Research from the Institute for Sustainable Food at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom has investigated the reasons for post-harvest loss of crops produced in the Morogoro region of Tanzania.
India’s wheat crop this year has been hit because of excessive rainfall in the crucial month of March, when the crop enters the vital grain-filling stage and gets ready for harvesting in April.
Following March’s unsettled weather in California, what does this mean for the state’s cherry season? “The outlook is good--we’re optimistic the crop will be above average,” says Nick Lucich of Delta Packing Co, noting that the 10-year average is 6.2 million boxes of cherries.
"The anticyclone in Spain during the last days, which is responsible for the high daytime temperatures during Easter, has also caused a significant drop in temperatures during several consecutive dawns and caused frost damage to different agricultural productions in different areas," Agroseguro reported.
Kapiris Bros' current growing season for gourmet and Roma tomatoes is taking place in Two Wells, South Australia, this typically runs from October right through to May, but they will most likely be harvesting until June this season.
Despite the peak of snowmelt in Utah not yet being reached, farmers are already experiencing the negative impacts of excessive moisture, putting crops at risk and potentially leading to diminished and delayed harvests.
The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF)todevelop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide when and how to treat fall armyworm (FAW) to save their crops and finances.
Clear skies don’t signal the end of a weather disaster. It’s easy to see that in the small Central California farming town of Pajaro. In March, a nearby river breached a levee after days of heavy rainfall, leaving much of the small farming town underwater.
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.
Climate change is an ever-present reality. Everyone on the planet feels the effects, but especially people in low-income countries and those who depend on specific climate conditions and natural resources to survive: the world’s smallholder farmers.
According to French geological service BRGM, low groundwater levels are putting France on course for a worse summer drought than last year. The nation suffered its worst drought on record last summer and, like most of Europe, has faced a dry winter that has prompted concerns over water security across the continent.
The lack of rainfall during spring is increasing the level of plant stress and producers are increasingly more concerned about crop development, especially in the south of the country.
Placido Perez Chuecos, the president of COAG in Lorca, stated that the lack of rain was making producers rethink the summer campaign, which focuses mainly on watermelon and melon, and that this lack of water could affect the caliber of the fruit.
Giving a healing touch to the farmers who had suffered huge loss due to heavy rains across the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday started the process to disburse compensation to the farmers with the State Government distributing Rs 40 crore on its maiden day.
Farmers should pay close attention to potential rootworm issues this season, especially in northern Illinois.After a drop in populations following the release of Bt corn, which contains a protein initially toxic to the pest, a growing number of corn rootworms developed resistance to the trait.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday started the process of distributing compensation to farmers for crop damage caused by untimely rains.According to an official statement, the government distributed R 40 crore to farmers.