The Argentinian soybean output forecast for 2021-22 crop year (November-October) is expected to be affected by frost in recent days in major areas, according to the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange, or BAGE, which is likely to stoke supply fears.
Heavy rain and wind in different parts of the district over the past few days has resulted in a loss of ₹13.81 crore in farming. Crops on 287.15 hectares had been affected by the rain and wind, said a communication from the district administration.
NEC Laboratories, an entity of NEC Corporation India, on Wednesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) to offer solutions for the early detection of diseases in crops using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that plant pests and diseases cause food crop losses of up to 40 per cent. This comes as Uganda grapples with Army worm that has so far ravaged over 12 districts, destroying huge chunks of maize, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, napier grass and rhodes grass.
Rains amid scorching summer in Kerala, deemed as a blessing in disguise, turned as bad as the intensity of the downpour affected many across the state. Heavy rains have brought crop loss and damage to houses in many parts.
Texas is in the worst drought conditions since 2011, when 95% of the state was in drought. Eleven years ago, parched conditions caused over $7 billion in crop and livestock losses, sparked wildfires, pushed power grids to the limit and reduced reservoirs to dangerously low levels, according to the University of Texas at Austin.
As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa. The study from IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa is the first to detail the flood risk to farmland statewide.
Before the frost waves, the quality of his crop was high in the flowering period, but now, the leaves are scorched, the stems are broken, the flowers fall off, and the broad bean pods have dried up.
Yesterday, the USDA released their first crop progress report for 2022. Crop conditions failed to impress, falling below the lowest trade estimates. Just 30% of US winter wheat was rated in good-excellent condition.
The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has said that the Centre has supported the Andhra Pradesh government by releasing funds to compensate crop losses caused by floods that rocked the four southern districts of the State by the 2021-end.
The White House yesterday released a financial risk report showing that a 10-foot “worst case” sea-level rise could inundate more than 12,000 federal buildings and structures by the end of the century — costing taxpayers more than $43 billion to replace them.
Unexpected heavy rain in southern Queensland just as sorghum and mung bean crops were due to be harvested in the past week has thrown yet another spanner in the works of what was shaping up to be the nation's best summer crop in a decade.
It’s 40 degrees Celsius at Mohan Kumar’s wheat field, but he’s unfazed. “Garmi se pareshan nahi hain (the heat doesn’t worry me)”, says the 47-year-old, who farms 52 acres – 12 acres of his own and 40 leased – at Khera Patauda village of Haryana’s Jhajjar district and tehsil.
At least nine districts in the eastern region have been invaded by African armyworms in the past week, leaving more than 10,000 acres of cereals, mostly millet, sorghum and maize destroyed.
As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland inIowa. The study from IIHR–Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa is the first to detail the flood risk to farmland statewide.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar informed that the Centre has released Rs 351.43 crore (including Rs 201.90 crore for input subsidy) from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to Andhra Pradesh for the crop damages caused by heavy rains and floods in the State in 2021.