date:Dec 24, 2012
As Christmas approaches we reflect on a year which has been a story of adverse weather. Europe has been dogged by dull, wet weather which affected yield and made harvesting a challenge. Spain saw serious flooding towards the end of year.
The US also had its fair share of weather, suffering two major hurricanes and frost after a warm early Spring which devastated apple crops in many states. One of the big political issues in the banana trade was the increased controls of Philippine bananas en