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Spain: Frosts cause significant damage in fruit-growing areas of Aragon

Fruits
Spain
Published Apr 6, 2022

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The frosts recorded last night from Saturday to Sunday have caused significant damage in several fruit-growing regions of Aragon, including those in Huesca of Bajo Cinca, La Litera or Cinca Medio. The fields woke up white and the branches and flowers of the fruit trees covered with ice as temperatures were recorded below zero degrees for many hours, forcing the producers to start up the anti-frost systems.

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The frosts recorded the night of last Saturday to Sunday have caused significant damage in several fruit-growing regions of Aragon, among them those of Bajo Cinca, La Litera or Cinca Medio stand out. The fields woke up white and the branches and flowers of the fruit trees covered with ice as temperatures were recorded below zero degrees for many hours, which forced the producers to activate anti-frost systems. It is estimated that the damage in some of the aforementioned regions could be even worse than that caused by the frosts of March 19 last year, in which up to 100 million kilos of fruit were lost. Many farmers spent the night awake on their farms fighting the cold with all the systems at their disposal, such as paraffin candles, stoves and sprinkler irrigation, to try to minimize the effects of frost. In some cases they trust that these systems have served to save part of the harvest. One of the most affected regions has been Tamarite de Litera, where temperatures reached ...
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