That’s why producers are encouraged to get crop-hail insurance to protect their farming livelihood. In fact, according to the National Crop Insurance Services, in 2021, crop insurance protected 24.1 million acres. and provided $7.4 billion in liability protection in North Dakota.
Floodwaters from an overflowing Lake Success reached the Tule River next to Joseph Goni’s Tulare family dairy on March 15, in the middle of the night, much faster than he had expected.
Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Tuesday instructed the party workers to collect the information of farmers who lost crops in the recent unseasonal rainfall in order to bring pressure on the government.
Just a few days ago, the Commission for the Guadalquivir Hydrographic Demarcation agreed to start the irrigation campaign with a discharge of 385 hm³ for the irrigation of crops under the General Regulation System, which, as detailed by the body itself, covers more than 345,000 hectares.
State heaved a sigh of relief from heatwave conditions as rain lashed several parts bringing the maximum temperature down by two to four degree Celsius. However, the downpour damaged the crops causing significant loss to farmers.
The harvest of the earliest summer fruit varieties in the districts of la Costera and Vall d'Albaida is about to start and producers have confirmed that the plum has, once again, experienced a bad setting that will lead to a 70% decrease in its harvest, according to the first estimates.
Bihar’s cooperative department on Tuesday said farmers can register compensation claims on its website for losses due to unseasonal rain and hailstorm in March.The cooperative department will compensate farmers for the loss in yield under its crop assistance scheme in addition to financial help given by the agriculture department.
Researchers at four universities — three in the U.S. and one in China — say that increasingly warmer weather patterns in the Corn Belt could increase the growth of a toxin that would swell farmers’ losses and threaten an important food source over the next two decades.
It’s important to acknowledge the challenges that farmers face in order to produce our food, despite the fact that we benefit from their hard work. Farming plays a crucial role in feeding the world’s population, but it faces various challenges that can affect the farmers’ incomes.
Heatwaves in India are not only affecting the health of the people but also impacting the economic and developmental goals of the country. A new study has revealed the impact of scorching heat on India's agriculture, economy, and public health.
According to the specialists from the Federation of Agricultural Producers of Moldova FARM, Moldovan vegetable growers suffer losses due to the prolonged April rainfall. Some onion crops could not be effectively protected from weeds, so the fields will be cultivated with discs and reseeded.
The muskmelon farmers in Punjab are facing losses due to fusarium wilt attack on their crop. It has also affected the quality of the fruit. The horticulture officials have advised farmers to use fungicide and get proper guidance from the officials in this regard.
A cold front has caused temperatures to plunge across northern China, sparking concern about damage to fruit and vegetable crops and driving investors to bet on production losses.
Several tea gardens have been severely affected by hailstorms in Assam, India’s largest tea producer, leaving planters worried about the premium variety second flush tea.
This spring has seen a series of news stories about the damage and loss of commercial peach crops. The culprit here in New England was an extreme cold snap on Feb. 4, when the temperature in Concord hit minus 15 degrees, and minus 20 at my farm in Weare.
More than 100 houses were blown away and crops across several villages of Nabarangpur block were destroyed due to heavy hailstorms and thundershowers on Sunday night.