Italyis experiencingan unusual and prolonged heat wave and little rain this summer. Experts say it’s the worst drought in 70 years in the country and the government has been forced to declare a state of emergency in five northern regions until the end of this year to deal with the situation.
California farmers remain stressed about drought conditions and limited water that is also affecting their crop insurance protections. Those were a few of the issues raised by farmers Thursday as Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, held a farm-bill listening session in his home district.
Crop disease specialists urge farmers to scout cornfields for tar spot now so fungicides can be sprayed in a timely manner to mitigate yield loss from the pathogen.
Again for 2022, the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition has authorized the release of Ganaspis brasiliensis, the parasitoid imported in 2020 by the Edmund Mach Foundation that fights Drosophila suzukii, the Asian fruit fly.
The Niagara region is seeing some of its worst winter damage in17 years, with early estimates measuring around50 per cent of grape vines damaged. Chairof Grape Growers of Ontario Matthias Oppenlaender said the impact of extreme climate events ismore concerning each year.
As farmers were demanding compensation for cotton crop last year in Hisar, the Economic Report of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University (HAU), Hisar, has also suggested that the cotton farmers were indeed at a loss in the cotton belt of Hisar, Bhiwani, Sirsa districts etc.
Lloyd Arthur can run his hand through the soil at his cotton farm and know what kind of year he’s going to have. His dry, cracked field is making him think this could be a repeat of one of the state’s worst years.
Yesterday’s Crop Progress report saw corn ratings take a larger than expected tumble in USDA’s weekly update as dry conditions across the Eastern Corn Belt keep yield concerns alive and well despite all of the recent rains across the Heartland.
Potato growers in southern Iceland are worried about the risk of potato blight for the second year in a row. Last year, potatoes in Þykkvabær were contaminated with blight for the first time in 20 years. Now, producers are keeping a close eye on this year’s crop to prevent another outbreak.
Bengal, since the onset of monsoon in June, has received deficient rainfall in 15 of its 23 districts, raising the likelihood of crops loss in some places, officials said. Steps are being taken by the irrigation department to avert any crisis that may arise due to insufficient rainfall, they said.
The next six weeks, California pistachios will be on close watch around how much--if any, the current drought in the state is affecting its growth or “nut fill.” Right now and through July is the nut fill period in which pistachios, which form their shells first, fill up inside with a viable nut.
The more than two week long heatwave in Hungary, with record-high temperatures ranging between 37 and 40 degrees for days on end during the early summer, is souring the harvest season for growers and exporters of sour cherries.
Dry, hot weather in southwestern Ontario may have an impact on farmers' crops, cutting into profits this season. According to data collected by Environment Canada, after 9.2 mm of rain fell on June 20, only 6.1 mm fell from June 21 to July 4.
Amplified byhuman-inducedclimate changeandwaterover-consumption,southernEuropeans are feeling the consequences of more extreme heat wavesandlonger droughts.
The fresh artichoke marketing campaign in Tudela ended in May, while the canning campaign ended in early June. In this campaign, INTIA certified 1,459,309 kilos of artichoke, 695,646 kilos of which have been destined for the fresh market and 763,663 kilos for the canning industry.
According to data provided by the National Federation of Plantain Producers of Ecuador (Fenaprope), between January and June 2021, Ecuador produced 56,948,758 boxes of fresh plantain and 1,597,032 boxes of dry plantain, snacks, or chifles.