Unexpected snow in a localised area near Harrismith in the Free State has damaged nets and poles, even flattening orchards under the weight of the snow, with trees snapping at the ground in some blocks.
Small City Farmowner Kim Shaw joined those working to salvage crops Tuesday, harvesting everything from peppers to tomatoes, and even cut flowers when the weather changed from around 80 degrees to the 50s in one day, with a freeze warning called for overnight into Wednesday morning.
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The second migrating herd of the Dalma range of elephants that entered Bankura last week, destroyed several acres of almost ready-toharvest paddy on Beliatore last night, causing loss of cash crop cultivated by at least a dozen of marginal farmer families in Beliatore range here.
The two storms that crossed Andalusia last week - Aline on Thursday, 19 and Bernard on Sunday, 22 October - have caused considerable damage to Andalusia's nursery sector, especially in the provinces of Cadiz, Seville, and Huelva.
According to a recent report by Andalusía's Alert and Phytosanitary Information Network (RAIF), the dominant phenological state of greenhouse tomato cultivation in the province of Almeria is fruit fattening.
Storm Bernard, which hit the Spanish province of Huelva last Sunday, has caused significant damage to the berry sector, with raspberries being the most affected product. The Association of Producers and Exporters of Strawberries and Berries from Huelva (Freshuelva) estimates that about 2,000 hectares of crops have been affected.
Suffolk farmers are assessing the damage in the wake of the floods caused by Storm Babet last week - with some already counting the cost.Kris Grzelak, farm manager at Tuckwell Farms, a 2,000-acre business at Kettleburgh Lodge, Framlingham, said newly-planted winter wheat fields were most heavily affected.
EastFruitexperts draw attention to the consequences of Storm Bernard, which last weekend caused quite significant damage to the production regions of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.
Crop insurance payments will likely vary this year, but economists say some farmers could walk away with some pretty good payments.Ag Economist Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois says most farmers will not have large payments but some could cash in.
Every year, Georgia farmers are left with millions of dollars in losses thanks to damage done by feral hogs. Across the country, according to the USDA, wild pigs cause more than $1.5 billion in crop damage.
Wild boars, peacocks, and sometimes even bison are destroying paddy fields, say some farmers of Bordem, Yedda, and Kuskem in Cotigao. The farmers have demanded that the government compensate them for the losses as paddy is their main source of livelihood.
Early reports indicate that the impact of Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 hurricane that landed near Acapulco early Wednesday morning, is minimal on produce.“Yesterday, I would have told you we were expecting to lose 1 to 1 ½ days of harvest due to the hurricane's path looking like it was going straight through Michoacan,” says Keith Slattery of Stonehill Produce Inc.
The Regional Department of Agriculture has announced that the presence of the ToBRFV (Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus) virus is confirmed in Sardinia.Therefore, the following three delimited areas were established, the extension of which corresponds to the surface area of the sites (production greenhouses) equipped with physical protection in which the ToBRFV was detected.
Violent, sand-laden winds reaching speeds of up to 106 km hit Morocco's Atlantic coast, affecting crops, especially arboriculture and soft fruit. In Larache, the hardest-hit location, the winds swept away greenhouses and fruit. Zouhir Daissoria, from red fruit producer Rika, reviews the damage to red fruits and berries.
Agroseguro has reported that storm Bernard, which hit Andalusia on October 22 with heavy rains and winds that reached 100 kilometers per hour in some municipalities in the provinces of Huelva, Seville and Cadiz, has caused significant damage to various crops.
Upbeat last month in the hope for a bountiful paddy harvest, the farmers in Ganjam district now find themselves facing uncertainty due to lack of rain or irrigation water. Adequate water is imperative for the growth of the paddy crop during this critical phase.