In Spain, a record tomato harvest was helped by record warm weather in January
“Almeria’s weather and cultivation conditions are currently more than pleasant,” says Stephan van Marrewijk, a member of the Spanish cooperative Vicasol’s commercial department. “We’ve just had the warmest January on record. Coupled with the full moon, all the tomatoes ripened simultaneously.” That resulted in record harvests, especially for tomatoes,
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