Implications from Hail Damage on Young Corn Many corn fields took a beating from hail associated with the storm on April 26-27. Fortunately, the critical growing point of young corn plants should be underground until plants reach the V6 growth stage or are more than 12” tall. Thus, corn younger than V6 has the physiological capability to completely recover from heavy defoliation. However, recovery is highly dependent upon favorable weather conditions to promote vigorous growth.
Risk management with agricultural insurances Small-scale farmers in developing countries can no longer absorb the negative impacts of climate threats within their traditional risk management strategy. One supplementary risk management instrument could be agricultural insurances. But they need to be tailored to the specific needs particularly of small-scale farmers, a great challenge for the insurance providers.
The OIE and risk management instruments for epidemic livestock diseases World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is an intergovernmental organisation. It was founded in 1924. Today 170 countries are the members of OIE. The OIE provides technical support to Member Countries requesting assistance with animal disease control and eradication operations, including diseases transmissible to humans. The OIE notably offers expertise to the poorest countries to help them control animal diseases that cause livestock losses, present a risk to public health and threaten other Member Countries.
FAO - Agriculture and Food Risk Management Disaster risk management (DRM) is a systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster. FAO maintains the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyse and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events. Presentation was done at the International conference agricultural insurance and risk management in Madrid, Spain in March 2010
USA - The Agricultural Credit Situation Serious problems that developed in the agricultural credit situation in 2009 could escalate in 2010–2011. The earliest problems have occurred for lenders with loan concentrations in beef, dairy, hogs and poultry. Producers in all the protein sectors have suffered significant losses for over a year, resulting in a large increase in non-performing loans. Although there were few foreclosures in 2009, without a significant turnaround in income, many dairy and hog loans are in a near crisis situation. Many producers have lost enough equity that their lenders will be forced to discontinue financing.
Properly identify ear rot diseases With several types of ear rot diseases appearing on Ohio’s corn crop, properly identifying them is important for producers to make decisions about feeding grain to livestock. Current weather conditions are favorable for ear rot development: wet weather late in the season, frost occurring before maturity, corn standing in the field for an extended period and delayed maturity. Other indicators of potential ear rot problems include bird and insect damage, hybrid susceptibility and ears drying down in an upright position.
Sprinkler Irrigation Systems, Which to Choose Sprinkler irrigation systems are rainfall-like methods of distributing water throughout soil. Water is distributed through a network of pipes by pumping, which—through spray heads—sprays it into the air, breaks it up into tiny drops falling to the soil. It is one of four basic irrigation methods; the other three are subsurface, surface or gravity and trickle irrigations. Of those four, sprinkler irrigation systems are the most commonly used throughout the globe.
Hail Injury on Corn Hail decreases yields by reducing stands as well as destroying leaves. The severity depends on the crop’s growth stage. Corn has an advantage over soybean early in the season when storms roll through since corn’s growing point remains below ground until about the sixth-leaf stage. Young plants like this are not killed if only leaf or stem tissue is lost.
Small Grain Diseases: Management of Those More Common and Severe in Dry Years Small grain diseases that are more severe under dry soil conditions in North Dakota include wheat streak mosaic virus and common root rot. These two diseases add stress to the small grain plant which is already under stress from lack of moisture and too much heat. Wheat streak mosaic is a virus disease primarily attacking wheat crops, and is transmitted by wheat curl mites. Common root rot is caused by a fungus ordinarily found in North Dakota soils, a fungus that may attack roots and crowns of wheat and barley. Another fungal root disease, Fusarium crown rot, is not as frequently observed as common root rot, but under dry conditions, it also may cause damage on wheat, barley and oats.
Grasshopper Management Under Drought Conditions Cultivation of the soil at the proper time can be one of the most effective cultural practices available to farmers for the reduction of grasshopper populations. Tillage reduces grasshoppers by eliminating the green plants on which grasshoppers feed. Fields that are tilled in late summer or early fall will not attract grasshoppers for egg-laying activity. Grasshoppers seldom lay eggs in tilled fields even when a heavy covering of plant residue remains.
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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