India - Around 10 states, 5 UTs not implementing crop insurance scheme PMFBY
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said 10 states and five union territories are currently not implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
10.02.2023
10.02.2023
Canada - Weekend cold snap caused ‘devastating’ losses to Nova Scotia vineyards
The extreme cold snap on the weekend caused extensive losses to Nova Scotia’s vineyards.“It’s going to be a widespread, horrific, devastating event,” Steve Ells of the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia said Thursday.
10.02.2023
USA - Hillsborough’s agriculture losses from Hurricane Ian 2nd highest in state
Economists at the University of Florida have narrowed the estimated agricultural losses from Hurricane Ian to $1.03 billion statewide, and Hillsborough County was No. 2 in the state at $104.4 million, the university said Thursday.
09.02.2023
Malaysia - Vegetable shortage due to unpredictable weather still ongoing
Unpredictable weather has affected the production of vegetables in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands, causing shortages and prices to double. Cameron Highlands Vegetable Growers Association secretary Chay Ee Mong said the January to March period usually sees dry weather in the highlands.
09.02.2023
USA - USDA grants to fund Cornell research projects supporting New York State communities
The United States Department of Agriculture is set to provide$3.8 millionto fund various Cornell research projects supporting agriculture, rural communities and local economies in New York State.
09.02.2023
Spain - Murcia's countryside prepares for the cold
Farmers are working non-stop. We need to save the iceberg lettuce crop. It is the only production left in all of Europe, as the low temperatures have practically ravaged all the crops in the places where it's grown.
09.02.2023
USA - Florida citrus forecast takes another hit, lowest amount since 1935 season
The forecast of Florida’s orange production dropped again Wednesday, as efforts intensify to assist citrus growers who sustained damage in Hurricane Ian, on top of a historic season with the lowest amount since the Great Depression.
09.02.2023
India - West Bengal's potato farmers stare at huge losses despite good harvest
Potato growers in West Bengal say they are facing losses of more than Rs 7,000 per bigha of land as market prices of the crop have dropped.“We have done our duty as farmers. We tilled the land, and in a conducive atmosphere this year, the productivity is supposed to be good.
09.02.2023
USA - UF economists narrow estimate of ag losses from Hurricane Ian to $1.03 billion
After months of gathering and analyzing data, University of Florida economists have refined the estimate of agricultural losses due to Hurricane Ian: $1.03 billion.This number is an estimate of the total value of seasonal crops, livestock, nursery and aquaculture products that will not be harvested or marketed as a result the category 4 storm.
08.02.2023
Chile - Potential damage to fruit production areas being assessed
The fruit export sector of Chile is busy assessing any potential damage that raging wildfires could have caused in the 7th largest production area in the south-central part of the country around the Chillan city in the Bío Bío region and Nuble province, where apples, blueberry, cherries and some table grapes and other fruit are grown.
08.02.2023
Brazil - More than 2,700 hectares of apples and pears impacted by hail in Río Negro
In the early hours of Thursday February 2, farms located to the south of Route 22 were hit by heavy hail. The storm moved south, later affecting farms on the coast of the Negro River.
08.02.2023
India - After massive crop damage, Maharashtra onion farmers stare at more losses
Onion farmers in Maharashtra are facing losses as the selling price of the staple has dropped to an all-time low, hovering at Rs 9-11 per kilogram. The farmers have demanded the average price be increased at least to Rs 20-22 to overcome the expenses in growing the produce.
08.02.2023
UK - New insect genome database to better target crop protection
A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging pests worldwide has been made available in a bid to better target crop protection.It includes some of the most common pest threats faced by UK farmers including wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle, as well as other globally important species.
08.02.2023
Zimbabwe - Quelea birds ravage sorghum, millet crops in Chiredzi, Nyamandlovu
Quelea birds are currently ravaging sorghum and millet fields in two districts in Masvingo and Matabeleland North provinces in the country threatening food security and livelihoods for smallholder farmers in these areas, a chief government entomologist says.
08.02.2023
India - Tiruchy farmers in a spot as yield loss norms make only 50 in district eligible for rain damage relief
The state government on Monday announced relief for the loss of yield to the tune of 33% or more for ready-for-harvest paddy crop affected by unseasonal heavy rainfall earlier this month has put several farmers in the district in a spot as only 50 of them, that too in Tiruverumbur block alone, qualify for the compensation of Rs 20,000 per hectare.
07.02.2023
Zimbabwe - Why farmers are shifting to bees
Smallholder farmers in Village M—a farming community south of the eastern border city of Mutare in Zimbabwe—have, for years, enjoyed bumper harvests of maize and other crops.