CropsThe severe cyclone crossed the coast near Ongole. Early estimates put crop losses on at least 30,661 hectares in 15 districts, with paddy, cotton and maize worst hit.
Aman planting in Noakhali was set back a month by early heavy rain; now drought has dried out paddy on thousands of acres in Subarnachar, Sadar and Companiganj before the grain set.
CropsWith 113.6 mm of rain in three days, aman on at least 150 hectares has lodged in Lalpur, and Ishwardi’s agriculture office expects yields about 5 maunds a bigha lower; farmers are advised to tie up the fallen plants.
EnvironmentAbout 150 wild elephants in the Garo Hills of Sherpur and Jamalpur have been unable to return to Meghalaya for two years; foraging in farmland, they destroyed crops on about 435 hectares in Sherpur over two fiscal years.
Rain, wind and storms during the kharif harvest have flattened standing paddy and drenched grain stored in the open in north India; IMD forecasts more rain and strong winds on 12-13 October.
VegetablesAbout 440 mm of rain in two days left growers on Crete's Lasithi Plateau estimating potato losses of 80 percent or more weeks before harvest; they held a sit-in for compensation on 11 October.
CropsKarnataka's second memorandum puts losses in 177 of its 217 drought-hit taluks at close to Rs 46,000 crore; the state expects the total to reach Rs 50,000-60,000 crore.
CropsSuccessive depressions in September and October flooded aman rice and rotted flower crops across West Bengal's Purba Medinipur; 19 blocks have been listed from satellite images and field surveys, and seed will be handed out once farmers are listed.
VegetablesA Madhabpur family says spraying a pesticide bought on an agent's advice turned 250 decimals of tomato plants white and rotten, a loss of about Tk 1.6 million; the UNO has ordered an inquiry.
FruitsA sudden 10-minute storm this week damaged the banana, papaya and other crops of about 700 farmers in four unions of Madhupur, Tangail; the agriculture office puts the first estimate of the loss at about Tk 100 crore.
FruitsStrong winds on Wednesday afternoon hit orchards in Sholakuri, Fulbagchala, Aronkhola, Bhutia and Kuragachha; the agriculture office says the toll may rise once field counts are done.
India's central government has formed an inter-ministerial team to assess crop losses, water and fodder in Maharashtra, where 265 of 358 talukas have been declared drought-hit after a rainfall deficit.
CropsThai agriculture ministry figures show floods since late August have hit 42 provinces, damaging 1.31 million rai of rice and leaving 3.89 million poultry dead or missing.
