german harvest battered by drought heatwave
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today
Egypt Today, egypt today
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today

German harvest battered by drought, heatwave

Egypt Today, egypt today

Egypt Today, egypt today German harvest battered by drought, heatwave

German farmers
Berlin - AFP

This year's grain, fruit and vegetable harvests in Germany have been reduced by droughts in key areas and by the long summer heatwave, the national farmers' association DBV said Tuesday.

"The severe drought seen in large parts of Germany since May has left its mark on the grain harvest," DBV said in a statement.

Farmers were estimated to have harvested only 46.5 million tonnes of grain this year, a shortfall of 11 percent from last year's record 52 million tonnes, it said.

The heatwave and drought have also battered other crops, such as rapeseed, fruits and vegetables, the DBV continued.

Farmers were expecting to harvest 885,000 tonnes of apples, for example, a drop of 21 percent from last year.

And the asparagus harvest was down five percent on the year at 108,000 tonnes.

"The average volumes of harvests hide the dramatic problems faced by businesses in those regions that have been hardest hit by the drought," said the association's president Joachim Rukwied.

In the regional states of Bavaria, Hesse and the Rhineland-Palatinate, for example, and the eastern states, the wheat harvest was down by between 15 and 30 percent year-on-year, he said.

"The ongoing drought in August is also harming crops that are still growing such as corn and sugar beets, grazing land and forage crops. Here, irreparable damage has already been done," Rukwied said.

Farmers also complained of price pressures following the introduction at the start of the year of a national minimum wage which is pushing up their costs, the DBV said.

egypttoday
egypttoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

german harvest battered by drought heatwave german harvest battered by drought heatwave



 
 Egypt Today Facebook,egypt today facebook  Egypt Today Twitter,egypt today twitter Egypt Today Rss,egypt today rss  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
egypttoday, Egypttoday, Egypttoday