Blue Whale is getting ready for the new harvest
We have had a great spring for the blossoming of the fruit trees and have a certain precocity in all regions.
Cold periods between the 20th and the 28th April have caused important damage all around Europe with 3 cold spells successively with frost during the night.
Since 10 years now, we have not had late frost episodes and some of Blue Whale producers had forgot about the risks.
In the Loire Valley, partner producers have been the most affected by these night frosts.
The Blue Whale group has highly invested in the fight against frost. These investments have enabled to save the harvest.
We must continue in investing to reach a 100% protection. The loss of potential per hectare is estimated, as of today, at around 10% loss of volume.
Since the last 4 years, the important investments made by the producers of the Blue Whale group in developing orchards have highly increased our potential as from this year. This allows to make up for the loss.
Our harvest perspective will be as the same as 2016 / 2017 harvest for apples, plums and kiwis.