Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas.
Large areas of England are likely to remain in an official drought until next year. Water companies are seeking permission to extract more from rivers, or to keep taking water even when levels drop below certain threshold.
Polish potatoes are having a solid season. Harvest started in June and later varieties are currently still being harvested. Due to the weather conditions, being hot and dry, the total harvested volumes of the potatoes will be lower than they were last season.
Northern Rivers farmer Neil Baker said he and his neighbours were still mopping up the mess from torrential rains earlier in the year, which had devastated Lismore and surrounding areas.
Around Natick, Massachusetts, local apple orchards and pumpkin patches are ready for the fall rush, but they are still feeling the consequences of the summer drought. In some cases, pumpkins may be a bit smaller this season due to the lack of water.
Farmers in Kuttanad are worried over pest attacks on standing paddy crops.According to farmers and officials, brown planthopper infestation has been reported from fields under Kainakary, Champakulam, Edathua, Nedumudi, Karuvatta and other Krishi Bhavans in the region.
Members of Block Congress on Wednesday sought compensation from the government without conducting a survey in view of soybean crop loss due to yellow mosaic virus in the Malhargarh region of Mandsaur district.
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is quickly drawing to a close. After much speculation over drought in North America in 2022, the winner of the most adverse weather award in the Northern Hemisphere goes to Europe due to its summer drought and heat problems.
Last winter, Tensas Parish farmerWill Ratliffe was optimisticabout this year's harvest. Commodity prices were up, and his 3,500 acres ofsoybeans, cotton and corn appearedset for a banner year.
Since mid-August, kiwi berries have been diligently picked in Styria. The berry fruit, which was unknown until a few years ago, has been able to develop into a seasonal niche product in Austrian food retailing in just a few years.
Extreme weather is to blame for salads being absent from supermarket shelves in New Zealand again. Recent rains hampered growing business Leaderbrand's ability to harvest and plant crops; tractors could not go out in the fields when there was too much mud.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that compensation for crops in rainfed area has been increased from ₹6,800 to ₹13,600 per hectare, and from ₹13,500 to ₹25,000 per hectare for irrigated area.
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has estimated $1.5 billion production losses of cotton crop due to rains and floods in the country.Accordingly, in order to avoid cotton shortage in the country, Aptma has decided to explore the international market to ensure procurement of quality cotton at reasonable rates.
Families in the country's south-west coastal region have lost between Tk 11,500 and Tk58 lakh each to various natural disasters in the last 20 years, according to a new study.
Experts at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), a central institute, and Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), suspect that incidents of bee deaths were caused by insecticides and pesticides being used in bee flora of summer moong and paddy in Punjab and Haryana, sunflowers in Haryana and bajra (pearl millet) in Rajasthan, where bee boxes were migrated and kept May onwards.
Confirmation that Australia will experience itsthird La Niña event in a rowis good news for bushfire risk and agricultural output, but analysts have warned some regions may experience crop damage or losses due to heavy rainfall.