Tag: growers
On the Lebanese border, Israeli wine growers worry about their harvest
The Lebanese village of Maroun El Ras seen from the agricultural hamlet of Dalton, northern Israel, January 29, 2024 (AFP/jalaa marey) In northern Israel, black clouds rise above the vineyards…
The Minister of Agriculture announces 80 million euros in aid for wine growers
Europe 1 with AFP 9:30 a.m., January 31, 2024modified to 11:03 a.m., January 31, 2024 An additional 80 million euros to support “all wine regions which are in crisis” will…
Deprived of neonicotinoids, beet growers grope in search of alternatives
The beet harvest in Pont-du-Château, in Auvergne, Puy-de-Dôme, November 7, 2019 (AFP / Thierry Zoccolan) “Making beets, how easy was it before!”. Farmer in Comines (Nord), Jean-Paul Decherf navigates on…
Cherry growers ‘discouraged’ by midge’s ravages
A cherry affected by the Suzukii fly, on June 22, 2018 in Prayssas, in Lot-et-Garonne (AFP/Archives/NICOLAS TUCAT) A “permanent state of stress” and a lot of “discouragement”: cherry growers warned…
Spanish strawberry growers fear European supermarket boycott
Ihe Spanish soft fruit sector is trembling: what if the tonnes of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries exported to the rest of Europe were the subject of a generalized boycott by…
Deflagration among beet growers: EU justice bans derogations on neonicotinoids
By Le Figaro with AFP Published yesterday at 7:35 p.m., Update yesterday at 8:20 p.m. The approximately 24,000 French beet growers would find themselves in “a very difficult situation“. Spring…
In the south of the Drôme, the morale at half mast of the truffle growers
A seller presents a black truffle at the Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux market (Drôme), December 23, 2022 (AFP / OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE) “The volumes are not there”: truffle growers in southern Drôme have seen…
“Apricot growers expect a price decline this year, after, it is true, a peak reached in 2021”
VShot! Hot in front…! Let the pressed apricots pass! In French orchards, it’s the shot. Rising mercury has boosted nature’s cycle. “We are witnessing a phenomenal acceleration”, testifies Bruno Darnaud,…
Cereal growers benefit from soaring wheat prices
Wheat harvest in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle (Eure), August 13, 2021. JOEL SAGET / AFP As of Friday August 20, the harvests are still not over. In the north of France, as in…