A well-known orchard in Cazenovia says it lost 95% of their apple crop and will close its u-pick orchards for the season due to a May frost.“Normally we’ll get 3,000 to 4,000 bushels but this year it will be about 100 bushels and I’ll be surprised if we even get that,” said Critz Farms owner Matthew Critz.
Punjab minister for disaster management Brahm Shankar Jimpa on Tuesday said till September 11, the state government had credited Rs 48.26 crore in the bank accounts of the farmers as crop damage relief.
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced Milk Loss Program (MLP) assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk (e.g., power outages, impassable roads, infrastructure losses, etc.) during calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
A violent earthquake struck Morocco shortly before midnight on Friday, September 8. "The most violent the region has seen in a century," says the Moroccan National Institute of Geophysics.
Table grape prices skyrocket in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan due to frost damage. The table grape market in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is facing a shock as wholesale prices for the most popular varieties have soared to unprecedented levels.
“Cyclone Gabrielle is the most significant weather event New Zealand has seen in this century. The severity and the damage that we are seeing has not been experienced in a generation,” said the NZ prime minister, Chris Hipkins earlier this year, mentioning the highest wind speed measured during the storm in February 2023, was up to 165 km/h.
“Influenced by the climate in February and March this year, the fruit-bearing rate of pomelo this year is low, resulting in more large pomelo fruits and fewer small fruits. It is estimated that the overall production reduction this year will be around 10%-15%. This also causes the starting price of this year’s pomelo to be relatively high.”
We’ve talked here in your regional news about Idalia’s impact on agriculture in the state of Florida, but I wanted to take some time to recognize today that this of course was not just impactful in the Sunshine State.
Last week local orchards were dealing with the effects of a late-season frost that destroyed area apple crops. Locally,North Star Orchards in Westmoreland lost their entire apple crop.
With reports of 50 per cent less production expected in onion, tur, soyabean, maize, millet (bajra) and groundnut in Pune district this season, collector Rajesh Deshmukh has instructed insurance firms to provide 25 per cent payment in advance to beneficiary farmers.
As Autumn approaches, Illinois pumpkins and apples are coming into full season. However, there are concerns about the impact of the drought and the extreme heat on QCA fruit crops.
Farmers in the eastern Coachella Valley continue to assess the damage to their farms after last week’s storm brought heavy rain and flooding. For instance, there is Desert Mist Farms, cultivating red and green bell peppers, green beans, and white corn in the fall. It is headquartered in Coachella.
Stating that thesugarcanefarmers across Tamil Nadu are facing severe setbacks due to the outbreak of fungal diseases in the standing crop, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday urged the state government to provide a minimum compensation of Rs 50,000 per acre to the affected cane growers.
Last year, federal crop insurance payments to U.S. farmers reached a record $19 billion. A new report shows most of that money went to only a small share of producers.From 2001 to 2022, less than a quarter of the nation’s farms received payments for crop losses, according to the Environmental Working Group, a nonpartisan advocacy organization.
After two devastating floods that struck several districts of Punjab following heavy rainfall in July and August, the state government announced compensation of Rs 6,800 per acre for paddy crop loss.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging farmers in Berrien County to follow these three steps if they have suffered crop damage due to Hurricane Idalia.Before taking any action, farmers are encouraged not to start cleanup, unless it is harmful or dangerous damage.