As a result of intense hail, this year the yields of berries in South America have declined significantly. Blueberries were especially affected, large batches of which now do not meet world export standards, as well as cherries.
Suppliers can no longer sell spoiled goods in the form of fresh berries. As a result, damaged berries will remain inside the countries where they were grown, and will go to the freezing segment.
In particular, the difficult situation with blueberries and cherries has formed in Chile, a country that is known to all world purchasers for its volumes of exported berries.
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Fortunately, the destructive hail did not take place throughout the country, and some plantations of berry trees were saved.
“Hail, after all, is not rain or snow falling over a large territory,” says Hernan Gares, president of the Chilean company that supplies berries and fruits all over the world. “It can severely damage the plantations of one site and not affect the crop on a neighboring plantation at all.”
Meanwhile, entrepreneurs calculate the losses from the hail and assure that the disaster did not happen, but it is close: “The consequences of precipitation in the form of a large hail in individual territories are striking in their scale and the degree of damage. Blueberries and cherries, as well as nectar groves, were affected. As long as we have something to export, and we can almost fully satisfy the demands of the world market. But now our task is to develop a plan of measures that can protect future crops from hail. "
