Late frost weather disaster for French agriculture

A frosted grapevine: up to 90% of grapes may be lost in some parts of France.

France’s Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie has said the unseasonal frost in the first week of April was the “greatest agronomical catastrophe of the century”.

The historic low temperatures wreaked havoc on vines, fruit trees, rapeseed, and beet crops across the country.