Canadian farmers report MASSIVE crop damage from heatwave
Jul 21, 2021 18:33:11 GMT -5
Post by OmegaMan on Jul 21, 2021 18:33:11 GMT -5
Canadian farmers report MASSIVE crop damage from heatwave
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 by: Ramon Tomey
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(Natural News) Canadian farmers in different provinces reported massive damage to their crops as a result of a heatwave in the country. The heatwave caused many areas to record searing temperatures in late June 2021. Aside from damaging crops, it also caused the deaths of many people and triggered wildfires across the region.
Fruit growers in the province of British Columbia (BC) said the heatwave reportedly “cooked” fruits while still on the branch. BC Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) President and orchardist Pinder Dhaliwal told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: “It seems like somebody took a blowtorch to [the fruit] and just singed it.” He described the cherries affected by the heatwave: They became brown in color, with burnt leaves and dry stems.
According to Dhaliwal, 50 to 70 percent of cherry crops were damaged in the heatwave. He added that apples, apricots and other stone fruits also reported damage – albeit to a lesser degree. “The overall financial impact is going to be great on the farmers,” Dhaliwal said.
Prior to the heatwave, the cherry crop was shaping up to be one of the best. However, the heatwave’s arrival caused the Okanagan and Fraser valleys – BC’s two major fruit-growing regions – to see multiple days of temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. Dhaliwal added that the high temperatures in both daytime and nighttime gave no room for the cherries to cool down. He mentioned cherries that looked good outside yet felt hot right to the pit as an example of this.
BC Cherry Association President and fruit farmer Sukhpaul Bal also shared Dhaliwal’s sentiments. “It’s just so discouraging to see that this heatwave came in and literally cooked a lot of the cherries,” he lamented. Bal noted that this is the third year in a row where extreme weather events damaged the cherry crop, following torrential rain in 2019 and a cold spell in early 2020.
Bal said his cherry harvests are discolored and have burnt skins. While damaged fruits could still be made into juices, he remarked that most of his cherries are too damaged to even be used for juices or purees. “It’s not pretty, it’s not something that can be marketable by the time we get to harvest those cherries,” Bal continued.
The fruit farmer now looked to his remaining cherries that are still in good shape. But Bal noted that he will have to see how the fruits ripen as the heatwave continues.
Damage from the heatwave spared no fruit
Raspberries and blueberries growing in the Fraser Valley also bore the brunt of the heatwave. These included the fruits growing at David Mutz’s farm in Abbotsford, located east of BC’s capital Vancouver. “The plants are literally just cooked. You can pull the leaves off and they just crinkle in your hands,” he said.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 by: Ramon Tomey
Tags: badclimate, badfood, British Columbia, Canada, chaos, Collapse, crop damage, crop yields, extreme temperatures, extreme weather, food shortage, food supply, fruit harvests, fruits, grocery, harvest, heat wave, Saskatchewan, starvation
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(Natural News) Canadian farmers in different provinces reported massive damage to their crops as a result of a heatwave in the country. The heatwave caused many areas to record searing temperatures in late June 2021. Aside from damaging crops, it also caused the deaths of many people and triggered wildfires across the region.
Fruit growers in the province of British Columbia (BC) said the heatwave reportedly “cooked” fruits while still on the branch. BC Fruit Growers Association (BCFGA) President and orchardist Pinder Dhaliwal told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: “It seems like somebody took a blowtorch to [the fruit] and just singed it.” He described the cherries affected by the heatwave: They became brown in color, with burnt leaves and dry stems.
According to Dhaliwal, 50 to 70 percent of cherry crops were damaged in the heatwave. He added that apples, apricots and other stone fruits also reported damage – albeit to a lesser degree. “The overall financial impact is going to be great on the farmers,” Dhaliwal said.
Prior to the heatwave, the cherry crop was shaping up to be one of the best. However, the heatwave’s arrival caused the Okanagan and Fraser valleys – BC’s two major fruit-growing regions – to see multiple days of temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. Dhaliwal added that the high temperatures in both daytime and nighttime gave no room for the cherries to cool down. He mentioned cherries that looked good outside yet felt hot right to the pit as an example of this.
BC Cherry Association President and fruit farmer Sukhpaul Bal also shared Dhaliwal’s sentiments. “It’s just so discouraging to see that this heatwave came in and literally cooked a lot of the cherries,” he lamented. Bal noted that this is the third year in a row where extreme weather events damaged the cherry crop, following torrential rain in 2019 and a cold spell in early 2020.
Bal said his cherry harvests are discolored and have burnt skins. While damaged fruits could still be made into juices, he remarked that most of his cherries are too damaged to even be used for juices or purees. “It’s not pretty, it’s not something that can be marketable by the time we get to harvest those cherries,” Bal continued.
The fruit farmer now looked to his remaining cherries that are still in good shape. But Bal noted that he will have to see how the fruits ripen as the heatwave continues.
Damage from the heatwave spared no fruit
Raspberries and blueberries growing in the Fraser Valley also bore the brunt of the heatwave. These included the fruits growing at David Mutz’s farm in Abbotsford, located east of BC’s capital Vancouver. “The plants are literally just cooked. You can pull the leaves off and they just crinkle in your hands,” he said.
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