The Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa (CGA) welcomes the recent update by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture (WCDoA) on the estimated damage to agricultural infrastructure by floods in the province in mid-June.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a red alert for Maharashtra, which had recorded a 19% rainfall deficit till 17 July since the start of the monsoon season on 1 June. Heavy rains which began on Monday are likely to continue till Friday.
Producers from around southwestern and south-central Saskatchewan are dealing with the realities of not only the hot and dry weather but also grasshoppers that are out in full force.
Normand Thibault and Jeff Senisac only have a few minutes to talk. The days following the floods are busy – hurrying up with damage control but waiting for the water to go down, tending to the animals that don’t know what happened, that only know it's time to eat.
The storms recorded a few days ago caused considerable damages in a large area along the Ebro valley, with damages reported in 7 provinces of 5 different autonomous communities, including La Rioja, where hail hit the pear farms of Rincón de Soto.
In the next campaign, which will begin in mid-August, Spain's mango production, which is mainly concentrated in Malaga, will fall between 60 and 70% below its potential of 40,000 tons.
Despite rains the last couple of weeks in parts of the Corn Belt the latest drought monitor shows drought continues to grip a huge part of the Midwest. 64% of corn and 57% of the soybean crop is in D1 to D4 drought, just a slight improvement from week.
Agenetically modified fruit flycould mean the (near) end of insect-related crop loss for berry farmers.Researchers atNorth Carolina State Universityhave been developing a genetically modified fruit fly to stop these pests from destroying produce.
According to José Antonio García Fernández, the director of the Lemon and Grapefruit Inter-branch Association, the lemon campaign ended with a production of 1 million tons, i.e. 20% less than last year.
The heavy rainfall recorded last week in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula was followed by a heat wave that has pushed the temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of Spain, and on Tuesday, the Murcian town of Jumilla recorded what has initially been identified as a thermal blowout.
For some North Dakotans, peaches are summer essential. The fruit is typically associated with the state of Georgia, but this year the crop suffered significant losses due to a warm winter followed by heavy frost. However, for lovers of peach cobbler, peaches and cream and peach sweet tea, the news is not all bad.
Around 2.40 lakh hectares of paddy area was feared damaged after getting flooded by incessant rains in several parts of Punjab, a senior official said on Friday. "Paddy area of 2.40 lakh hectares has been affected (because of rains) and out of which the crop over 83,000 hectares will be resown," said the official.
Farmers across our region are grappling with massive crop losses due to this week’s flooding. That includes dozens of farm operations at Burlington’s Intervale, who are picking up the pieces as they face a difficult road ahead.
The RMof Dundurn No. 314, about 30 kilometres south of Saskatoon,is calling on otherlevels of government to send disaster relief to farmers and ranchers in the area, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
The peach season is well underway in South Carolina, but because of late freezes, the crop isn’t looking too peachy.“There’s less peaches. We’re operating on 15 percent,” said Mandy Bodie, Operations Manager of Sweet Peach Roadside Stand in Lexington.
Flood water from the Connecticut River covered over 50 acres of corn, green beans, peppers, squash and other vegetables at Killam & Bassette Farmstead in South Glastonbury.