"Agriculture is one of the few business sectors that is working... of course, they want to destroy it," said Volodymyr Onyschuk, standing near a pile of Russian shell casings on his 2,000-hectare wheat and sunflower farm near Mykolaiv.
Leadway Assurance, in partnership with global non-profit and leading Agri-tech businesses has indemnified about 3,110 smallholder rice farmers in Benue and Nasarawa States with over N100million claims payout.
In Citrusdal, in the Olfants River Valley of the Western Cape, picking and packing teams have been working day and night over the past two weeks, with the prediction of next week's 60 to 80mm of rainfall in the Cape's mountains, accompanied by storm winds of up to 70 to 80km/h, spurring them on.
Manel Simon, director-general of Afrucat, the Fruit Business Association of Catalonia, said at the Association's Ordinary General Assembly that the Ministry of Agriculture had committed 10 million euro to aid fruit plants.
The provincial crop report for the period of May 31 to June 6 said that seeding is now 91 per cent complete across the province, up from 76 per cent at the same time last week.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability and Nebraska Extension’s Hail Know team will present a webinar offering strategies and options for crop producers who are dealing with storm damage in their fields.
Ceylon Tea is estimated to hit a crop loss of about 25 per cent by the end of this year as a result of a myriad of issues resulting in the drop in production amidst new state policy to cultivate uncultivated lands including Regional Plantation Companies’ (RPCs)-held properties.
Recent 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.
Extreme weather phenomena are on the rise worldwide, including frequent droughts and fires. Floods are also a clear consequence of climate change. For agriculture, a flooded field means major losses: about 15 percent of global crop losses are due to flooding.
Under this legislation the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is administering the Emergency Relief Program (ERP). The covered disasters must have occurred during the 2020 and 2021 crop years.
North Carolina researchers warned in a new study that the invasive spotted lanternfly could soon spread across the United States and put California's wine grapes at risk.
Kanina and Narnaul blocks of the district have reported attack of pink bollworm on the early sown cotton crop, forcing the local office of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department to sound an alert advising farmers to adopt necessary measures to protect their crops.
According to LA UNIÓ de Llauradors, the first estimates indicate that the next kaki season will yield some 280,000 tons, i.e. almost 35% less than the average production of the last campaigns. It will be a fairly small production, even lower than the past one, which was already much shorter than the previous ones.
On Thursday, June 9th, Nevada County Agricultural Commissioner Chris de Nijs has requested a USDA disaster declaration through the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for grape growers in Nevada County due to freezing temperatures that affected their crops in mid-April.
Ukraine launches electronic platform to collect information on damage to Ukraine's agricultural sector caused by russia. This tool enables businesses (farmers, farms, agricultural enterprises) to apply and report losses for further reimbursement and compensation.
American farmers are having crop production problems at a time when many countries are facing a food crisis. The United States is the world's fourth-largest wheat exporter.