The climate continues its relentless attack on the 2022/23 farming season, and last week’s high temperatures complicated the state of soybean and corn even more. But that’s not all: frosts expected in the coming days could cause more production loss, which would make this season’s harvest one of the lowest in 15 years.
With farmers not happy with the existing crop-cutting experiments (CCEs) for yield estimates of paddy crops for insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, the state government has decided to go for technology intervention to overcome various limitations in the current system of crop yield estimation in the insurance units.
“It was around seven in the evening. During a routine inspection in my field, I discovered a herd of seven-eight wild boars. They were big, some 2.5-3 feet in height. I was scared to chase them down as boars are known to attack people.
As New Zealanders cope with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand Apples and Pears member engagement manager Anna Lambourne said many members were displaced and in Tairawhiti and Hawke’s Bay evacuation centres. Apple and Pears’ first priority was staff wellbeing and welfare.
Widespread rain in the north has retarded the lemon harvest in Letsitele, Hoedspruit, Onderberg while Schoemanskloof, west of Nelspruit, reportedly saw some of the most flooding.
Last August, a crew of workers systematically confiscated every orange in a grower's in Valley Center, Calif. They buried the oranges—at least $500,000 worth of fruit in ditches on his neighbor’s property.
New Zealand’s 2023 kiwifruit harvest has kicked off amidst adverse weather, which is a challenge for some growers, while a lower volume of kiwifruit will be produced than in the previous year and the new red variety is the first to be picked.
The Obispo Colombres Experimental Agro-industrial Station from Tucumán-Argentina (EEAOC), together with the Siner, Efficatia, and Citromax companies, carried out a trial to evaluate using drones as a new insecticide application tool to control citrus miners in young plants.
A Kansas State University agricultural economist is encouraging farmers to know their options before considering a pair of crop insurance policies that would allow them to increase their coverage for row crops beyond what is allowed for individual policies.
South Carolina may be sunny and warm through much of the year, but it does getits fair share of severe weather. From damaging thunderstorms howling across the state to the devastation left behind by a tornadoor hurricane cutting its path, South Carolinians are familiar with storms.
The inconsistent and unusual weather is expected to wreak havoc on some fruit crops in Massachusetts this year, including peaches.Frank Carlson of Carlson Orchards in Harvard said acres of peach trees at his family’s farm may not have any peaches this summer.
In the Argentine town of Ciguena, rancher Andrés Betiger is fighting to keep his farm from going under amid the South American country's worst drought in sixty years, which has pummeled soy, corn and wheat crops and dented cattle herds.
The Kenyan government has launched anaerial bird control operationto cull more than 6 millionRed-billed Queleabirds that have invaded rice farms inKisumu County, located 354 kilometres (219 miles) from the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Farmers in the area claim that the birds havedestroyed more than 300 acres(120 hectares) of rice fields.
The central government has claimed the country’s wheat production is likely to set a new record in the crop year 2022-23. Farmers, however, seem to have less faith in these claims, with many worried about thetemperature rise reported early in February.
Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction behind in parts of Florida last year. The massive storm uprooted trees, ripped apart structures, and left some communities flooded. In eastern Manatee County, the agricultural industry took a big hit during the storm.
SBI General, one of India’s leading General Insurance Companies, has carried out a massive PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana) Policy Distribution Drive – “Meri Policy Mere Haath” under the “Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” Campaign to support Indian farmer communities in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, and Karnataka during the upcoming Rabi season.