Siam Spencer, edited by Gauthier Delomez 2:07 p.m., March 29, 2022, modified at 2:08 p.m., March 29, 2022

Negative temperatures should affect many regions in France after these last spring days.

A situation that worries many farmers, who fear experiencing a frost episode similar to that of last year.

If Météo France is reassuring, some professionals are starting to protect their productions.

The unstable weather of recent days has affected many professions, and farmers and growers in the first place.

They share their concerns, and try to prepare for the weather conditions.

This is the case of Dominique Balouzet, an arborist near Lyon.

In the region, the expected temperatures should be around -2 degrees.

"We are in the process of putting in place a certain number of protections on different crops, and in particular apricots, peaches and apples", he explains at the microphone of Europe 1.

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Why the expected episode arouses less concern than last year

The arborist points out that at this expected temperature of -2 degrees, the protection is working properly.

"At -6 degrees, the damage can be enormous," he warns.

"In fact, it's quite difficult to know how low it will go. That's the big question for us, we don't sleep very well," admits Dominique Balouzet.

Last year, during the historic cold snap, the arborist lost all his production of peaches and apricots.

Nevertheless, this spring season should not cause so much concern, tempers Matthieu Regimbeau, engineer in agrometeorology at Météo France.

"The conditions are much less than those of the previous April. We have an occurrence between a fairly normal episode of frost climatologically speaking, but with vegetation which would be a little early, therefore potentially, a little bit sensitive", affirms -t- -he, before adding: "Everything will depend locally on the progress of the vegetation, so it is to be refined over the next few days."

The cold spell should last until the beginning of next week, which means that the measures put in place right now by farmers will have to last over time.