BLUEBERRIES: New volumes forecast for Argentina - ARÁNDANOS: Nuevos volúmenes pronosticados para Argentina

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On Monday, September 21st, Concordia (Entre Ríos province) suffered a strong storm, with lots of water and some hail events, which affected to a greater or lesser extent various areas of the place.

It is hard to know with certainty how affected the region’s offer will be, since every affected producer is assessing the consequences of the event. Preliminarily, and according to the data collected from partners and technicians of APAMA (Asociación de Productores de Arándano de la Mesopotamia), it is estimated that after this weather event, the offer from Argentina could be reduced by about 12%, which would represent a total exportable amount of 16,000 t for 2015, compared to the 16,500 t of the 2014 season. APAMA’s technical group is working on a new production forecast; however, the region will have an exportable volume of about 6,500 t. 

Thanks to the variety turnover that has been taking place in the area, various plots affected by the hail corresponded to very early varieties, such as Snowchaser, which had been in harvest since week 35 and whose production peak has already passed.

Source: http://www.argblueberry.com