The drought in the high Andean areas could put at risk the results of the 2023 avocado campaign in Peru. The production of these areas, which are not receiving enough rainfall and don't have dams or water reservoirs, account for 30% of the Peruvian export offer, stated Juan Carlos Paredes, president of Prohass, and the consequences of water scarcity are already noticeable in regions such as Ayacucho.
“We’re studying diverse blueberry plants to understand the genetic basis for blueberry shock virus, which can significantly impact yields for farmers. Our hope is to use the insights from this project to develop new cultivars that are resistant, or at least more tolerant to, the disease.”
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has set up two committees to reduce the delay in crop loss/damage estimation and ensure timely settlement of farmers’ claims.
War in Ukraine, heavy spring rains and then a prolonged summer drought impacted Arkansas’ farm industry in 2022. As a result, input and commodity prices fluctuated wildly, throughout the growing and harvest season.
The Government is working in partnership with the International Finance Corporation to develop an agriculture insurance index for smallholder farmers, as efforts to insulate them from the extremes of climate change and the subsequent crop losses and food insecurity gather pace.
In the December USDA forecast of the 2022 – 2023 citrus season, the USDA projected production at 20 million boxes of Florida Oranges, 1.8 million boxes of Florida Grapefruit and 600,000 boxes of Florida Tangerines.
President of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago Daryl Rampersad explained that with the recent flooding disaster, close to 75 per cent of this country’s crop production was swept down the drains.
While Uttarakhand won’t see snow until the end of December, the Himalayan state has begun to witness a considerable drop in mercury levels — so much so, that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a‘cold wave’alert over the state for the next two days.
The sowing of Brazil's 2022/23 soybean crop has reached 95% of the estimated area, slightly below last year's level of 96%, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday, as producers hope for rains to secure good yields.
Dry conditions in Iowa have improved since the beginning of November but are still the worst in a decade heading into winter, when there is little opportunity to increase soil moisture ahead of next year’s growing season.
Tirupati and Chittoor, the two districts which bore the brunt of Cyclone Mandous in Andhra Pradesh are staring at a crop loss worth Rs 3.68 crore on 900 hectares of land, authorities said.
A particularly dry monsoon period that affected the Kharif crops was not the last of troubles for Jharkhand farmers. Server glitches and other technical issues are now standing in the way of compensation announced by the state government and farmers have taken to waiting through the night for a chance to apply.
Vegetable prices in the U.S. are around 40% higher this year and experts are saying climate change has played a prominent role. Bloomberg is reporting that Arizona produces 90% of leafy greens in the U.S. from November through March each year, but crop production has been greatly affected this year by a drought forming from reduced water levels in the Colorado River.
The ongoing rainfall and cold temperature has a negative effect on the sweet corn harvest across New Zealand farms. The start of the harvest had to be delayed by at least a week due to the changing weather.
Australian table grape and citrus producers will unfortunately continue to access their flooded orchards by canoe or boat due to extensive flooding. Millions worth of produce is stuck with growers facing these losses as water is not expected to recede anytime soon.
Local farmers looking for a way to protect themselves and their crops against natural disasters have until Dec. 31 to apply for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency’s Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.