Currently, 60% of the municipalities in the north of Mexico are suffering severe to exceptional droughts, leading to losses in productivity. These droughts could affect not only crop yields, but also the entire fruit and vegetable supply chain for the domestic and export markets, according to information provided by ProducePay, an agricultural California-based fintech active in Mexico.
The California blueberry harvest is in full swing. Alas, some growers are picking a smaller crop this year, as they lost fruit to spring frost and hail. The California Blueberry Commission estimates farms will produce 55 million pounds of the fresh berries this year, down from its original projection of 65 million pounds.
The early varieties of Turkish cherries have been harvested, but the wait is on for the Ziraat 0900 variety for the season to get into full swing. The apple season has recently concluded, and the Asian markets could prove to be important for both the Turkish apples as well as the cherries.
Summer in India is redolent of the aroma of ripening mangoes. It evokes the poet among its legion of fans who are prone to fall back on Mirza Ghalib’s couplets romanticising the pulpy fruit. The 18th century Urdu poet deemed the mango sweeter than sugarcane.
Last Friday, the Government of Ecuador announced a plan to help the country's small banana producers. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), the objective of this plan is to provide an economic subsidy to small banana producers registered in the institution.
According to data presented recently by Afrucat, the Fruit Business Association of Catalonia, and the DACC, the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, the Catalan production potential for peaches and nectarines will be reduced by about 70% and stand at 166,910 tons.
The European Union’s crop monitoring service, MARS trimmed its yield forecasts for this year’s EU wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests due to dryness and said significant rain was needed to avoid further yield losses.
An increasingly severe drought now covers more than 90% of Texas, according to the U.S. drought monitor, affecting more than 16 million Texans and stressing ecosystems in nearly every region of the state.
After making it through the spring planting season, sometimes with the help of bulletproof vests and helmets, Ukraine's farmers are facing another challenge – finding enough diesel for the harvest to come.
Drought that descended over western Oklahoma last fall has persisted to the point that harvests of winter wheat may be down by as much as 50% this year, farmers and state officials say.
Climate change has strengthened a heat wave that for several weeks has been scorching the homes of more than one billion people. The blistering heat — reported to have killed at least 90 people across India and Pakistan — would have been one degree Celsius cooler and 30 times less likely if people hadn't warmed the planet, according to a study published on May 23 by scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA), an international group of climate scientists.
NSW Farmers CEO Pete Arkle says the future of agriculture must be a focus for the incoming Labor government. With Australians voting for change at Saturday’s poll, Mr Arkle said there were clear challenges and opportunities for the new cabinet.
The Ministry of Agriculture stated that a total of 24.18 million euro will be allocated to the production of citrus fruits, which will benefit 29,400 citrus farmers in the Valencian Community as a whole.
Heavy rainfall that lashed across the state for days has caused widespread damage to crops near rivers that overflowed into the fields -- from groundnuts to sunflower cultivation, farmers were seen in a helpless state.
With rain subsiding in the region, officials have been directed to expedite survey work on rain damage and take steps to disburse compensation at the earliest. District-in-charge secretaries are now conducting review meetings on the rain situation and relief works.
The European Commission has approved a €16 million Finnish scheme to support the agricultural sector in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aidTemporary Crisis Framework, adopted by the Commission on 23 March 2022,based on Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU'), recognising that the EU economy is experiencing a serious disturbance.