Mike Colizzi had already been keeping a wary eye on this spring's weather.First came the 80-degree days in April that caused his grapevines to bud. This was worrisome because the tender green shoots would be vulnerable to a spring frost.
Pete Samuelson’s farm roots run deep.His family history is tied to their land in Southwest Minnesota.“My son is the fifth generation,” he says. “So, 1899 was when it started.”But the soggy spring has not been kind to their 1000-acre farm in Cottonwood County.
When the rain comes down in buckets and at the wrong time, much of an entire year's work can be lost just like that. It happened to Adriano Vena, a grower from Montalbano Jonico, a village in the southern Italian province of Matera.
This summer, there will be a lack of apricots, cherry plums, and early sweet cherries. The harvest of plums, cherries, and late sweet cherries is also uncertain as it depends on the weather in the second half of May.
New Zealand’s apple production is projected to drop significantly to 453,000 metric tons (MT), as crop damage from Cyclone Gabrielle continues to negatively impact agriculture in the country.
Roy Petteway is a sixth-generation citrus grower."We have 4-500 acres of citrus crops in the three-county area," said Roy Petteway, owner of Petteway Groves Service.It's no secret Florida citrus is a vital contributor to the economy in the sunshine state.
"We've lost a colleague, an acquaintance, a friend. The loss of life is the worst result of the catastrophe that struck Cesena and the regions of Emilia-Romagna and De Marche [in Italy] on May 16," Matteo Evangelisti, Biondi Giulio's manager, told FreshPlaza on Wednesday.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced plans to roll out $3.7 billion inEmergency Relief Program (ERP)and Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) assistance to crop and livestock producers who sustained losses due to a qualifying natural disaster event in calendar year 2022.
The table grape season is about to kick off in Morocco, with the first harvests expected by the end of May. Volumes will be impacted by the climatic abnormalities and drought that the country is experiencing, although the damage is not of the same severity depending on the region, according to Elana Shabaily, marketer at Les Vergers du Soleil.
‘Frost’ is a word no farmer wants to hear in the month of May, but that’s exactly what many farmers across Northeast Ohio found when they woke up.Hundley Cellars in Geneva is perhaps one of the hardest-hit.
The cold weather in Poland will have an impact on the soft fruit production, says Emilia Lewandowska, office manager for Polish fruit exporter Fruit-Group: “This year we have a cold spring in Poland.
Vermont fruit growers will be watching their crop in the coming days after a late-May frost hit most of the state. Temperatures dropped into the high 20s early Thursday morning and there is a potential for widespread damage to apple, strawberry and blueberry crops.
In a worrisome development, Pakistan’s mango crop is facing significant challenges due to the impact of seasonal changes this year, leading to concerns of a 20% decrease in production. Experts warn that the effects of these changes have resulted in a limited yield of up to 1.4 million metric tons, down from the expected output.
The Quebec crop is expected to be way down off of last year’s record breaker.Vallier Chabot, co-owner of CDL told The Maple News that the Quebec crop could be off by 30 percent.
Things seem to be changing when it comes to garlic. "The situation is rather complicated in southern Italy due to the prolonged rain of past few weeks and to forecasts for the next few days. All of this humidity could compromise quality.
Four consecutive years of drought have gotten the better of Tunisian producers and forced them to abandon several crops in favor of others, also motivated by government measures in this direction. Selmi Mohameddhia, a Tunisian agronomist, comments on the situation.