California is moving deeper into the second lightest recorded crop of Valencia oranges in its history. The state estimate for the citrus fruit is 16.2 million cartons this season--that follows the lightest recorded crop of 15.4 million cartons in 2021. Compare that to 1997’s crop for example which was as high as 48 million cartons.
Drenched fields this summer are leaving Maine farmers floundering to catch up with yearly production expectations. With heavy rainfall and low temperatures, agricultural production has taken a hit early this season, and some summer staple crops are paying the price.
Cyclone Gabrielle impacted nearly half of apple and pear growers in Hawke’s Bay. It has been a tough time for growers, horticulture, and the wider Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti community.
Table grape, cherry and some blueberry fields in Chile are still wet, muddy and inaccessible after last week’s heavy rain and flooding. Vegetable producers are especially hard hit, while some producers have lost everything early reports from Chile indicate.
The Australian citrus harvest has been underway for a few weeks now but rain in the Riverland region is hampering picking.“It is slow going at the moment,” said Sam Vasala from Sai World. “We can’t get enough fruit into the packhouse due to the rain which is slowing us down.
The Humecfol innovation project has managed to develop a valid and economical leaf moisture sensor that will provide farmers with better phytosanitary control of the black spot affecting pear crops by improving the calculation accuracy of the BSPCast model.
Crops are beginning to show signs of stress after another hot, dry week in much of the region, according to the crop report for the period of June 20 to 26. There were small, spotty showers that dotted the region but the rainfall was not significant enough to help struggling crops.
According toJon Clark from Fruit Growers Alianza, who’s associate FGA Farming, is one of the UK’s largest cherry grower producing fruit on it’s 100 hectares in Kent, the volumes will be down considerably.
While parts of Saskatchewan are dry, others received heavy localized rain, according to this week’s Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture crop report.Producers noted a wide range of precipitation across their rural municipalities ranging from three millimetres in the Netherhill area to 50 millimetres in the Bienfait and Wadena areas.
Producers in Brown County may be eligible to apply for 2023 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits ongrazing losses onlyfor native pasture, improved pasture, and small grains.
A massive sandstorm ravaged Egypt in early June. Violent winds laden with dust and sand severely disrupted traffic in the country. Its impact on agriculture, and arboriculture in particular, was grandiose, with entire harvests destroyed.
There is going to be fruit from Chile this season. That’s the sentiment North American importers have following this past weekend’s sizable rains and flooding in Chile--a weather event that has been described as the worst weather the country has seen in a decade.
Summer heat and unseasonal rains have affected the production of tomatoes and other vegetables in Tamil Nadu. This has led to an alarming rise in the prices of staple veggies in the state. On Monday, tomato prices touched Rs 100 per kg-mark in retail markets and the price of beans hit an all-time high of Rs 120 per kg.
Storms coming out of Chugwater and Hawk Springs, Wyo. led to tornados and hail in the Panhandle on Friday, June 23. “The primary storm tracked through Chugwater to Hawk Springs to Scottsbluff. It’s what we call a cyclic tornadic thunderstorm.
You can blame California's wild winter for all sorts of havoc this spring and summer: moldy, leaking roofs, plagues of mosquitoes, cabin fever.Giant, less-flavorful strawberries also deserve a spot on that list.
First the frost, then the excessive rain and then the flood... only hail was missing, and it hit the Romagna area on Jun 23rd, causing considerable damage between Ravenna and Cesena.