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It rains and it rains. This spring is rainier than it has been in a long time. There is a risk of flooding at level 2 in some parts of Switzerland. Heavy rainfall especially affects vegetable growers.
Jörg Friedli (48), owner of Friedli Gemüse at Wohlenschwil AG in Reusstal, Aargau says: “He pushed us hard!” When it’s too wet, “I can’t drive into Blätz”. Due to weather conditions, he and his staff are lagging behind the October schedule.
The next few days are very important.
It also has issues with crop protection and weed control being difficult to do under these conditions. Fungal diseases are on the rise. “I have five weather apps,” Friedli says. None of them are reliable – estimates have often “jumped into the grass” over the past six weeks. Weather radar displaying storm cells is still the best. However, a long-term forecast is not available.
The weather is expected to improve in the coming days. “For us, that means we were very strict on Ascension weekend.” Potatoes need to be planted as soon as possible. Otherwise, he has no choice but to make cow feed from it.
Bad weather spoils salad cravings
Similar sounds in central Suhrental on the other side of Aargau. Daniel Frey (55) is Managing Director of Frey Gemüsebau in Kirchleerau AG. “I have a feeling it’s been raining nonstop since March,” he says. According to Frey, moist soil causes two problems: On the one hand, a large amount of water means less air in the soil. Therefore, plants form fewer roots. When the weather gets hot and dry in the summer, it takes its revenge. “On the other hand, it’s extremely difficult to work in the fields this spring,” Frey says. He and his crew were unable to enter the fields. Spraying, fertilizing and planting cannot be done.
Rain makes people nauseous, Frey knows.
Everything is clean from the vegetable association
Although the weather has improved somewhat in the north, vegetable growers are still worried. “Three good days doesn’t save spring,” says Frey. To properly grow the cultures, there would have to be “a week or two of good weather”.
“Swiss vegetables are plentiful right now,” says Markus Waber, 33, deputy director of the Swiss Vegetable Producers Association. However, since it is not possible to sow at the moment, a lower yield may be considered in the coming weeks.
And this can affect prices. These are already compressed.
Source :Blick
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