Limited quantities of carrots in Italy due to bad weather

On Saturday 2 June, the first carrots of the new season were harvested in Piana del Fucino, in the Italian region of Abruzzo, where there have also been heavy rains and floods. "Temperatures are cool for the time of year and a few days ago we were again surprised by rain all night long. We had not expected it anymore and it was not local rain showers. The whole Fucino plain has had water from watching the sky come down," says Gabriella Stoilova, cultivation manager at Venditti Fabio in Luco dei Marsi, a municipality in the province of L'Aquila. "Every year is a different story in terms of weather conditions. We sometimes go from one extreme to the other: last year we complained about extreme drought, now it rains much more than is desirable," continues Stoilova. "Two weeks ago we had hail here, a week ago it was the turn of other growers in the area. Hardly anyone is spared." The company has already harvested several batches of new carrots. The crop is ripe earlier than usual. ...