03.02.2012 Southern Brazilian Drought Costs Billions Nothing like a drought to get you thinking about crop insurance. One Brazilian consultancy says main-crop corn yields in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul are going to be down 45% from last year, to as low as 48½ bushels per acre. And while things got less awful as you go north from there, farmers in two of the country's top ag states are hurting badly this year from the vagaries of the weather.
03.02.2012 India - 61.6 lakh farmers covered under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme The coverage of farmers under Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS) has gone up from 35,000 in Kharif 2007 to 61.6 lakh in Kharif 2011. Claims worth Rs 972 crore have been settled so far. The overall coverage under the scheme is 1.95 crore farmers over an area of 2.78 crore hectares. The scheme has been implemented since Kharif 2007.
03.02.2012 US - NAU Country Insurance Company Announces EASYmapping™ Launch NAU Country Insurance Company announced their new mapping system, EASYmapping™, is available to agents. In its infancy, policy mapping was revolutionary in the crop insurance industry. In the years since, NAU Country has continued to lead the way in mapping innovation. EASYmapping™ boasts new features and a rock-solid user interface that is generating a lot of excitement in the industry.
03.02.2012 US - Organic production survey being conducted USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting a survey of certified organic farming to gather production and marketing information on organic farming in the U.S. The survey runs from December to April, and focuses on crop and livestock production. The USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) will use the results to improve federal crop insurance for organic crops, as required by the 2008 Farm Bill.
03.02.2012 Europe - Concern as cold hits EU grain with no snow cover Bitterly cold weather currently engulfing much of Europe is raising concerns over damage to European Union grain plantings but crops could still come through the cold snap unscathed, analysts said. No actual damage has yet been reported in top producers France, Germany and Britain but if the cold snap continues there will be increased worry next year's harvest will suffer.
03.02.2012 Australia braces for floods, threat to coal and crops Heavy summer rains across eastern Australia prompted authorities to issue flood warnings for vast areas of Queensland and New South Wales states on Thursday, including coal mining areas in the Hunter Valley. The Bureau of Meteorology issued the flood warnings with heavy rain expected over the next 24 hours, following saturating rains over the past week which have already swelled rivers in New South Wales and Queensland.
02.02.2012 US - Field Crop Insects Publication Added to Crop Reference Series Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) have released a collaborative publication, Field Crop Insects, the latest in a series of practical and valuable reference tools for farmers. Correct recognition and identification of insect pests is an important first step to making a proper management decision regarding any insect found in soybean and corn.
02.02.2012 India - 20-30% of potato crop seen hit in Punjab due to rains Punjab potato growers, who dumped their produce on the road in December in protest against low rates, expect a sharp fall in output of the tuber due to unfavourable weather last month. Rain in the month of January has dealt a severe blow to potato growers in Punjab and it is going to have a damaging effect on overall production of crop in Punjab. The crop loss estimates may be between 20-30 per cent.
02.02.2012 US - How warm weather impacts local crops Capital Region farmers are looking to the sky, trying to figure out what effect the warmer than usual winter weather will have on their crops. After speaking with several area growers, we found out the higher temperatures provide an excellent opportunity for farmers to get quite a bit more outdoor work done right now, but that apple farmers are worried about trees budding too soon.
02.02.2012 India - Central teams to assess crop loss Two Central teams comprising eight members would visit the state from February 5 to 8 to asses the crop loss. According to official information the first team would visit Rangareddy and Ananthapur districts and the second team Nalgonda and Mahboobnagar districts.
The state government has sent a report about the crop loss due to drought to the Central government on January 10 seeking an aid of Rs 3,741 crore.
30.10.2011 Where the margin is 2012 - conference in Moscow The Conference "Where the margin is" will be held on January 31, 2012, in MOscow in the Radisson Slavianskaya Hotel. The conference is meant for agricultural producers, inputs manufacturers, dealers and distributors, financiers, insurers, agribusiness investors, policy makers. 29.05.2011 Seminar on Index based Weather Insurance - India, July 25-27, 2011 Crop insurance (yield and weather based) is a specialty insurance, the technical nuances of which need to be clearly understood by all the stakeholders. The programme aims at enhancing the understanding of critical issues related to these specialised products and providing a comprehensive technical understanding of the weather index insurance covers in India.
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