Bees, butterflies and many bat species in the United States are in severe decline or listed as endangered. However, these creatures are all pollinators; without them, fruits, vegetables and other plants wouldn't be pollinated.
Extremely high temperatures are hurting some North Texas farmers financially. The hot weather is stunting their crops. They are also worried that the weather is driving away customers at local markets.
Building ponds to store water for ongoing fresh produce and other essential agricultural production has become a priority for farmers in Hungary, much like in the rest of Europe.
Wasim Ali, 45, lived in one of the 55,000 houses destroyed by the deadly Super Cyclone Amphan in May of 2020. The tropical storm whipped up a tidal surge that swept away his house and razed his small farm, measuring just 0.4 hectares (1 acre).
The UK has experienced months of low rainfall and high temperatures. In fact, last month was the driest July recorded in England in almost 90 years. The British government's environmental agency has warned that if the dry conditions continue, "many parts of England will move into drought."
Banana freckle disease is once again spreading in the Top End, leaving producers worried. The disease has now been recorded on 29 premises Batchelor-Rum Jungle region, Fly Creek, Marrakai and the Tiwi Islands.
Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Tuesday urged the state government to declare a wet drought in the state, citing that crops in more than 15 lakh hectares of land have been damaged due to excess rainfall in July and August.
Kalaburagi district has reported the highest crop loss compared to other districts in the state as per the joint preliminary survey conducted by different departments and the report has been submitted to the government, highly placed sources in the Agriculture Department told Express on Monday.
Simultaneous extreme heat and drought events have consequences in a variety of areas – for example the economy, health and food production. In addition, due to complex socio-economic connections, such extreme events can cause knock-on effects, researchers at the University of Zurich have shown.
Washington’s upcoming apple crop looks to be down in volume for the upcoming season. “Last summer’s super June heat event created some return bloom issues and we also had several cold weeks this spring during pollination which has created our decreased overall fresh apple volumes,” says Chuck Zeutenhorst of FirstFruits Farms.
China has sent expert teams to some parts of southern China to help address potential crop failures, as continuous heat waves sweep the country and pose challenges to the nation's autumn grain harvest.
The prolonged dry weather is taking its toll on crops across the UK, and onions are no different. Growers are predicting lower yields for the coming season and some harvests have had to be delayed because the ground is too hard.
Almond production in the Lorca districts of La Paca, Zarcilla de Ramos and Las Terreras is under serious threat this year due to a lack of water to irrigate the crop. According to the president of the Campo Alto Irrigation Community, Juan Garcia Corbalan, if there is no relief soon, the almond will fail to mature, costing more than 320 producers their entire annual harvest.
The coconut rhinoceros beetle is a major invasive pest that feeds on coconut palms, betelnut, Pandanus palms, banana, pineapple and sugarcane. In Hawaiʻi, with no natural enemies to this beetle, the damage to crops can be significant.
In recent weeks, the high temperatures recorded have given researchers at the Flemish Center for the Conservation of Horticultural Products (VCBT) and Pcfruit, a Belgian fruit research center, great opportunities to measure the effects of climate change on pear cultivation, reports the Netherlands Fruit Growers' Organization (NFO).
A Thursday evening storm that brought golf-ball-sized hail, heavy rains and whipping winds to parts of Eastern Washington caused significant crop damage.“We had some fields that look like they’re probably a complete loss,” Fairfield farmer Marci Green said.