Grapasa CEO, Karl Conrads summarized the ARRA season, which is nearly at its end in Chile, “The season is unlike previous seasons, it started early and is going very fast. Due to continued drought, the growers from the 3rd to 7th regions in southern Chile are facing their driest season and as a result, some hectares have been left without production. However, the resilient and adaptable Chilean growers frequently suffer from extreme weather conditions and use different types of strategies to come through challenging conditions. On the whole, all of the ARRA varieties have performed very well; in its first year of real commercial production the ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29) is showing great promise, ARRA Passion Glow™ (ARRA 19) is increasing in production with new hectares and ARRA Sweeties™ (ARRA 15) produced more than 2.5 million boxes for export. The varieties showed good quality upon arrival to destinations and have been well accepted by the different markets.
We are delighted to have this opportunity to present below some of the highlights of the Chilean ARRA season (If you would like to share with us the highlights of your ARRA season, please send us pictures and information for publication in the next edition of Grapa newsletter):