26.10.2022

Australia - Wheat holds up against disease pressure

Wheat crops across New South Wales are in the main expected to have minimal yield losses to disease thanks to successive applications of fungicide coupled with good varietal resistance.

26.10.2022

India - Compensation for crop loss not given, border villages face water scarcity

The INLD has fielded Congress rebel Kurda Ram Nambardar, who has been in the forefront of the farmers’ agitation on the issues of compensation for damaged crops and canal water in the Balsamand area, which is part of the Adampur Assembly segment.

25.10.2022

UK - Beet moth problems and blackgrass flushes

Weed control is the topic this week with challenges controlling ryegrass in winter barley and blackgrass in earlier-drilled cereals in the drier east.This is the first season that agronomists can used cinmethylin to tackle blackgrass in wheat while aclonifen makes its debut in winter barley crops.

25.10.2022

A Practical Method for Adjusting the Premium Rates in Crop-Hail Insurance with Short-Term Insurance Data

The frequency of hailstorms is generally low in small geographic areas. In other words, it may be very likely that hailstorm occurrences will vary between neighboring locations within a short period of time. Besides, a newly launched insurance scheme lacks the data. It is, therefore, difficult to sustain a sound insurance program under these circumstances, with premium rates based on meteorological data without a complimentary adjustment process.

25.10.2022

Iraq - Drought impacts potable water supply, crop yields

In drought-hit Iraq, six out of 10 households have had their access to drinking water disrupted and a quarter of farmers have seen crop yields drastically fall this year, said a survey published Monday.

25.10.2022

USA - Mandarin volume down post Hurricane Ian

Florida is seeing a drop in tangerine/mandarin production following Hurricane Ian. But, there’s still plenty of good fruit. “We’re still assessing our crops. We have groves in all of the major growing regions across the state.

25.10.2022

USA - Ian's damage to Florida agriculture as high as $1.8 billion

The Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.8 billion in losses to the state's crops and agriculture infrastructure when it tore through the peninsula after landing in southwest Florida, according to a preliminary estimate released Monday by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

25.10.2022

UK - Scientists have provided hope in the fight to control Panama disease in bananas

In the 1950s, Panama disease, caused by the fungusFusarium oxysporum cubenseRace 1, decimated the world’s bananas supply. This disaster was overcome by the introduction of a new Cavendish variety bananas.

25.10.2022

USA - Even with rain, drought conditions persist in Kansas City

Thick rain clouds descended on Kansas City on Monday, but they will offer only limited relief to the months-long drought conditions affecting the area. Among other impacts, the dry, hot and windy weather contributed to grass fires over the weekend in south Kansas City between Raytown and Lee’s Summit.

25.10.2022

Arctic sea ice loss to increase strong El Niño events linked to extreme weather

The 2015-16 El Niño fueled deadlyrecord cyclonesin the South Pacific and Mexico, as well as severe droughts that resulted in thousands of early deaths fromfires and hazein southeast Asia and tens of millions going hungry amidcrop failuresin southern Africa.

24.10.2022

Nigeria - Farmers count losses as 2022 floods impede food security drive

The impact of the 2022 floods on agriculture and food production has been devastating and has resulted in the loss of crops, livestock, and other essential agricultural infrastructures.

24.10.2022

UK - Are potatoes at risk due to climate change?

Some researchers fear that the humble potato may struggle to grow in the UK in years to come, due to the effects of climate change. Take Scotland; it's fields grow a quarter of Britain's potato crop. However, favorites such as Ayrshire and Maris Piper are said to be at risk as temperatures rise.

24.10.2022

Iraq - Drought crisis destroys income and crops countrywide

A quarter of the 1,341 householdssurveyedby NRC across five governorates this year said they witnessed over 90 per cent of wheat failure this season, a direct result of water shortages according to those interviewed.

24.10.2022

India - Elephants create ruckus, destroy crop fields in Parvathipuram Manyam

Around four elephants destroyed the crop fields in the Parvathipuram Manyam, said district forest officials.The incident was reported on Sunday in the Vengapuram village of Balijipet Mandal of Parvathipuram Manyam.

24.10.2022

Pakistan - Balochistan has faced extreme weather conditions this year as a result of climate change

Balochistan has faced extreme weather conditions this year as a result of climate change. Moderate to severe drought-like conditions were followed by heavy rainfall — nearly 500% greater than the past 30-year average.

24.10.2022

Australia - NSW floods cause $190 million crop damage

NSW wheat farmers expect the bill from flooding rain that has wiped out wheat crops in the northwest of the state to reach hundreds of millions of dollars.Agronomists have estimated "conservative" losses of 120,000 hectares of wheat with an estimated value up to $192 million as a result of widespread flooding in the Moree, Walgett and Narrabri areas.