The loss of farmland on P.E.I. is accelerating at a rate not seen in 50 years — and farmers fear there's not enough being done to rein in the rapid changes.Statistic Canada's last census of agriculture, which took a snapshot of the industry in 2021, shows a 12.3 per cent loss of farmland since 2016.
Rainfall over the past few days has improved the conditions of planted soybeans and corn, especially in plantations that were sowed later. The development makes for welcome good news considering that both crops represent more than US$30 billion in exports and that the oilseed by itself brings in about US$20 billion per year.
A relief of Rs 20,000 per hectare would be provided to Cauvery delta farmers for loss of yield to the tune of 33 per cent or more for ready to harvest paddy crop affected by unseasonal heavy rainfall, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced here on Monday.
The intense cold in Spain over the past two weeks, with several nights of sub-zero temperatures, is taking its toll on several crops in the Murcia region, mainly stone fruit and field vegetables.
Join industry experts from Planet, Swiss Re, and AgroInsurance for a look into how insurers are using satellite data to build products, measure crop conditions, and utilize indices that measure specific phenomena - like soil moisture and NDVI. We’ll also cover the key results of the recent Drought Survey by Planet and AgroInsurance.
The cold has slowed down Almeria's horticultural production after a whole cycle that could be defined as exhausting for plants. "The high autumn and winter temperatures weakened the plants and advanced all the crops.
Amy Shi knows her enemy. Now she must learn to defeat it.A plant pathologist specializing in ginseng, Shi’s battleground is deep in the soil, where a fungal pathogen known asIlyonectria mors-panacis is dead set on rotting the root of what was once Ontario’s most lucrative export crop.
A gene discovered by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Purdue University scientists could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that can inflict yield losses of up to50 percent.
The consequences of the weather anomalies in January for the Central Asian onion market are not limited to the loss of last year’s crop stocks, the subsequent sharp rise in prices, and a series of bans on onion exports from almost all countries of the region.
When the big January storm hit on the 9th and 10th of the month, Alford’s fields of cabbage flooded and disappeared under a new lake of water from the half-a-foot of rain that overwhelmed debris-clogged drainage ditches.
Although recently we have been discussing and analysing how weather all over the globe has been impacting our cereal and oilseed prices, how has UK weather been for our domestic winter crops?
Salinas Valley was initially spared the worst of the damage as storms battered California last month. But then the Salinas River overflowed its banks Jan. 10, breaching berms and levees.
Citrus greening is affecting the mandarin orchards of Norbugang in Nganglam, Pemagatshel district. Farmers say the declining orange crop yield has been palpable even before 2015. Four villages in Norbugang in Nganglam have been considered orange pocket areas, according to the villagers.
The current flooding on the North Island of New Zealand will have an impact on onion exports to Europe. According to Hendrik Hachmann, this will most likely have serious consequences for availability in the local markets, especially this onion year, which is weak in terms of volume.
Pests of all kinds — weeds, animals, insects or diseases — would like to find a good home on your crop production acres.Prevention is by far the best method of pest control.
Northland vegetable crops seem to have escaped the deluge expected to hit the region when a state of emergency was declared due to heavy rain and bad weather.While some growers in the region, including kumara growers, did experience some crop damage, it wasn’t just from Tuesday night’s downpour - it’s been an ongoing battle the whole summer.