Looking ahead to a new year and a new production season with optimism is exciting, and there are plenty of good reasons for farmers to be in a positive mindset for ’23. Challenges can create opportunities, too, so even the less-good can end up manageable with the right plan.
Congress plowed through its final work of the year Thursday with the U.S. Senate passing a $1.7 trillion spending bill to fund the government -- including USDA programs -- through the end of the fiscal year.
Orange production is expected to decline in Australia in marketing year (MY) 2022/23 to 505,000 metric tons (MT) from an estimated 535,000 MT in MY 2021/22. However, exports are forecast to rise to 180,000 MT from an estimated 145,000 MT in MY 2021/22, due to an anticipated substantial improvement in fruit quality.
Farmers of about 50 Hisar villages are unable to sow rabi crops on 2,058 acres of agricultural land, due to waterlogged fields following rain in September.They said it was a double whammy for them as they had lost the previous (kharif) crop and were also set to miss the next (rabi) season due to inundation.
Over the past weeks, the Russian pig industry suffered 500 million roubles ($ 8.5 million) in losses from African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks, the Russian national union of agricultural insurers estimated.
Earlier this year, a Grain SA survey indicated that 22% of grain producers in South Africa had lost more than 60% of their white maize plantings to water damage in 2022. Unfortunately, these events, such as the locust outbreak earlier this year and ongoing load shedding, continue to threaten farming assets, crops and livestock, leaving vulnerable farmers with mounting expenses.
Farmers across north-east Victoria and the Goulburn Valley say post-floodinvestmentin roads and infrastructure is crucial as they look to bounce back from a wet spring.The Victorian Farmers Federation said while there wascautious optimism following improved weather conditions after a flood-ravaged spring, a number of challenges remained.
Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), the claims paid to the farmers have dropped by 48.7 per cent in the current year. The scheme was launched in 2016, across the country.
Data released by theUnited Nations shows that about 278 million people in Africa, around one- fifth of the continent’s total population, are affected by hunger as of 2021. This figure is about 50 million higher than in 2019.
The situation caused by the drought in citrus cultivation in Corrientes is certainly complex. There's been a significant drop in production that will impact the price of fruit, which is already scarce.
Cattle and crops are in harm’s way as winter weather sweeps across the nation.In the Northern Plains, cattle producers are expecting brutally cold temperatures plunging from -20 to -35 degrees.
“The 2022 season was a trying season for Australian growers,” according to Richard Haynes, National Account Manager at Elders and Director at Potatoes South Australia. “Overall yields were back from the 2021 season which saw an oversupply towards the back end of the year.
Farmers across the country seem to have decided to ditch the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana (PMBFY) for the current Rabi season. Both applications and number of farmers have dipped this season with area under insurance also reporting a sharp dip.
Festive dinner plates may be short on carrots this holiday season owing to crop damage brought on by Hurricane Fiona.The storm brushed past the island as a Category 4 hurricane in September when carrots were growing.
A lettuce disease called Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) has resulted in lettuce shortages across North America. The virus hit the Salinas Valley in California this fall, an area that produces about 50 percent of all the lettuce eaten in the US.
The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) has become the world's number one crop insurance scheme in terms of farmer applications enrolled, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed Parliament on Tuesday.