Large rain events seem to be trending this year in many parts of Ohio, especially in Northwest Ohio where 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in 24 to 48 hours. This can lead to standing water (flood) conditions or waterlogged soils (the root system is saturated).
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused nearly $4.3 billion in damage to Ukraine’s agricultural sector, a new study from the Kyiv School of Economics Agrocenter found, as the world continues to face a global food crisis aggravated by the war.
Last month the Biden administration proudly announced that farmers hit by natural disasters over the past two years would start receiving relief payments from a $6 billion injection into the USDA’s Emergency Relief Program.
The existing farm safety net for crops in the United States includes commodity programs and crop insurance. Crop insurance protects against production losses and was instituted to move away from ad hoc disaster assistance.
A rainstorm moved through Michigan Monday night and left thousands of people without power and some Southwest Michigan farms with crop damage.
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday released compensation under the YSR Free Crop Insurance scheme for the 2021 kharif season at Chenne Kothapalli village in Sri Sathya Sai district.
As incidents of pink bollworm have started surfacing from the cotton fields of Mansa and Bathinda districts, prolonged hot and dry climatic conditions have further enhanced the fear of whitefly attacks on the kharif crop.
The Japanese beetle has already been present in Italy and Switzerland for several years. The probability that it will enter France is high. This pest represents a threat for hundreds of plant species.
Representatives from Syngenta, Frontier, G’s Fresh, Elveden Estate, Pearce Seeds, Inov3PT and Blackthorn Arable are collaborating on Fera-led R&D project ’Enigma I’ to understand wireworm, following an upward trend in wireworm damage in root vegetable and cereal crops throughout the UK.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday made a direct benefit transfer of ₹2,978 crore into the accounts of 1.5 million farmers towards insurance to compensate for the crop loss in Kharif and Rabi seasons in 2021.
The planned nature restoration law marks the first big piece of biodiversity legislation since the birds and habitats directive was tabled three decades ago. It will aim at returning nature to all areas of Europe – including cities, farmland and marine environments – as well as restoring rivers and planting trees.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will disburse ₹885.45 crore to 4,04,461 farmers as compensation under the ‘YSR Free Crop Insurance Scheme’ for the crop loss in Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts during his visit to Chennekothapalli on Tuesday.
"The harvest started late and there is 30% less fruit this year because of the excessive rains in March and April," stated Susi Bonet, from the commercial department of the Cambayas cooperative, in Elche, the largest producer of Breva figs and fresh figs in Spain.
Thiruvananthapuram: Agriculture minister P Prasad has informed that the state government has allocated Rs 30 crores for crop insurance. Those who are enrolled under the scheme will get their respective financial assistance through bank accounts, he added.
Ukraine has lost a quarter of its arable land since Russia’s invasion, notably in the south and east, the deputy agriculture minister said Monday while insisting that food security is not threatened.
Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday will credit `1,977.82 crore to the accounts of 15.61 lakh farmers, who suffered crop damage during kharif-2021.