The California Table Grape Commission has revealed the damage Hurricane Hilary has caused to the state’s crop with initial losses estimated at 25m boxes (8.6kg).Hurricane Hilary delivered wind and rain to many of California’s table grape vineyards at the end of August, during peak harvest time for most of the 90 varieties grown in the state.
Damage to the crops caused bySuper Typhoon Goring (international name: Saola), Severe Tropical Storm Hanna (international name: Haikui), and the southwest monsoon or “habagat” has reached P375 million, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Farmers in several districts of the state are struggling to save their crops due to intermittent power supply that has hit irrigation.Most of the 44,000 water pump sets in the state are able to irrigate crops only partially for this reason.
In Malaga province, growers are delaying planting crops due to ongoing drought concerns and fears of water shortages. According to President of the provincial young farmers' association Asaja, Baldomero Bellido, this would impact particularly on tomatoes, onions and peppers.
For marketing year (MY) 2022/23, fresh lemon production estimates have been revised to 1.65 million metric tons (MMT), down 6.5 percent from the official USDA estimate due to continued adverse weather and poor economic conditions, especially for smaller producers.
Yesterday, growers and shippers across the Southeast were highly attuned to their weather and hurricane trackers as they watched for developments of Hurricane Idalia. Here is what they had to share about the impending storm at press time.
The Andrews Labor Government is bolstering fruit growers’ capacity to combat against the Queensland fruit fly (QFF) – delivering grants to ensure Victoria is well protected from the pest.
Farming is inherently risky, a profession that always involves an expectation of loss and damage. But among many farmers, peaches are considered an unpredictable crop, with high risks and high rewards.
Super Typhoon Goring has left an initial PHP189.1 million worth of losses to crops in Cagayan Valley, the Department of Agriculture-Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DA-DRRM) reported on Wednesday.
With the days running out for the present Kharif season, farmers of the Kurnool district are expressing concern as the district has recorded deficit rainfall this year. The agriculture officials are warning of severe crop loss if the situation continues for another week.
With harvest underway across the province, farmers north of Winnipeg are holding their breath to see exactly how bad thehail damagefrom last week’s storm is.In St. Andrews, farmerCurtis McRaeis assessing his canola fields before he begins harvest Tuesday night.
Last week’s temperatures in Iowa averaged about 10 degrees above normal — and much of the state had little or no rainfall — which led to a substantial decline in crop conditions, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday.
The absence of rains throughout August has sent out alarm bells ringing across India as the fate of standing kharif crops is now uncertain. Farmers and trade organizations say if the rains do not resume within the next few weeks, substantial crop loss is expected, especially in peninsular India.
Above average rain is expected in various parts of the country in October-November-December.This is expected to lead to floods, post-harvest losses and displacement of communities, according to the latest forecast shared by Kenya Meteorological Department Director Dr David Gikungu.
Jack Frost wore out his welcome last spring, delivering a steady stream of overnight freezes that left the apple country with a short crop and in some cases less than supermarket quality fresh apples.
On the map of the US Drought Monitor, a joint project of federal agencies and the University of Nebraska, coloured warningscover the landscape. It’s abnormally dry in Michigan. Minnesota is in moderate drought.