Spain: Hail damages hundreds of thousands of hectares of fruit and vegetables in Lorca

After yesterday announcing the first consequences of the hail that fell over the weekend in the Mediterranean regions of Spain (click here to learn more), the slow assessment of the damage begins. The Spanish farmers' association Coag speaks of damages on Lorca for hundreds of thousands of hectares of fruit and vegetables, even if the actual evaluation will only start on Sunday, when it will finally be possible to enter the fields without ice and mud. In the districts of Marchena, Tercia, La Hoya, Purias and Campillo, entire crops of watermelons and a large part of the broccoli have been lost. The local president of the agricultural association Plácido Pérez-Chuecos also went to the fields to assess the situation, after last Saturday the hail fell incessantly for 35 minutes. The ice grains not only destroyed the fruits and vegetables in the fields open but also structures such as greenhouses. Coag considers the production of watermelons and the last phase of the broccoli and ...