Belgium: Uncovered cherry cultivation is 100% gone

Tholen - The enormous amount of rain that has fallen in Belgium in recent days has disastrous consequences for the fruit and vegetable sector. In particular, the damage to cherries and the field vegetables and fruit is enormous. "It is precisely in the Belgian heart of cherry cultivation that a lot of rain has fallen. The uncovered cherry cultivation is 100% lost throughout Limburg," says Peter Durlet of Depa-Fruit. "With this amount of rain, the cherries suck up with water and then they start to burst. The cherry cultivation is fragile and there are many things that can go wrong. At the moment it is finally going wrong, everything is soggy. You can say whether it's climate change or not, but I've never experienced such an amount of rain, there's nothing to complain about." The damage to top fruit does not seem to be too bad at the moment. In addition to the cherries, open field vegetables and fruit in particular have been the victims of the rain. Entire plots are flooded with a ...