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French frosts "greatest agricultural catastrophe of 21st century" - ag minister April 16 , 2021 The frosts that hit France last week have been described as having the most severe impact on the agricultural industry in recent memory. At least a third of French wine production worth almost €2 billion in sales will be lost this year after rare freezing temperatures devastated many vines and fruit crops across France. The destruction has hit a swathe of the country, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Rhône Valley and Provence, damaging vines but also hitting growers of kiwifruit, apricots, app...

Chinese advances in Chile Click to read this article in English Image Credit: Feng Yongbin/China Daily  For more than twenty years, successive Chilean governments, on both the right and the left, have sought to integrate their country, with its back to the Andes mountains, into the Pacific rim’s flourishing economy. Chile has already tied itself to Asia and other parts of the world through Latin America’s most extensive web of free trade agreements, including the first and, arguably, the most advanced FTA with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the 2005 Trans-Pacific Strategic Econo...

Argentina sets the production cost of apples and pears at $ 0.26 per kilo The Fruit Contracting Board determined that the production cost for pears and apples for the 2020/2021 fruit season is $ 0.26 per kilo. In a meeting on Friday, February 5, the Board presented the new production costs and the different variables that were taken into account to determine them. The meeting was attended by the president of the Federation of Fruit Producers of Rio Negro and Neuquen, Sebastian Hernandez; the Secretary of Fruit Growing, Facundo Fernandez; the Undersecretary of Fruit Growing Pablo De Azevedo; t...

Chile: Late-season red grapes spared in mixed picture for rain-hit crops February 04 , 2021 A Chilean fruit industry representative says that while mid-season grapes in central regions were hit hard by the heavy rains last weekend, it seems that late-season red varieties are unaffected. Blueberries still to be harvested have also been significantly affected, while there is damage reported to peaches and plums, according to the chief of Chile's Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta), Jorge Valenzuela. The cherry and avocado harvests had largely already wrapped up so these crops are unimpac...

Storm in Chile affects thousands of farmers Storm in Chile affects thousands of farmers Santiago de Chile, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of farmers were affected by the storm that hit central and southern Chile last weekend, with damages estimated in the millions and possible effects on fruit exports. The president of the Federation of Fruit Producers, Jorge Valenzuela, declared to the press that 'we are standing on top of a disaster' and in a first balance of the damage he pointed out that the white table grape harvest was the most affected, with losses between 50 and one hundred percent i...