The year 2023 dawned an exciting one for the husband-and-wife team of Sebastian and Colleen Hardy, owners ofLiving Roots Wine & Co., which produces wines in both Colleen Hardy's native New York and Sebastian Hardy's native Australia.
Industry sources claim that exports of fresh blueberries by Peru in the 2023/2024 campaign will register a decrease due to the weather. The Association of Blueberry Producers of Peru (Proarándanos) projects a drop between 15 and 20% in volume compared to the previous campaign, when it reached 285.000 tons.
Temperatures in the Wiregrass are finally straying away from the summertime feeling and starting to feel more like fall.As temperatures continue to lower, the possibility of a freeze is in the back of a farmer’s mind.“The fruit is already going into production,” said John Aplin, owner of Aplin Farms.
China suffered direct economic losses of 308.29 billion yuan ($42 billion) over the first nine months of 2023, the government said, from natural disasters such as torrential rains, deadly landslides, freakish hailstorms and a string of typhoons.
On his land in a mountainous area in the region of Chefchaouen, in northern Morocco, Khaled Kouskou, a business consultant turned farmer, complains that his efforts to cultivate 10 hectares owned by his family are being thwarted by poor rains.
Findings from a recentstudyconducted in Assam suggest that bats can have a positive impact on rice ecosystems. In the study, conducted over the Sali (winter) rice season of 2019, insectivorous bats were found to help reduce damage to rice crops by suppressing pests, thus protecting yield.
A don, Prof. Tunji Iyiola-Tunji, has advocated the adoption and cultivation of flood-resistant seed varieties to curtail harvest losses due to flooding.Iyiola-Tunji, a fellow at the National Agricultural Extension Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos.
Grain farmers say their harvest has been a disaster this year after months of wet weather.Fields of crops are waterlogged and harvesting that should have been finished by now is not completed.
Shila Devi Tharu, a 47-year-old farmer in western Nepal, frequently loses her rice crop to floods. “Almost every year my rice fields are inundated, damaging the crop partially or fully,” says Tharu, who cultivates 1.2 acres of land in the Karnali river basin of the Bardiya district.
Former chief minister O Panneerselvam urged the state government to make a reassessment of crop loss in delta districts due to non-availability of water during the Kuruvai season and provide Rs 30,000 per acre to the farmers as compensation.
As of 5 p.m. Sunday, agricultural losses caused by Typhoon Koinu in Taiwan had totaled approximately NT$344.56 million (US$10.72 million), according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Government, and the government of Uzbekistan rcecently launched a €1.9 million project to develop and implement a sovereign risk transfer scheme for climate-vulnerable farmers in Uzbekistan.
The repeated rainfall is putting a damper on pumpkin season.Farmers have already had a tough year with flooding in July and now the popular fall crop is taking a big hit.Clover Nook Farm in Bethany lost 50% of its pumpkin crop due to rot that was caused by rainfall.
Kerala farmers reported crop loss in 778 hectares due to the heavy rainfall which lashed the state over the past week. Paddy crop topped the list, followed by banana and vegetables, according to a first information report on crop loss compiled from the Agricultural Information Management System (AIMS) of the Agriculture department.
Eight taluks of Mysuru district are reeling under severe drought conditions which has led to an estimated loss of₹508.62 crore, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday.According to officials, approximately 75,160 hectares of crops have been damaged in the district, with the agricultural sector taking a massive hit.
Scottish farmers say they've suffered some of the biggest losses in food crops the industry has ever seen as a result of the weekend's flooding.NFU Scotland said millions of pounds worth of unharvested vegetables have been damaged by flood waters described as unprecedented for the time of year.