From 813,000 to 468,000 Tons: Earth Apples Almost Halved

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Austria-wide the potato farmers sit this year on the dry. Not only are the tubers significantly smaller in this harvest - the dryness and the wireworm reduced the amount enormously, as a local appearance in the Weinviertel shows.

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Heat, drought and the wireworm minimize the earth's apples. "We'll make it by Christmas, after which, according to IGE CEO Michael Bachl, we'll end our own supply in Austria.

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Climate change threatens Austria's food security: heat and drought have massively reduced the earth's apples in Austria this year. In addition, the wireworm ensures high failures and considerable additional expenditure at the farms.

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This year, the earth apples are as small as they have not been for decades. Heat, lack of rain and massive wireworm damage pose great challenges for the local farms. The Chamber of Agriculture and InterestsCommunity Ground apples (IGE) therefore demand practical solutions for plant protection, a sustainable water infrastructure and fair conditions on the market. NEDERFELLABRUNN/NÖ. The balance sheet at the ground apples harvest meeting in Nieder…

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The heat and general drought, which lasted for weeks, left the earth's apples weak this year. Based on an estimate of a total quantity of 468,000 tonnes published by Statistik Austria, the figure was 813,000 tonnes in the previous year. An additional problem was identified on Friday at the harvest meeting of the Agricultural Chamber NÖ of Wireworm. A sustainable water infrastructure was demanded.