French cauliflower growers will harvest 16% less

Although the French cooperative Marais de l'Audomarois normally harvests almost 3 million cauliflowers a year, this year it has to count on a loss of 500,000 cauliflowers. The rain that has fallen in the region since mid-June, 200 milliliters of water, three times the average in the same period, has resulted in significant losses for gardeners. On some plots, up to 30% of the planted cauliflowers cannot be harvested. Grower Olivier Brietz says the following about his swampy fields: "In my case, the cauliflower has suffocated because of the large amount of water and it cannot be harvested." However, the beautiful weather and high temperatures this week do not ...