After untimely rain accompanied by hail and high-velocity winds damaged wheat and other crops in several parts of Punjab, chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced 25% encasement in compensation to farmers.
Short-term pain with some long-term gains. That's what California growers are facing following recent headline-making rains in key California growing regions such as the Salinas Valley.
The National Garlic Table held in Las Pedroñeras (Cuenca) discussed the reduction of production, drought, and the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic from China into the European Union.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said he has issued directions for a special “girdawari” (field inspection) to assess crop damage due to recent rains in the state. He asked the officials to complete the task within a week, asserting that there was no shortage of funds for giving compensation for crop loss.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that assistance is available for communities and agricultural producers affected by the severe weather and tornado that tore through Mississippi on March 25.
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel team has created a multi-part series highlighting agricultural losses incurred due to weather disasters and the associated disaster-assistance programs meant to help mitigate their impacts.
The Agriculture Department report about crop loss indicated that rabi crops on 1.74 lakh acres has suffered losses in Hisar district due to the recent rains and gusty winds, while another 1,190 acres of rabi crop suffered damage due to hailstorms.
In the Hex River Valley grape growers are warily watching threatening skies, again, as yet more rain is predicted for the Western Cape.“If it rains now it’ll cause big problems and the season will pretty much be at its end,” says an exporter.
Irish domestic consumption remains buoyant with the current weather. However, these conditions have put a halt to all field work and plantings. Exports continue to Portugal and Holland, with good appetite for more as stocks remain tight on the continent.
The Generalitat, through the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), finances the development of new digital tools for the early detection and prediction of the main pests that threaten citrus crops in the Valencian Community.
Punjab and Haryana is likely to be lashed by another spell of rain and thundershowers today and tomorrow. Hailstorm and strong winds may accompany the lightening and thunderstorm, adding fuel to the fire, to cause damage to the Rabi crops.
Preliminarily, Monterey County officials and agricultural experts have indicated that crop losses from the torrential rains that have hit the Salinas Valley this year could easily top $500 million.
Temperatures dipped into the upper teens in some of North Carolina's western counties earlier in the week and that took a big toll on fruit growers.Howard Taylor says his peach crop at KT’s Orchard in Canton is now a total loss.
The strawberry sector in Egypt is suffering disruptions due to unfavorable weather conditions, according to Mohammed Ezzat, CEO of the producer Green Nile.Ezzat explains: "The season started with a cold snap that affected the Ismailia region in particular, and damaged the strawberry crops.
Unseasonal rains and hailstorm in parts of Telangana have damaged standing crops in more than 1.50 lakh acres, according to initial estimates by the state government.The unexpected rains and hail storms due to the trough over the state caused huge losses to farmers, who were hoping to reap the Rabi harvest in a few days.
2022 will go into the record books as the third-costliest year for weather disasters in U.S. history, with an estimated $165 billion in total economic losses.In the agriculture sector, new analysis by American Farm Bureau Federation economists in the latest Market Intel shows extreme weather caused more than $21 billion in crop losses.