DECRYPTION – Summer vegetables play extra time, winter cereal seedlings are already up and fruit trees are budding, at the risk of struggling to bloom again in the spring…
After cereal and market garden yields (potatoes, beans, corn) cut down by 30% to 50% by the historic summer drought, the atmosphere of this early autumn remains atypical to say the least in the 390,000 farms of France. Admittedly, the high harvest and grape harvest season is over. But the thermometer still 3°C to 4°C above
above seasonal norms upsets the pace of production.
First, by prolonging the growth of certain summer fruits and vegetables. “We still find tomatoes in the ground these days. At 1is November is quite unusual, estimates Laurent Grandin, president of the interprofession of fresh fruits and vegetables (Interfel). This is also true for all ratatouille vegetables, such as zucchini or eggplant. Good news for lovers of sunny vegetables.
Atypical consumption
Just like for farmers worried about their fodder stocks after a scorching summer: coupled with the return of rainfall, temperatures still…
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