“Overnight, producers discovered they had no harvest to pick”
According to the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Region of Murcia (Fecoam), the heavy rains have caused damages to apricot crops that range between 15 and 20 million euro.
Juan Pedro Martinez, Fecoam's representative of the apricot sector, said the effects of the latest rainfall, compounded with the previous inclement weather, had been disastrous for the crops.
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