In large parts of Germany, temperatures this week rose to well over 30 degrees. In southern and eastern German agriculture in particular, the consequences of the sudden heat are already noticeable. The fresh fruit trade is also affected by the heat. 
View of the Stuttgart Grossmarkthalle
Stuttgart: worried about leafy lettuce and root vegetables
In Baden-Wuerttemberg on Wednesday in some places tropical temperatures of around 37-38 degrees were measured. "At a certain temperature, no more customers come in and less is being sold," says a grower who markets her own products both at the weekly market and at the Stuttgart wholesale market. Even if the heat only lasts for a short time, it could lead to quality problems and higher spoilage of certain crops.
"The most sensitive products are lettuce, but also root vegetables such as radishes, spinach, chard and radish. In the market you can barely keep your products cool enough. That means you have to expect more spoilage and higher losses." But the weather also causes problems with production. "In the greenhouse, you can see the produce suffering. Also, people can hardly harvest the goods, because it's so hot inside."
On the Munich wholesale market area, there were already weather-related price adjustments.
Munich: Higher spoilage with white mushrooms
Even in Bavaria there were already extraordinary temperatures well over 30 degrees. In some places, it even got to 40 degrees. This should also be noted on the wholesale market in Munich, explained a dealer there. "This heat is of course bad for our daily business, because you can't cool the goods enough. In other words, if the goods are left out for a few hours, they are sometimes not fit for sale anymore." He gives the example of white mushrooms as a particularly heat-sensitive product. "That meant traders already had to lower their prices, so that the goods would sell faster."
