More than 6,000 farmers in undivided Anantapur district have applied for rectification of crop insurance compensation or have applied anew for the payment of compensation as they had lost their crop during the last kharif season, either due to excess rain or drought.
The president of the National Garlic Table and the Coopaman second-degree cooperative, Julio Bacete, has stated that the garlic is drying up ahead of time, especially where water is scarce, because of the heat wave there's been these days and the high temperatures in May.
East Africa's yearslong battle against destructive swarms of locusts appears to be nearing an end with an encouraging assessment from the United Nations.
The Meseguer establishments started their stone fruit season over a month ago with the Spanish origin. “This year, the season is very complicated,” explains Benoît Maillard-Guillon of the import company specialized in stone fruits, among others.
The Hisar administration has reportedly approved Rs 195 crore as compensation to farmers in the district for damage to kharif crop during 2020. The farmers, however, continued with their dharna seeking compensation for kharif crop damage during 2020 and 2021.
Heavy rains caused some of the blueberry orchards in the Samegrelo region to be flooded in Georgia yesterday. Local farmers claim that harvesting has resumed this morning in less affected orchards, though short-term rain has forced them to stop picking.
Unfortunately, Porter’s Livesay Orchards is not catching a break with their peach crop. The famous Porter orchard announced on June 16 that they were going to have ‘another significant loss’ in their peach crop for summer 2022.
Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue, today announced approval for a scheme to support tillage farmers impacted by historic levels of rainfall experienced in Co. Wexford last Christmas. The rainfall resulted in the complete loss of some crops in a localised area.
Young crops are under water as every pot hole, tire track, and culvert has overflowed with rain recently. We didn't have to travel far to find greasy gravel roads, and water lying in the ditches.
Farmers in the State, especially paddy growers, are having a tough time due to the faltering southwest monsoon in June and July. According to the extended forecast issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), below-normal rainfall is likely across the State for the next two weeks.
AgroInsurance International Conference will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia on September 26-28, 2022. Hannover Re–the leading agricultural reinsurance company is the official Conference Sponsor. Five companies have already supported this event contributing to the Conference agenda making presentations on various aspects of agricultural insurance during the first two days.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced a short extension to the Horticulture Exceptional Payment Scheme (HEPS). The Scheme will now close at midnight on Friday 24 June, 2022. It had been due to close at midnight this Friday 17 June.
Large swathes of crops including paddy have been destroyed by heavy floods in China, leading to further challenges to food security. The authorities have warned of more rains in the coming days.
The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order which had asked Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd. to compensate over 3.5 lakh farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for loss of soya bean crop due to heavy rainfall in 2020.
Rains and flooding have forced many farmers in the eastern half of South Dakota to delay getting crops into the ground, and some are now well behind the typical planting schedule or have had to cut back the acreage they are able to plant.
Corn foliar diseases such as southern corn rust and tar spot may be more problematic this year. Agronomy and plant disease specialists urge farmers to stay vigilant, scouting for the potential yield-robbing pathogens, and be ready to protect crops.