Agroinsurance

Argentina - Farmers struggle as drought withers their crops

The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be green and lush this time of year. He grabs a soy plant and easily disintegrates its leaves with his hands.

India - Bad weather flattens crop on 10% area of wheat farms, 5 districts of Punjab most hit

The hailstorm coupled with rain and strong cyclonic winds has played spoilsport for the much- expected bumper wheat crop in Punjab this year. Around 4 lakh hectares (9.88- lakh acres), which comes to over 10% of the total wheat crop, is under heavy lodging (flattening).

India - Telangana CM announces Rs 10,000 per acre compensation for crop losses due to rains

The Telangana state government announced Rs 10,000 compensation per acre for crops thatwere damaged in the recent untimely rains across the state.Standing crops like paddy, mango, maize, and horticulture crops were damaged in the recent rains and hailstorms in several parts of the state last week.

USA - USDA grants disaster assistance to Wyoming agricultural producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering recovery assistance for livestock losses in Wyoming, in addition to Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.Agricultural operations in Wyoming were significantly impacted by recent snowstorms, promptingGovernor Gordon to request disaster designationfor all 23 counties.

Sri Lanka - As crop-raiding animals reach an all-time high, food-crisis looks for solutions

Arjuna Jinadasa owns a plot of land full of coconut trees inKurunegala, in northwestern Sri Lanka, where he enjoys a good produce of about 3,000 coconuts a month. With Sri Lanka’s traditional cuisine heavily reliant on coconut milk, it’s a crop with high demand.

India - Rain, hailstorm lead to crop loss across 80K hectare in Maharashtra

Spells of unseasonal rain, accompanied by hailstorm and lightning, have extensively damaged rabi crops in parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and north Maharashtra.

Spain - Huelva's blueberry and strawberry production decreased by 25% and 30%, respectively

The Association of Strawberry Producers and Exporters of Huelva, Freshuelva, has calculated that, as the strawberry campaign nears its midpoint, production is 30% lower than on the same date last season and that it will be very hard to recover from this fall in the rest of the campaign.

USA - Supply gaps imminent for California spring vegetables following record rains

Gaps are on their way. That’s the conclusion following California’s continued rains and their effect on the spring row vegetable crops.“There have been short-term challenges such as getting products in and out of the field because it’s so wet.

India - Farmers to be given relief of Rs 32,000 a hectare for crop loss

Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced that farmers would be given a relief amount of Rs 32,000 a hectare for crops loss of over 50 percent due to hailstorm and untimely rains in the state.

Spain - The Region of Murcia's extra-early stone fruit harvest is expected to be 15 days delayed

Pascual Hortelano of FECOAM, the federation of horticultural cooperatives of Murcia, confirmed that the production of extra early stone fruit, which has already suffered losses due to frost, is behind schedule this year.

USA - Cover crops help mitigate farmer losses

A North Carolina State University study suggests that cover crops – or crops grown in between cash-crop seasons – can help keep Midwestern soil drier and healthier, thereby preventing losses incurred when farmers can’t plant cash crops because of flooding or excessive soil moisture.

India - States start survey of crop damage due to rains, hailstorm

Untimely rains and hailstorms over the past few days damaged crops in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and other parts of northern India.

India - Rain, winds flatten wheat crop, may delay harvesting by 15 days

Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and hailstorm in many parts of the state has added to the woes of farmers. The farmers are likely to suffer a loss of over 10 per cent of their yield.

India - Punjab CM announces survey to assess damage to wheat crop due to rain in state

This rabi season, wheat has been sown over 34.9 lakh hectares in the state and the crop is at the maturing stage. It will be ready for harvest in two-three weeks.Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday ordered a girdawari (survey) to assess the damage to the wheat crop due to the rain in the state over the past three days.

USA - How record rainfall is impacting California’s strawberries

Watch and wait. That’s where California strawberry growers are at following late last week’s record rainfalls and subsequent flooding in the Salinas-Watsonville region.