The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Relief Program (ERP) to offset crop yield and value losses.
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Farmers in Umguza and Bubi farming areas in Matebeleland North province are struggling to contain a massive outbreak of quelea birds which are feasting on their crops, mainly small grains.
New crop wheat futures hit contract highs yesterday, with Monday’s USDA crop progress report adding to supply worries that have been increasingly growing in recent weeks.
The unseasonal rainfall along with strong gales in the region since Sunday night caused massive damage to both harvested and standing crops in Rajanna Sircilla and Jagtial districts.
Untimely rains and the absence of proper compensation mechanisms are causing losses to farmers in the erstwhile Medak district. The slow progress of paddy purchase by the procurement centres also concerns farmers.
Flea beetles can do a lot of damage in a short time. To avoid beetle shock, growers and agronomists across the Prairies will want to scout as soon as seedlings emerge, and check often – especially in crops advancing slowly.
Field trials of a new cover crop, CoverCress, are in its third year at the Illinois State University Farm and multiple benefits are being realized as intended. Led by John Sedbrook, ISU professor of genetics and his student researchers, the common weed, pennycress, has been genetically modified as part of a project, known as Integrated Pennycress Research Enabling Farm and Energy Resilience.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in its March report titled “Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” that so-called compounding disasters of heat and drought events could cause large-scale crop damage and labour productivity losses.
Chilli farmers in Telangana’s Subakkapalli village, Bhopalapalli district, are living their worst nightmare. A new pest, black thrips (Thrips parvispinus), has destroyed over 40 hectares (ha) of standing crop in a matter of months.
Big businesses trading in citrus fruits tend to remain stuck in the past, but in 2017, serendipity brought Martina Drobná into contact with biologist and entomologist, Dr. Bruno Gábel. Drobná is a Slovakian-based graphic designer and coordinator of the CITRUS-PORT project.
Farmers and communities in Nebraska, South Dakota, northwest Iowa and western Minnesota spent Friday morning assessing damages from a straight-line storm and tornadoes Thursday evening.
Cotton, sugarcane, black gram, green gram, sesame, maize and other crops in 3,024 hectares in six mandals of Nellore district were badly damaged. Mango farmers were also affected due to the cyclone as it triggered heavy rains when the crop was ready for harvest.
When water from the Missouri River and its tributaries flooded Jeff Jorgenson’s farmland near Sidney, Iowa, in July 2011, crop insurance helped him get back on his feet.
An unusually wet and cold April has taken its toll on many crops in Douglas County, specifically on the dozens of vineyards in the region. With the combination of nearly five inches of rain in April and an extended cold snap which held dew points below 30 degrees, the agriculture industry in the county is stuck in a holding pattern.
Fifty-year-old Dasari Ramanaiah, who grew paddy in five acres of leased land at Kovur village, was getting ready to complete the harvest of the rabi crop and get a decent return. But his hopes were dashed as the untimely rain triggered by cyclonic storm Asani had snatched away his produce.
Paddy production in Alappuzha is set for massive decline as the 'puncha' crop (first crop) season is nearing completion. The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) has so far procured 89,000 tonnes of paddy from the district, mostly from Kuttanad.