Leaves on infected tomato plants develop irregular, bright yellow blotches; severely affected leaves die but seldom drop. Spots of dead tissue, sometimes surrounded by a yellow halo, eventually appear in the blotches.
U.S. peach and nectarine production for 2023/24 is forecast down to 574,000 metric tons. Production has been fairly stable during the last 5 years, range‐bound between 650,000‐710,000 tons, but weather events in top producing states will drive supplies below this range in 2023/24.
The crop should show an abundant yellowish-reddish bloom, but the rise in temperatures, which have gone up above 21 degrees, associated with the El Niño phenomenon has had a strong impact on the crop.
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is reminding farmers to report damage to their property after natural hazards such as hurricanes.Earlier this year, heavy rains caused an estimated $63 million in crop damage in St. Elizabeth alone.
Australia's wheat production is likely to decline further as hot and dry weather in September, a crucial month for crop development, curbs yields, threatening to tighten global supplies.
Some apple orchards experienced a loss in crop this season.The adverse weather earlier this year still has lasting effects. Apple orchards like Bashista Orchards in Southampton, suffered a loss of crops due to a frost back in May.
As the rest of Florida moves on after Hurricane Idalia, Suwannee County remains devastated. The areas impacted the most house chickens and crops, specifically peanuts and hay. Officials are worried about the recovery response and hope to receive outside help.
A new infestation of the pesky spotted lanternfly was discovered in Holyoke in late August, according to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.Holyoke is now one of a handful of cities and towns in Massachusetts contending with the invasive speciesthat officials sayshould be squashed on sight.
Farmers in the southeastern Spain city of Valencia are reeling after severe weather struck the region over the weekend, destroying nearly$43 million worth of cropsacross thousands of acres of land. In some cases, nearly 100% of some farmers' crops were impacted, according to the Association of Farmers of Valencia.
In a normal year, Matthew Critz, a co-owner of Critz Farms in Cazenovia, could stand in the orchard and see a sea of red. Now it's just a few polka dots. He points to a tree about 12 feet tall.
In Greece, unusually wet weather caused by the Mediterranean Storm Daniel has dampened the expectations of olive and olive oil producers in the affected areas ahead of the upcoming olive harvest.
Storms moved through the Texas Panhandle on Friday night bringing hail, rain and strong winds wind and rain. Cleanup is ongoing on ranches and farm land in Deaf Smith County an area that took the brunt of the weather as crop damage is being assessed while sawing and removal of downed trees is underway.
Idalia was a Category 2 storm when the storm eye blew across the Florida/Georgia line into Lowndes County about 10 a.m. According to the National Hurricane Center, Category 2 storms have sustained winds of 96-110 mph.
As apples were almost ripe for harvesting, the worst storms in more than a century struck Greece’s breadbasket in Thessaly. Now, farmers face millions of euros in damage from the flooding.
According tothe September issue of the JRC MARS Bulletin crop monitoring in Europe, the yield forecast for grain maize was revised downward to 3% below the 5-year average while yield expectations for sugar beet and potatoes slightly improved.
Monsoon fury has caused considerable damage to the horticulture sector in Kullu district this year. Fruit growers of Kullu district have suffered huge losses and their source of livelihood has been hit hard because of this disaster.