Due to rising energy costs, this year's vegetable season in Burgenland is starting 1-2 weeks later. There will be some minor losses due to the later start, but there are not many Austrian farms that have started earlier anyway, paprika grower Lisa Thell from Pamhagen told ORF. Saving energy is currently the top priority, she adds.
For her LGV colleague Daniel Lorenschitz from Wallern, rising energy and personnel costs, as well as the drought, are an issue as well. In the future, they want to focus even more on vegetables adapted to the environment. It is possible that in the future, due to the milder winters, there will be more new varieties that can be grown in Burgenland, the lettuce grower says.
For more information:
Johann Thell GmbH & Co KG
Gemüseweg 1
7152 Pamhagen
Tel.: +43 2174 250 96
thell@paprika-tu.at
lgv.at/gartner/thell-johann/
Gemüsebau Lorenschitz
Untere Hauptstrasse 30
7162 Tadten
Tel.: +43 699 10710735
dlorenschitz@gmail.com
lgv.at/gartner/lorenschitz-daniel/