Swiss gardeners are counting losses - due to bad weather the harvest of stone fruits has decreased

Published 2021년 10월 13일

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The Swiss Fruit Association (SOV) has announced a disappointing harvest for summer fruits and berries in 2021 due to adverse weather conditions and a decrease in crop protection products. Stone fruit crops have seen significant losses, whereas berries grown indoors have been profitable. The season produced 1,500 tons of sweet cherries, 1,300 tons of plum, and 2,200 tons of apricots, but the damage to the infrastructure is estimated to cost tens of millions of dollars. The SOV is advocating for more construction of horticultural farms with modern facilities to protect from bad weather. The lack of sufficient crop protection products due to rainy spring and summer conditions has led to increased disease in plants.

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The Swiss Fruit Association (SOV) has published a report on the harvest of summer fruits and berries in 2021. Stone fruit crops have brought only losses to farmers. Only the production of berries grown indoors has become profitable. This year has demonstrated the dependence of the agricultural sector on weather conditions and the availability of crop protection products, reports Fruit-inform based on the Bauernzeitung. 2021 has definitely not been a good year for Swiss fruit production. Spring brought severe frosts, summer - showers with hail. According to the report of the Swiss Association, this year produced: 1,500 tons of sweet cherries (72% of last year's harvest) 1,300 tons of plum (40% respectively) 2,200 tons of apricots (35%). In addition to fruit trees, the entire infrastructure was also damaged. SOV estimates the damage at tens of millions of dollars. But the berry harvest turned out to be good. Here the profitability corresponds to the annual average for five years. ...

Source: Eastfruit