The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Rajewal, and five other farmers’ organisations today held a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, demanding compensation for the damage caused by the floods.
We can expect lower volumes for the Polish apples, as cold weather early in the cultivation period destroyed some of the crops, says Emilia Lewandowska, office manager for Polish fruit exporter Fruit-Group: “The apple crop in Poland will be lower compared to last season.
The New York apple crop could be down by approximately 20 percent in volume this 2023-2024 season. “Most of this is attributed to the frost in the spring at bloom time. It’s region-specific and different varieties have different timing,” says Tim Mansfield with Sun Orchard Fruit Co.
The 2023 Greek grape season looks very strange. The only positive thing is, that it will be much better than 2024, 2025, 2026 and after that. The weather has been getting more and more erratic, with wild changes.
"For Sicilian lemons, it has been a complicated year with little produce available, so much so that we have remained deeply dissatisfied," reports Salvo Magliocco, manager of Cooperativa PASAM Agrumi in Syracuse (Sicily), specializing in the production and commercialization of femminello lemons holding the organic and Demeter certifications.
The Region of Murcia, through the Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (Imida), has developed a data integration platform that allows optimizing the use and frequency of irrigation, determining the number of nutrients that plants need, and anticipating climate risks.
With around 50% deficient rain in Hisar, farmers are fearing crop failure in the kharif season. Adjoining Jind, Fatehabad and Bhiwani districts, too, have received deficient rains, posing a threat of withering of crops, mainly paddy and cotton.
Nearly two weeks after tropical storm Hilary swept through California, we're now getting a better sense of how the agriculture industry was impacted.Grape growers say they've suffered a huge loss, the highest since 1994.
Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said that e-girdawari has been carried out for the crops damaged due to floods in the state and the compensation for it would be given by September-end.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it is expanding crop insurance options with a new Grapevine insurance program, which will provide coverage for loss of grafted vines caused by natural perils such as freeze or fire.
The Marathwada region of Maharashtra saw insufficient rainfall so far this year. This, combined with dried-up soil, a rise in temperature and infection in fruits, might result in the production of sweet limes dropping drastically, an expert said on Wednesday.
Hurricane Idalia damaged farms in northeast Florida and south Georgia. Of course, distance from the eye and the storm’s path made a difference in agricultural losses. At this point, vegetables and orchards received the highest reported damage.
The Greek pears are sitting comfortably in the cold chambers, says Greek pear exporter Paris Karastergios, of Karastergiou Bros: “The Greek pear season is in full swing. Harvest is now finished and we are storing the harvested fruit in cold chambers to last us the reast of the season.
Although Jersey potato traders were able to negotiate a better price from UK supermarkets this year to help cover rising costs, blight and poor weather still made it a difficult season.
The Unió Llauradora has reported the presence in southern France of a new species of whitefly not present in our agriculture:Alerucanthus spiniferus(Quaintance), which is attacking 102 plant species, including citrus fruits, and is also extremely voracious.
Prolonged drought and record heat are threatening soybean yields in several key growing states across the Midwest. With most of the soybean crop still in the critical pod-setting phase that depends on moisture in August, persistent dry conditions are lowering yield projections and raising concerns about the availability of supplies.