Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Fernando Mattos has announced that the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou was extending the agricultural and livestock emergency until April.
Farmers in Kwanza, Trans Nzoia County are staring at huge losses and food shortages following invasion of their farms bymonkeys.With drought in parts of the country, the animals have overrun local farms, destroyed crops and extended their damage to homesteads.
A preliminary report prepared by the local office of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department on the basis of a survey conducted to assess the crop losses has revealed that severe cold and frost have caused damage to around 90 per cent of the mustard crop in the district.
Sugarcane growers in the NorthQueenslandtown of Ingham are facing major crop losses due to the biggest native rat plague the town has seen in decades.Numbers of the native canefield rat,Rattus sordidus,have exploded due to a “perfect storm” of weather conditions, a scenario that experts say will become more common as the climate crisis worsens.
University of Florida scientists will use artificial intelligence technology to quantify damage to fruits and vegetables caused by extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Ian. When Ian struck on Sept. 28, it brought winds up to 155 mph andcaused as much as $1.56 billion in damage to crops, livestock and aquaculture products in its path, according to preliminary estimates from UF/IFAS.
The weather is one factor that is as uncontrollable as it is decisive in fruit and vegetable campaigns. At this same time last year, Storm Filomena hit Spain with, literally, paralyzing cold, while this year, January started in Andalusia after the warmest December on record, with 2.9 degrees above average in the region.
Residents around the region could breathe a sigh of relief Tuesday afternoon as Monterey County officials lifted, or at the least downgraded, any lasting evacuation orders for local communities that have been in place since last week.
A tropical agriculture pest that destroys maize crops and sweetcorn has been found in the South Island for the first time, says a farming group.The fall armyworm had causedmillions of dollars worth of crop damage in China, the United States and across Africa.
Victoria County farmer Kenneth Hanslik replanted winter crops after a hard freeze in late December damaged various vegetables.Last month Hanslik lost his red beets, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. He estimated 80% of two onion varieties on his property were killed by the freezing conditions.
An insurance policy which covers sugar beet growers for frost damage has been triggered following the recent spell of freezing weather.NFU Sugar and British Sugar have confirmed that the 2022 frost insurance policy has been actioned after a further week of wintry weather in which temperatures have plunged below zero on successive nights.
Major chilli growerDharwad district has seen a severe loss of chilli crop and a reduction in sowing area this time, resulting in a shortage of dry red chilli in the wholesale market and a high price.
A soon-to-be-released report will estimate Florida’s agriculture industry sustained about $1.07 billion in damages from Hurricane Ian, with growers of citrus, vegetable and horticultural crops taking the biggest hits from the wind, rains and flooding.
Bharatiya Janata Party MPRajyavardhan Rathore on Wednesday urged Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to announce a relief package for the farmers as they have suffered huge losses.
Experts in Tanzania are working hard to stop a banana disease threatening one of the leading food staples in the country. Known as Fusarium wilt TR4 and first detected in 2013, the disease is feared to severely impact on banana production if left unchecked.
In the last ten years, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, members of the Southern Cone, recorded a 56% increase in agricultural production, compared to 29% of the global average.
The snowfall that recently hit the southern region of Azerbaijan caused serious damage to citrus orchards in Astara.Almost all citrus growers of the village faced the problem. Farm owners cannot make a profit this year and are in despair.