The mayor of Eagle, Mari Carmen Moreno, moved yesterday to the director of the District Agricultural Office of Lorca, Domingo Antonio Manzanares, concerns the sector for losses in the aquiline plantations as a result of the high temperatures recorded in the city this summer .
The first mayor aquiline reported this situation to Manzanares in the course of a meeting held between the aquiline Consistory in which was also attended by Jose Martinez, president of ASAJA- Eagles.
Temperatures, especially high during the second week of August, severely hurt crops, with marked impact on the tomato farms whose losses are estimated at the resort around 80%.
In this sense, Martinez noted that "farmers have had to replant and also there are a lot of plants that will eventually produce anything";
situation that the representative of the agricultural association described as "alarming".
After the meeting the mayor was pleased by the commitment of the director of the District Agricultural Office to submit a damage report with the Ministry of Agriculture "requesting to be sensitive to our farmers, particularly when negotiating the modules "Moreno said.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas