Category Food Loss Alert

Severe Gales & Hailstorms Batter Northern Vietnam

Strong gusts and hailstorms have raged in the northern provinces of Ha Giang and Lao Cai over the past several days, damaging about 1,000 houses and many crops, and causing a loss of over VND5.7 billion (US$270,700).    Early Sunday…

Ivory Coast Rains Flood Cocoa Plantations, Raising Quality Fears For The Harvest Heavy rain in most of Ivory Coast’s coastal cocoa regions this week has flooded several plantations and damaged roads, threatening harvesting and the quality of beans in the…

Frost Wipes Out 50% Wine Grape Crops In Australia Frost has wiped out wine grape crops at Murrumbateman, on the southern tablelands of New South Wales, near Canberra. Some growers have reported losses of 50 to 100 per cent in…