a number of glasshouses and some crops. Total losses are estimated at $150,000.The diligent work of CFS volunteers prevented the fire from spreading any further, saving approximately $2.5million of potential losses.
Government has allocated $157 million to assist farmers affected by flooding associated with Tropical Cyclone 22 which impacted the island on November 17.Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Floyd Green, made the announcement Tuesday during a statement in the House of Representatives.
With farmers in Zhemgang increasingly opting for profitable crops like cardamom, mandarin orange, ginger, avocado, and areca nut, Zhemgang’s maize cultivation has been falling over the years.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available in Virginia for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to the ongoing severe drought.
Several electric poles were uprooted under the impact of cyclone Michaung in Suryalanka of Bapatla district, causing severe inconvenience to the public. In Appikatla of the district, paddy crop in hundreds of acres was damaged.
Kelowna-West MLA Ben Stewart has already announced his intent to retire from politics when the provincial election is called next year.But in his final months on the job, Stewart is making a push for the provincial government to address the current crisis in the Okanagan wine industry – a shortfall of B.C. grown grapes.
Standing paddy crops in at least a millionacres or404,685 hectaresacross eight districts of Andhra Pradesh — its rice bowl — may have beenaffected as a result of rains caused by Cyclone Michaung that made landfall on December 5, an expert has said.This would translate into losses of Rs 4,000 crore.