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

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. ...