With around 50% deficient rain in Hisar, farmers are fearing crop failure in the kharif season. Adjoining Jind, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts, too, have received deficient rains, posing a threat of withering of crops, mainly paddy and cotton.
Nearly two weeks after tropical storm Hilary swept through California, we're now getting a better sense of how the agriculture industry was impacted.Grape growers say they've suffered a huge loss, the highest since 1994.
Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said that e-girdawari has been carried out for the crops damaged due to floods in the state and the compensation for it would be given by September-end.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is expanding crop insurance options with a new Grapevine insurance program, which will provide coverage for loss of grafted vines caused by natural perils such as freeze or fire.
The Marathwada region of Maharashtra saw insufficient rainfall so far this year. This, combined with dried-up soil, a rise in temperature and infection in fruits, might result in the production of sweet limes dropping drastically, an expert said on Wednesday.
Hurricane Idalia damaged farms in northeast Florida and south Georgia. Of course, distance from the eye and the storm’s path made a difference in agricultural losses. At this point, vegetables and orchards received the highest reported damage.
The Greek pears are sitting comfortably in the cold chambers, says Greek pear exporter Paris Karastergios, of Karastergiou Bros: “The Greek pear season is in full swing. Harvest is now finished and we are storing the harvested fruit in cold chambers to last us the reast of the season.
Although Jersey potato traders were able to negotiate a better price from UK supermarkets this year to help cover rising costs, blight and poor weather still made it a difficult season.
The Unió Llauradora has reported the presence in southern France of a new species of whitefly not present in our agriculture:Alerucanthus spiniferus(Quaintance), which is attacking 102 plant species, including citrus fruits, and is also extremely voracious.
Prolonged drought and record heat are threatening soybean yields in several key growing states across the Midwest. With most of the soybean crop still in the critical pod-setting phase that depends on moisture in August, persistent dry conditions are lowering yield projections and raising concerns about the availability of supplies.
The California Table Grape Commission has revealed the damage Hurricane Hilary has caused to the state’s crop with initial losses estimated at 25m boxes (8.6kg).Hurricane Hilary delivered wind and rain to many of California’s table grape vineyards at the end of August, during peak harvest time for most of the 90 varieties grown in the state.
Damage to the crops caused bySuper Typhoon Goring (international name: Saola), Severe Tropical Storm Hanna (international name: Haikui), and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” has reached P375 million, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Farmers in several districts of the state are struggling to save their crops due to intermittent power supply that has hit irrigation.Most of the 44,000 water pump sets in the state are able to irrigate crops only partially for this reason.
In Malaga province, growers are delaying planting crops due to ongoing drought concerns and fears of water shortages. According to President of the provincial young farmers' association Asaja, Baldomero Bellido, this would impact particularly on tomatoes, onions and peppers.
For marketing year (MY) 2022/23, fresh lemon production estimates have been revised to 1.65 million metric tons (MMT), down 6.5 percent from the official USDA estimate due to continued adverse weather and poor economic conditions, especially for smaller producers.
Yesterday, growers and shippers across the Southeast were highly attuned to their weather and hurricane trackers as they watched for developments of Hurricane Idalia. Here is what they had to share about the impending storm at press time.