There were high hopes for the Greek grape season of 2022, but George Saliaris-Fasseas, founder of Greek Grape Company, states it all turned ugly in September, thanks to the weather: “Before the grape season started, we were extremely enthusiastic.
According to the Canadian Crop Hail Association (CCHA), the Canadian crop hail industry provided a record-setting $10 billion in coverage as producers purchased more insurance in the wake of increasing input costs, inflation and strong crop prices.
Up to 60 per cent of the Sunraysiaregion's dried fruit worth millions of dollars could be lost as intense wet weather has led to an outbreak of downy mildew.Stretching across south-west New South Wales and north-westVictoria, Sunraysia grows 98 per cent of the country's dried fruit exports.
Farmers in Maharashtra are yet to receive Rs 516.34 crore of the compensation for crop loss during the Kharif season. A chunk of this amount is due from two public sector insurance companies, which are yet to deposit the amount in farmers’ accounts.
The number of insects splattered on vehicle number plates in Britain fell by 64% between 2004 and 2022, according to a survey.Each summer citizen scientists record the number of insect splats on their number plates on an app after a journey.
Researchers at the Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research (HPCGIR) Unit in Corvallis, Oregon, are developing new cultivars of not just blueberry, but also blackberry, red raspberry, black raspberry and strawberry to meet the needs of growers in the Pacific Northwest.
In marketing year (MY) 2021/22, citrus yields decreased due to frost during the winter in the Valparaíso, Metropolitana, and O’Higgins regions. FAS Santiago estimates lemon production to decrease by 30 percent to 140,000 metric tons (MT) in MY 2021/22 and to bounce back to 200,000 metric tons in MY 2022/23, assuming normal yields.
Texas is currently experiencing the worst drought since 2011, which cost the state’s economy about $7.62 billion in direct agricultural losses and nearly $17 billion in total losses.
Athirdof Ukraine’s corn crop is still standing in fields as winter sets in, adding further strain on its vital farming sector.Growers have been hit by a series of hurdles: Record autumn rainfall muddied fields.
Inadequate pollination has led to a 3-5% loss of fruit, vegetable, and nut production and an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually from lost healthy food consumption and associated diseases, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and certain cancers, according to research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Unión de Uniones de Agricultores y Ganaderos stressed the serious situation that many industrial tomato producers are facing, as their production has fallen, on average, by 60%.
Fruit Particularly apple production in Kashmir valley this season has failed to cheer up growers as their produce was sold at lower rates than last year.Faced with huge losses, apple farmers have now sought central government intervention.
The drought in the high Andean areas could put at risk the results of the 2023 avocado campaign in Peru. The production of these areas, which are not receiving enough rainfall and don't have dams or water reservoirs, account for 30% of the Peruvian export offer, stated Juan Carlos Paredes, president of Prohass, and the consequences of water scarcity are already noticeable in regions such as Ayacucho.
“We’re studying diverse blueberry plants to understand the genetic basis for blueberry shock virus, which can significantly impact yields for farmers. Our hope is to use the insights from this project to develop new cultivars that are resistant, or at least more tolerant to, the disease.”
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has set up two committees to reduce the delay in crop loss/damage estimation and ensure timely settlement of farmers’ claims.
War in Ukraine, heavy spring rains and then a prolonged summer drought impacted Arkansas’ farm industry in 2022. As a result, input and commodity prices fluctuated wildly, throughout the growing and harvest season.