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.
Supplies of pistachios are down approximately 20 percent this year--the first crop year since 2018 to not have a record-breaking crop year. “Initially the 2022 crop was expected to be an on-year but it ended up being an off-year,” says Richard Matoian, president of the American Pistachio Growers.
Big losses from recent storms have some fruit and vegetable growers worried the weather disasters will drive people out of the industry. Horticulture NZ said today’s food price index spike was no surprise because repeatedly “atrocious weather” had hit vegetable supplies.
Supplies of two fresh herbs, rosemary, and thyme, are tighter than usual. “The demand for these herbs at Thanksgiving was higher than normal, and the plants have not recuperated or grown back as quickly because of cold temperatures.
The South African government has, in terms of the Disaster Management Act of 2002, declared a national state of disaster. This should enable an intensive, coordinated response to the impact of floods that are affecting Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, the Northern Cape, and North West.
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to support 490,000 people in Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Mali who were impacted by drought in 2022.
A USDA report released on February 8 delivered a bad forecast: this year’s harvest could be 61% less than last year’s lackluster crop, which was the lowest since World War II.