In an open letter, TPCC chief A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday demanded Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to constitute teams to assess crop loss that occurred due to the torrential rains that have been lashing the State for the last five days.
Northern Italy’s worst drought in 70 years could cut supplies of tomatoes, olive oil and risotto rice, according to importers, with Filippo Berio UK MD Walter Zanre warning “unless it rains very soon, the olive crop will be dramatically reduced”.
In displays of misery loving company, growers typically find weather stories captivating. Respondents to American Fruit Grower’s annual State of the Industry survey have plenty to share about their weather-related experiences last year, largely because of an unimaginable heat dome in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), an ever-worsening drought in California, and early- and late-season frosts all across the country.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented Monday on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.
The total estimated agricultural damage and losses in Ifugao is now at P20.17 million, said the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday, after flash floods caused by the southwest monsoon, hit the province.
The onion harvest in the southern Italian province of Bari is underway and it appears that yields are already declining. "We are now in the middle of the harvest and we are trying to move up a gear to get ahead of any weather change.
Mango farmers in Pakistan say the yield of their fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages.
Several dragon fruit growers in Ilocos Norte on Friday expressed concern about a growing pest infestation in their plantations this harvest season. Mildred Dacuycuy, operations manager of REFMAD dragon fruit farms in Barangay Paayas, Burgos, Ilocos Norte, said fruit diseases like anthracnose and canker are threatening their harvest.
In the largest almond orchard in Georgia, “Udabno“, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or ‘drone’ was recently tested. It was used as a sprayer for plant protection products.
Blackberry supplies in North America are currently short due to weather conditions in both Georgia and North Carolina. “I think last year we had better supplies of blackberries but not much better.
The July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from USDAisn’t a major market moving report historically, and the latest report was no different.
The scorching heat and record high temperatures in Hungary over the past two weeks, just as the local watermelons season was starting, have caused the watermelons to ripen earlier, shortening the growing season but resulting in good sugar content and colour for the Hungarian melons.
At most a third of the usual volume - that is what the Agricultural Technology Center in Karlsruhe expects for the plum harvest. The reason was poor blooming weather in April. The month was simply too cold and too wet.
Farmers who have taken up kuruvai cultivation this season fear that they have to see through it without crop insurance like the last time. In August last, the State government announced that crops, except paddy, cultivated during April to July were only eligible for crop insurance and the premium could be remitted till August 31, 2021.
Crop damage claim numbers from June hailstorms in Saskatchewan are above normal. The president of the Canadian Crop Hail Association, Scott McQueen, says claim numbers are up but damage is generally light, although some areas had severe loss.
The tea producing belt of north India, comprising the regions of Assam and North Bengal, has been battered by the severe rainfall, according to Tea Association of India (TAI), an apex body of tea planters of the country.