South African weather experts are predicting that El Niño will strike later this year, bringing extremely high temperatures and devastating droughts. At a time when there are rolling blackouts in South Africa, an even bigger problem lies ahead.
California strawberry farmers have suffered up to $200 million in damage from wind, rain and floods. These devastated some 1,840 acres from Southern California to the Central Coast, an industry group reports.
North Island: Consistent rain has impacted harvesting and planting schedules. It is also causing vegetable shortages and quality issues. The Coromandel Peninsula, Gisborne, and the east coast of the North Island experienced heavy rainfall in early January.
Greenhouses in the south of Kazakhstan could not stand the freezing cold caused by the recent snowfall and broke under the weight of the snow, leading to many young crops being lost. As a result, the price of vegetables may rise soon.
Heavy rains in six Tamil Nadu districts since November have ruined the cultivation of pearl onions. Farmers estimate around80 per cent of crops have been destroyedby the unexpected rainfall. As a result, the prices are skyrocketing in several districts of the state.
The Karnataka government on Tuesday announced compensation to the tune of about Rs 223 crore, to farmers affected by loss of tur crop, due to pest attack in parts of the state.
Bearing the burden of last 2-year’s losses, the cultivation of Irri-Boro is going on with new zeal. Farmers are busy planting Irri-Boro. But the farmers have to face some difficulties due to cold and dense fog.
Potato and vegetable farmers in northern India have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to the fall in temperatures in the last week. While potato crop has suffered the maximum damage, ground frost has also affected other vegetable crops and mustard across fields in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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.
Can we assess and quantify the possible impacts of climate change on crop yields? Are backward-looking views still representative in a warmer world? How shall the crop re/insurance industry react to the changing environment?
Seville is the largest producer of tomatoes and peppers for the industry in Spain and their production is endangered by the lack of guarantees regarding the availability of irrigation water, which could affect 6,200 of the 6,400 hectares dedicated to both products in the province.
Farmers have incurred heavy loss with the cash crop sugarcane wilting in Bara.Locals and farmers are now compelled burn the wilted plants to warm themselves in the freezing cold.
Farmers in California, who had been hoping for an end to thedrought, are now trying to deal with flooded fields and damaged crops after this winter's massive rains.At Lakeside Organic Gardens in Watsonville, a month of solid rain proved to be both a blessing and a curse.
Potato farmers in north India have suffered heavy crop losses due to ground frost owing to the fall in temperatures between January 16 and 21, 2023.While the potato crop has suffered the maximum damage, other vegetable crops and mustard across Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have been affected as well.
Defra has approved anemergency temporary authorisationfor the use of a neonicotinoid pesticide treatment on this year’s sugar beet crop due to the risk to the crop from yellows viruses.
Ram Sagar, 64, a farmer who lives in Turkauli village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, lost three and a half acres of paddy crop due to heavy,unseasonal rains in October 2022.