US orange crop expected to be 10 percent smaller; Fla. crop hit hard by freeze, poor rainfallOctober 9th, 2009 Forecast: US orange crop to be down 10 percentORLANDO, Fla. — This season's U.S.
Rain, hailstorm damage crops in Himachal PradeshOctober 6th, 2009 KANGRA - Heavy rains and hailstorms added to woes of drought-hit farmers in Himachal Pradesh. Heavy rains and hailstorms have lashed the region for two days.
Demand for crop dusting soars in Midwest with new products to kill late-season diseases, pestsSeptember 21st, 2009 Demand for crop dusting soars with new pesticidesDES MOINES, Iowa — Demand for crop dusting is surging in parts of the U.S., largely because of new products to fight late-season diseases and pests. The Federal Aviation Administration reports that the number of hours flown by crop dusters climbed 29 percent between 2003 and 2007, to more than 1.4 million.
Jammu region may be declared hit by droughtSeptember 16th, 2009 JAMMU - Authorities here are considering declaring the Jammu region drought-hit as it has received 40 percent less rainfall this monsoon. "We are gathering the statistics and other facts to see if we can declare the region drought-hit.
Himachal farmers taking to floricultureAugust 19th, 2009 KULLU - Floriculture is the buzzword for farmers at Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. More and more farmers are growing flowers as the new lucrative commercial crop.
Not a 'fruitful' monsoon for HimachalAugust 12th, 2009 SHIMLA - It's been a double whammy for farmers in Himachal Pradesh, known as India's fruit bowl. After poor snowfall last winter, it's deficient rainfall this monsoon that has struck a telling blow.
Scant rainfall affects apple crop in ShimlaJuly 21st, 2009 SHIMLA - Apple growers in Shimla are a worried lot as scant rainfall has hit apple yield. "No use of the rains as majority of our crop has ruined.
Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir apprehend lower rice production due to lack of rainJuly 19th, 2009 RS PURA - Farmers in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura region, which is renowned for fine basmati rice, are apprehending bad days as their paddy fields have turned into parched lands due to lack of rain. The paddy fields in the region those are normally green at this time of the year, currently presents a dry and dismal picture owing to lack of rain and non-availability of water for irrigation.
USDA: Cotton acreage hits lowest level since 1983, amid continued interest in corn, soybeansJune 30th, 2009 Report: Cotton acres hit lowest level since 1983NEW ORLEANS — U.S. farmers planted their fewest cotton acres since 1983 — just over 9 million — amid a continued swapping of acres for better priced and less-costly-to-produce crops such as corn and soybeans.
Air Tractor turns lowly crop-duster into tactical attack planeJune 16th, 2009 Crop-duster morphs into tactical attack planeLE BOURGET, France — Crop-dusters usually have the mundane task of spraying fields of grain with chemical cocktails that kill plant pests and disease-carrying mosquitoes. But a heavily modified version packs a different kind of punch — .50 caliber Gatling guns, rockets and a complement of bombs.
Rain, thunderstorms pose threat to wheat cropApril 6th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Rainfall accompanied by strong thunderstorms lashed Chandigarh and the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana Monday evening. The thunderstorms and high velocity winds have become a cause of worry for farmers in the region as the wheat crop is almost ripe.
Debt-ridden Madhya Pradesh farmer kills himselfMarch 22nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Disturbed by his inability to pay back his loans, a farmer in Meharghatti village of Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district committed suicide by drinking pesticide, the police said Saturday. Dashrath Kushwah, 58, was found lying in a field.
Farmer denied bank loan, commits suicide in OrissaMarch 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A 35-year-old farmer committed suicide in Orissa after a bank allegedly denied him a crop loan, a newspaper report said here Saturday. Niranjan Das, a resident of Baladuan village in the coastal district of Keonjhar, was anxious over the past few days after a local bank refused to give him a crop loan of Rs.25,000, Oriya daily Sambad reported.
Wheat output will match last year's outputFebruary 10th, 2009 KOLKATA - Wheat output this fiscal would match last year's level of 78.4 million tonnes following recent rains in northern India, a top official said here Wednesday. 'There has been improvement in the prospect of wheat crop yield after the rains, which has brought down the temperature.
11 die in Bolivia after inhaling toxic gasJanuary 19th, 2009 LA PAZ - Eleven people have died after inhaling a poisonous gas emanated from two open pesticide containers in a house in southern Bolivian province of Chuquisaca, EFE reported Tuesday. The victims, including two children, were found dead early Monday.
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