Following recentheadlinesabout warmer temperatures in East Texas possibly affecting fruit farmers, what does this mean for Texas agriculture?“The average grower is telling you it’s not the same--it’s warmer earlier or it’s not raining as much for example.
The prolonged wet weather means a potato shortage is on the horizon for New Zealand. Potatoes need dry harvest conditions, which they received little of this season. The weather also stopped farmers from entering paddocks with tractors and harvesting equipment.
Stats NZ Food Price Index (FPI) shows food prices increased 11.3% for December 2022 compared to a year ago, the biggest annual increase since April 1990. In December, the average cost increase from suppliers to the Foodstuffs co-operatives on the same products measured in the FPI basket was 12.2%.
EastFruitanalysts are monitoring the consequences of abnormal frosts in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and other countries of Central Asia, which have already led to significant changes in the vegetable market.
Potato farmers in the northern parts of the country 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.
A special survey has been ordered to assess the loss to farmers due to crop damages owing to cold and frost, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said.Gehlot announced this while addressing a Vishnoi Mandir Samiti program in the state capital here Saturday and also assured the farmers of all help by the state government.
Government officials in Argentina are fearing the impact of drought on the nation’s agricultural production, with experts estimating the potential losses could top US$10 billion.
EastFruit wroteabout the rise in prices for vegetables in Uzbekistan due to abnormally cold weather just a few days ago, and onions were one of the leaders in terms of growth. A gradual increase in air temperature is expected in the coming days, but onion prices will probably not decrease.
North Queensland mango farmers are afraid for their multi-million-dollar crops as they are faced with ongoing torrential rain and muddy orchards. The Atherton Tablelands have received hundreds of millimetres of rain since December.
Cold weather is making its way through the Arizona/California desert region. There, cold winds have gusts up to 40 mph. Markon reports that morning low temperatures will dip to between the upper 20°Fs-to upper 30°Fs, and widespread lettuce ice is expected to develop until Saturday, January 21.
Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Fernando Mattos has announced that the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou was extending the agricultural and livestock emergency until April.
Farmers in Kwanza, Trans Nzoia County are staring at huge losses and food shortages following invasion of their farms bymonkeys.With drought in parts of the country, the animals have overrun local farms, destroyed crops and extended their damage to homesteads.
A preliminary report prepared by the local office of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department on the basis of a survey conducted to assess the crop losses has revealed that severe cold and frost have caused damage to around 90 per cent of the mustard crop in the district.
Sugarcane growers in the NorthQueenslandtown of Ingham are facing major crop losses due to the biggest native rat plague the town has seen in decades.Numbers of the native canefield rat,Rattus sordidus,have exploded due to a “perfect storm” of weather conditions, a scenario that experts say will become more common as the climate crisis worsens.
University of Florida scientists will use artificial intelligence technology to quantify damage to fruits and vegetables caused by extreme weather events, such as Hurricane Ian. When Ian struck on Sept. 28, it brought winds up to 155 mph andcaused as much as $1.56 billion in damage to crops, livestock and aquaculture products in its path, according to preliminary estimates from UF/IFAS.
The weather is one factor that is as uncontrollable as it is decisive in fruit and vegetable campaigns. At this same time last year, Storm Filomena hit Spain with, literally, paralyzing cold, while this year, January started in Andalusia after the warmest December on record, with 2.9 degrees above average in the region.