The rains have returned this Sunday to Catalonia with regionally heavy rainfall in factors, akin to Lleida. If the crops within the south are being affected by the restrictions within the irrigation of the d’Urgell canal because of the drought; Now the area of La Noguera, within the Pre-Pyrenees, sees its crops in peril because of the heavy hailstorm this Sunday.
“The results may attain 100% in some farms,” says the president of the Association of Young Farmers of Lleida (ASAJA), Pere Roqué, in response to the primary estimates.
The intense precipitation started at 9:30 p.m. this Sunday and lasted simply 10 minutes, however with hail “the scale of a penny coin.” It absolutely affected the agricultural municipalities of Albesa, Algerri and Castelló de Farganya, devoted to the cultivation of candy fruit and cereals. The territory, irrigated by the Algerri – Balaguer canal, had been free of the restrictions on account of drought suffered by the Urgell and Segarra – Garrigues canals.
Pear crops affected by the hailstorm of this domingoniusdiario.es
Peaches, paraguayos, pears and alfalfa
The affected fields are irrigated by the Algerri – Balaguer canal which, to this point, doesn’t undergo from water restrictions. They are candy fruit crops, particularly peaches, nectarines, paraguayos, pears, cereal and alfalfa.
Farmers are actually ready for the knowledgeable opinion of the Department of Climate Action and plenty of concern that it has affected their total farm: “Damaged fruit spoils, it won’t be able to be marketed,” explains Roqué. Unlike drought losses, the administration does cowl hail losses.
The rains this Sunday left increased rainfall data within the Lleida Pyrenees, with 26 liters per sq. meter in Oliana and 25 in Sort.
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