Next season’s avocado crop has already been extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle, say Northland growers.Maungatapere avocado grower Mike Eagles said next year’s avocado harvest was “already hopeless” because of the damage the fruit and trees had sustained from rain and wind.
“Can climate change cause widespread unrest among Pakistan’s farmers, enough to lead to civil conflict, or violence short of it?” Shahbaz Ali, a farmer in Ghotki district in Pakistan’s Sindh province, asked himself when we spoke last year.
Dry winter weather conditions could cause some economic concern for this years wheat production.The Texas Panhandle is the largest wheat producing region in the state of Texas.
Sudden rise in day temperature has the wheat growers of the state worried.Agriculture experts are of the view that the rise in the temperature at this stage is harmful to the wheat as it could affect the growth of the grain.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.