Record low temperatures in many parts of France in the night from Sunday to Monday is expected to have caused severe damage to some fruit and wine production in the country for a second year running, growers said.
France recorded the coldest April night since at least 1947, at an average of minus 1.5 degrees Celsius , with record low temperatures for the month seen in many parts of the country, weather forecaster Meteo France said on Monday.
"This was another terrible night for fruit growers and winegrowers with temperatures down to minus 5 or minus 6 degrees ," Christiane Lambert, head of France's largest farm union FNSEA told Europe 1 radio. Fresh fruit prices gained 4% in 2021, far above the rise of the average food index at 0.6%, statistics office Insee said.
In the wine sector, growers who had managed to prune a little later than usual may have less damage but it could be difficult for those who already had advanced vines, Lambert said.
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