Harvest is underway of overwintered organic spinach in Ontario. “We had a fairly mild winter which helped the spinach survive really well. However, it was then subjected to impacts of the inconsistent weather we had this spring,” says Markus Pfenning of Pfenning’s Organic Vegetables Inc.
The Meghalaya government is extending premium support to the extent of 100 per cent towards the farmers of the State for both Kharif and Rabi seasons during 2023-24 under the Crop Insurance Scheme "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)".
Some unseasonal temperature changes this year wreaked havoc on crops that should be growing right now in Georgia.Farmers in the Peach State say the economic impact has been 'catastrophic.'
In Ukraine, the Russian army has blown up a dam in the night of June 5-6.The explosion of the dam of the Kakhovska hydroelectric power station is not only an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe that will lead to flooding of vast territories and many towns, but it will also affect food security.
The European Commission has approved an approximately €346 million (PLN 1.5 billion) Polish scheme to support agricultural producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.
An expert in fruit production and integrated pest management, Lentz was concerned about predictions of temperatures in the low 30s, which could spell trouble for fruit crops across the state.
Many summer products are weather sensitive, including tomatoes, for which the demand was not particularly strong in May. "The last few weeks have been difficult, with rather average prices, but we have still managed to sell our products," explains Christophe Rousse, president of the Solarenn cooperative.
"In the Emilia-Romagna region, many fields are under water, which has caused the loss of some crops such as melons and stone fruit. In Sicily, peaches and nectarines are also produced, and the flowering has been equally affected by the weather.
The pale potato cyst nematode (Globoder pallida) has been identified in a Zemgale potato farm. Potato cyst nematodes can cause significant damage to potatoes in warm, moderate, and cold climate regions.
Acting Regional Minister for Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Antonio Luengo, explained that the total area affected throughout the Region is around 7,755 hectares, including 2,480 hectares damaged in the Altiplano area.
With 70 hectares of open ground and ten hectares of greenhouse space, the Böck nursery can draw on a wide range of products. We spoke to farmer and managing director Florian Böck, who now represents the fifth generation to run the company, about the current tomato season as well as his own business.
Experts claim that changing weather patterns are hurting potato growth in Northern Ireland. Long periods of dry weather at present could affect crop yields later in the summer. A dry February allowed farmers to plant their early crops and rainfall that arrived later in the year has enabled farmers to lift their early harvest.
The first French apricots were harvested around May 15th, but the weather conditions have severely affected the start of the season. After a long period of drought, a strong storm and rainfall arrived around the 18th of May.
Following extreme temperature fluctuations over the winter, Nova Scotia looks as though it won’t be seeing a stone fruit crop this year. “The winter was extremely mild and we didn’t have the cold hardiness develop in the orchards that we generally have,” says Emily Lutz, executive director for the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Association, noting that it represents tree fruit for the most part and only about five percent of that is stone fruit.
The Latvian Association of Agricultural Cooperatives summed up the information on the situation in crop production in connection with the impact of spring frosts on fruit and berry orchards. It has been found that the damage may amount to about €10 million.
Kashmir strawberry farmers harvested a bumper crop this season. However, incessant rains in the last month caused a loss to the tune of 20 percent. According to the Meteorological Department, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded exceptionally high rainfall in May, making it one of the wettest months in the past decade.