“ Last year COVID-19 created much precariousness about the Proteaceae time of year , and then we also had to share with severe rime and prices that dropped by 12 % . In total we had to throw aside approximately 30,000 shank of Ayoba ® Arctic Ice in 2020 , ” say Caroline O’Brien , Managing Director at Future Fynbos . Thankfully , the first six calendar month of 2021 have been much more convinced as sale have drop dead well so far , and the South African protea growers are expect forward to a much more prescribed season . Ayoba Arctic IceA challenging 2020 that slowly improved“Last year , after the start of the pandemic there was much uncertainness as to how the South African 2020 Proteaceae time of year would extend . The white cynaroides ‘ Arctic Ice ’ , managed by Future Fynbos under the Ayoba brand , really took a hit during its first summit in April / May 2020 . as luck would have it , the securities industry started to improve in the eye of May and was quick for the second point of production in September / October . Volumes for the year increase by 17 % from 2019 . Unfortunately , median prices fell by 12 % in 2020.”Ayoba pincushions pick and packingA positive start to 2021According to O’Brien , the 2021 time of year started off well , with the production of Ayoba Arctic Ice being up by 35 % compared to the first half of 2020 . In addition , price were 45 % high than they were in the first 6 months of 2020 . “ Pincushions make up the largest group of Proteaceae exported from South Africa with some 12 million stem export from South Africa in the 2019/2020 time of year ( Capeflora statistics , February 2021 ) . These flowers fare in a variety of different color and embodiment and have excellent vase life . With global product they are now useable almost year - round . Ayoba pincushion answer for for 2 million of these stems in the 2019/2020 time of year . Future Fynbos is continually breeding and trialing new varieties with the aim of bringing them to the market in commercial-grade quantities , and to optimise the growing of the variety as well as its vase lifespan . ”Frosts delay cropsO’Brien explains that the 2020 Ayoba pincushion time of year in South Africa was affected by a winter characterized by protracted cold social movement and sharp temperature drops from mid - June to the conclusion of August . In improver , severe frosts occurred during the last calendar week of August 2020 across the Western Cape , which is the main Proteaceae production area , retard the start of the harvest . “ The 2021 winter in the Western Cape has had more frequent cold fronts with high rain to date than 2020 and one frost consequence in the midriff of July . ” Despite everything , the protea growers remain plus about this year ’s time of year . “ As long as farms are able-bodied to operate and planes are flying to get our product to the market , we can look forward to a good season . ”
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