Spain has officially entered a period of long-term drought, owing to high temperatures and low rainfall over the past three years, and likely faces another year of heatwaves and forest fires.
The disproportionately low rainfall received in the northern regions of the country is likely to lead to a drought, which could leave thousands of people at risk of starvation due to crop failure.
After storms in December and January caused over $200 million in crop damage from wind, rain and floods, damage from recent flooding from the Pajaro and Salinas rivers in Monterey County has caused hundreds of millions of dollars more in losses, theCalifornia Strawberry Commissionreports.
After adevastating crop loss in early Marchthis year, Maharashtra farmers received another blow as heavy rains and hailstormson March 16-17, 2023, flattened their ready-to-harvest crops.
The onion shortage in the European market has made for an entirely different start to the import season. "I've not experienced this very often in my onion trading career. The 2018/2019 season was also memorable, but now it's even more extreme; the madness has begun very early," begins Jan van der Lans.
Officine Mingozzi implemented a flame treatment to solve the woolly aphid problem, using their own machines.Leonhard Losch's Azienda Agricola boidinamica Friulana, located in Chiopris Visconte (Udine), has been applying this technique successfully since 2017.
On Friday, March 10, the floor of the Salinas Valley received nearly three inches of rain, while as much as six inches fell in the mountains on both sides of the valley. Additional rains were forecast in the Salinas Valley on March 13 and 14.
Changes in the climate system become larger in direct relation to increasing global warming, and increasing heat stress will trigger extreme weather across parts of India and crop damage, according to experts and meteorologists.
The recent back-to-back storms are hitting California's critical agricultural regions, and they may also impact the U.S. food supply.Supervisor Luis Alejo from Monterey County said, "The pain is going to be prolonged for many weeks and months. This should have been the beginning of the harvest season."
The sudden return to bitter temperatures is taking a toll on area crops and plants, especially the more vulnerable ones, like peaches.Howard Taylor, the owner of KT's Orchard and Apiary in Canton, said the bitter cold in the past week has taken about a 40% hit on his peach crop.
More than 200 people have been confirmed killed by Cyclone Freddy, which tore through southern Malawi for a second time on Monday, washing away homes, roads, and farmers’ fields.Grace Joseph, in the tea-growing district of Thyolo, was one of the storm’s victims. Her maize crop was looking good this season.
This year, the unusual frosts in the Vega Baja have ruined crops in the Guadalentin valley. This, however, was not the case for artichoke, as its price has increased by 150% since last November when the season began.
Ag growers and shippers in affected parts of California are taking stock following late last week and the weekend’s rains, and the ones still coming.The Central Coast particularly has seen significant rain and cooler-than-normal temperatures over the past several weeks, and another atmospheric river is forecast to bring heavy rain and wind through Wednesday.
When frigid temperatures hit the region around Christmas, most of us bundled up. By February, we had nearly forgotten about those temperatures. For one small group of Southern Illinoisans, those frigid temperatures could change their business outlook.
After a slowdown in Moroccan soft fruit exports at the end of 2022 due to inflation in Europe which disrupted consumer behavior, the cold snap in Morocco in early 2023 dealt another blow to producers.
Some local growers may be getting too much of a good thing. The rain hitting California has been mostly positive for farmers, but they are still seeing some negative impacts brought on by the storms.