French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late frost following a winter warm spell, a temperature swing that is threatening fruit crops in multiple countries.
The government is working towards distributing machineries to small scale farmers to help increase the scale of production and reduce post-harvest losses.
In its second term, the welfare of farmers continues to be the focal area for the Yogi Adityanath government. The government has so far disbursed approximately Rs 585 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to farmers who suffered crop loss due to unseasonal rain that lashed the state during the financial year 2021-22.
Darling Downs farmer Nick Adamson says the long term positive benefits of flooding are pretty well immeasurable, but the immediate impact of lost crops, wrecked fences and eroded paddocks make for plenty of pain and hard work in the meantime.
The protesting farmers demanding adequate compensation for damaged cotton crop due to pink bollworm attack and strict action against the Deputy Commissioner over cane-charge on farm labourers at Lambi will meet Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday to end the deadlock.
Tanja Fransen, NWS Glasgow representative to the MT Drought and Water Supply Committee, has released a report which predicts the ongoing drought affecting the Missouri River Basin to continue through the 2022 growing season.
A historically intense April cold snap has descended on Europe, with temperatures plummeting to 20 to 30 degrees (11 to 18 degrees Celsius) below normal. The record-breaking cold has triggered harsh frosts, shocking early-blooming plants and crops in several countries.
Floods, drought, wildfires and hurricanes made worse by climate change could cost the U.S. federal budget about $2 trillion each year — a 7.1% loss in annual revenue — by the end of the century, the White House said in an assessment on Monday.
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that ranchers who have approved applications through the 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for forage losses due to severe drought or wildfire in 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments for increases in supplemental feed costs in 2021 through the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) new Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP).
France's national weather bureau Météo France has forecast a cold weekend ahead, with snow and ice warnings for the north of the country starting today.
LA UNIÓ prepared a report on the persistent rains that have affected the Valencian countryside over the last two weeks and the resulting balance is direct losses of more than 11.2 million euro in nearly 25,000 hectares of crops, in addition to the damage caused to agricultural infrastructures, which is difficult to calculate.
Widespread damage to crops has been reported in the heavy summer rain and wind that have been lashing the district for the past several days. The crop loss was estimated at ₹25.74 crore, according to preliminary reports of the Agriculture Department.
Just like flash floods, flash droughts come on fast — drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks. These events can wipe out crops and cause huge economic losses. And according to scientists, the speed at which they dry out the landscape has increased.
Fruit growers of Doda district accused the horticulture department of having failed to provide them enough pesticides and information about disease forecast and other modern technologies, leading to loss of crops every season.
Winemakers in France are waiting to discover if the recent cold snap has damaged their vines, as temperatures hit record lows over the weekend – but warmer weather is on the way this week.
The region's croppers have been hit to varying degrees by the heavy rains in the past week, with harvest delays and damaged and lost crops. “It's certainly given us a few headaches. It's been a kick in the guts,” Coxco managing director Omi Badsar said.