The weather didn't spare the French either; cucumbers also suffered in 2024

According to the penultimate report of this year by Agreste, which is not yet based on final data, the volume of the French cucumber harvest in 2024 will be 169.3 thousand tons, which is 3900 tons, 2% less than last year's volume, and 4% less than the five-year average yield of the previous period. The primary reason for this is that cloudy and rainy weather conditions prevailed for most of the season. The decrease will be particularly significant in the eastern basin (-8%) and, to a lesser extent, in the southeastern basin (-4%). The cucumber harvest has fallen significantly since September, in line with the usual shortening of daylight hours, but also with the rainy end of the season, which primarily affected the average size of the cucumber - writes FruitVeB. The national production area is 1,028 hectares, according to Agreste, a 2% decrease but still 1% above the average area for the period 2019-2023. In September, demand was initially in line with the less abundant supply, ...