THE NEXT DAY 24 SOWING FOR THE CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN IN JUNE 2013/2014 WHOSE SURFACE INCREASES BY SIX HECTARES.

The COAGRISÁN cooperative has ended the harvest 2012/2013, being the only company in the Canary Islands sector that continued sending tomatoes to Europe.

Since last day 20 In May the last shipment will be made on the campaign ship, COAGRISÁN continued exporting for almost another month, recording 4.470.000 packaged baskets throughout the campaign.

The sights were set on exceeding four and a half million baskets, in fact, if it hadn't been for the adversities, would have been reached, according to the cooperative's technicians.

The technical director, Marcelo Rodriguez, He recalled that the last week of October and the first week of November were cloudy with very high temperatures for the time. This resulted in the loss of two to three bouquets..

Rodríguez indicated that the two heat waves that occurred at the beginning and during the spring affected the same way.. If it had not been for these incidents, safely, would have been exceeded 4,5 million baskets.

In general, This has been a regular-good campaign in which the impact of pests and viruses has been controlled, and the weather, except for the incidents mentioned, has been benign, points out Rodríguez.

From the technical department they report that the next day 24 Sowing of seedbeds will begin in June to begin planting in the month of August.

The area that will be used for cultivation for the next campaign in the municipality of La Aldea, will be increased by six hectares, adding a total of 143 He has.

The President of COAGRISAN, Juan José de el Pino, declared that this fact will imply the creation of jobs, around 25 people who will be necessary to attend to the increase in surface area.

However, Del Pino expressed his concern about water, since the dams are at minimum capacity and for a few months they had already resorted to desalinated water.

All we have left is for autumn and winter to be generous in rainfall that allows us to recover the volume of the dams to optimize a good harvest. 2013/2014, concluded Del Pino.