This year's Swiss potato harvest has been disappointing. Growers are expecting a drop of about a third compared with recent years. However, yields are still difficult to estimate at the moment.
Serbian blueberry growers lament a bad season of late spring rain and cooler summer weather that led to quality issues for the open field production during the 2023 harvest. Sladjana Vuković, CEO of the Serbian exporting company Srbovoće: “Generally, this has been a bad year for Serbian blueberry growers.”
Weather forecasts for November do not show a significant change in overall conditions, with scattered rains in central-north areas and downpours in the south likely compromising Brazil's 2024 soy yields and output, analysts say.
Researchers from the University of Florida plan to utilize $2 million from an initiative by UF President Ben Sasse for a Crop Transformation Center to help Florida farmers improve production of citrus and specialty crops.
A few days after producers started harvesting cherries in the earliest areas of central and southern Chile, a new frontal system affected these areas.The rains, which mainly affected producers in the O’Higgins and Maule region, not only damaged the fruit that was about to be harvested but also the roof structures that protected them.
The Philippine corn crop will be most at risk from climate change by 2030, followed by sugar and rice, the World Bank said. “Climate change poses major risks to the Philippines’ agriculture sector achieving sustainable growth and higher productivity,” the World Bank said in a background paper.
The presence of this virus was confirmed through a positive test on a sample of tomato plants obtained from the Benakeio Phytopathological Institute, which had been provided by the Directorate of Agricultural Economy and Veterinary Medicine of Laconia as part of the official virus confirmation process.
England is feeling the brunt of storm Ciaran this week as high winds and heavy rain has caused flooding and has left thousands without power.Nigel Clare from Peloton Produce said that in Spalding where they are based there has been heavy rain that is seriously affecting harvesting.
Van Hensarling grows peanuts and cotton. But this Mississippi farmer's harvesting a disaster."It probably took two-thirds of the cotton crop, and probably half of the peanut crop," Hensarling said.
With the ongoing increase in global population, the need to meet food and nutrition requirements is paramount. India produced around 275 million tonnes of food grain in 2018, and it is estimated that the production needs to be increased by five million tonnes annually to feed the population over the next decade.
A new report found that over the last two decades, losses tied to extreme weather triggered over $3 billion in crop insurance payouts to California farmers.Authors of thereport, which was published by the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, analyzed payments made to farmers fromthe Federal Crop Insurance Programbetween 2001 and 2022.
At the end of August/beginning of September, Cavalleri Ettore at Munich Wholesale Market usually receives the first pears from Italy, but local weather conditions caused significant failures.
In South Australia, the citrus lobby has been working with biological services experts to help growers detect, monitor and control European earwigs. Entomologist Dr Paul Horne and entomology consultant James Altman said the insects were widespread throughout the country, and mostly active at night during the cooler months.
IFA National Potato Committee Chair Sean Ryan said this year’s potato harvest is the worst in recent memory which is rapidly turning into a salvage operation as drills are underwater following recent flooding.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) has announced a significant boost to the agricultural sector with the awarding of Specialty Crop Block Program Grants (SCBGP) totaling over $600,000 to a diverse group of recipients.
A lack of thorough awareness among village administrative officers (VAOs) of the provisions under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), particularly ‘Prevented Sowing’, is adding to the risks samba farmers in the district face amidst the unavailability of Cauvery water for irrigation.