The South African Table Grape Industry (Sati) together with the Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum (FPEF) reflected on the past 2022/2023 table grape season, which they described as a challenging one. This is due to various unpredictable factors, such as unexpected weather patterns.
Maria and Antonio Gordini are crying bitter tears as they report how the flood of May 3rd 2023 swept away their orchards, damaged their home and destroyed their possessions.
Garlic farmers are worried about the yellow rust disease in the Rajgarh area (Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh) as the harvest is approaching. They claim the disease is taking a heavy toll of their production.
The strawberry crop , which is grown on hundreds of acres of land in the Ushirai Dara area of Dir Upper, is being affected by a dangerous type of insect, causing serious damage to local landowners and farmers.
Unseasonal and heavy rainfall in the last two months has destroyed standing crops in many parts of the country. At this time, the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), should provide some relief to the distressed farmers who have lost their crops and incomes.
Farmer Ganpatram Bheda, 66, fears he will lose his two acres of land in northwest India after scarce rainfall and extreme cold in recent years hit crop yields, trapping him in a web of loans with little help from the state to overcome his financial woes.
The growing period for the Turkish cherries has been rather positive, says Belit Balci, deputy managing director of Turkish fresh produce exporter Alara Tarim: “The weather conditions are favourable during the cherry production period.
Agriculture and Food Minister Maria do Céu Antunes has signed an order recognizing a drought situation in 40% of the country’s southern region late last week. This will also activate measures to support farmers, she announced on May 8.
The wind gusts of more than 70 km/h caused by Cold Front #52 at the end of April toppled a considerable part of the Manila mango production, scheduled for 2023, in the municipalities of Actopan and Puente Nacional, stated Guillermo Palmeros Marin, the president of Veracruz's Mango Producers State Council.
According to Tim Boring, director of Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board, Michigan is the largest asparagus grower in the nation. Jamie Clover Adams, executive director of the same organization, stated: “When you are out shopping for asparagus, be sure to look for the ‘Product of Michigan’ or ‘Product of the U.S.’ on the purple band.
Some kiwifruit growers won’t make any money this year, as four major weather events are tipped to lead to the smallest green crop in 20 years.The latest Zespri crop estimate said the company expected to export about 136 million trays of green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit this season.
As per the State Disaster Management Authority, the losses suffered in the agriculture sector from March 1 to May 8 amount to a shade over Rs 40 crore while the horticulture sector has suffered over Rs 63 crore losses.
What were once bright red strawberries hoping to soon be picked and savored by jolly springtime customers at Strawberries on 903 in Pitt County, are now laying in standing water battered and bruised by hail.
Senior Telugu Desam leader Kanna Lakshminarayana demanded Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government provide Rs 50,000 per acre as compensation for commercial crops and Rs 25,000 per acre for pulses and millets to the farmers who suffered crop loss due to the recent rains.
In a world of worsening heatwaves, flooding, drought, glacial melting, megafires and other calamities of a changing climate, Gary Gragg is an optimist.As California warms, Gragg — a nurseryman, micro-scale farmer and tropical fruit enthusiast — looks forward to the day that he can grow and sell mangoes in Northern California.
Farm and commodity trade association leaders lobbied for updating commodity programs and strengthening crop insurance programs at a Tuesday hearing of the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry committee.