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Recent excessive rainfall in Belgium, Germany, and the Benelux countries has caused significant damage to cherry orchards and other field vegetable crops, leading to massive fruit bursting and substantial losses. The extent of these losses is currently difficult to estimate. Cherry crops, in particular, have been severely affected, with some areas experiencing up to a meter of water, resulting in the complete loss of sweet cherries. Growers in Wallonia, southern Belgium, are seeking recognition of the damage as a disaster from the Flemish government.
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As a result of recent downpours, water also flooded cherry orchards in Belgium. The fruit is bursting en masse. Walloon growers talk directly about the end of the season and want the losses in orchards to be considered a disaster. The recent heavy rainfall in Germany and the Benelux countries has had a disastrous effect on agriculture. Dutch media reports of huge losses in Limburg and Wallonia. In flooded areas, 100% of sweet cherries were lost. Farmers do not remember such abundant rainfall. Field vegetable crops are also at risk. In these regions, there is even a meter of water in some places. Cherries are bursting en masse. Growers near Sint-Truiden in Belgium say it's the end of the cherry season. The fruit is not for sale. Of all the fruit species, it is the cherry that tolerates excess water the worst. Growers in Wallonia (southern Belgium) want to call on the Flemish ...
Source: Sad24
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