Demand for Spanish broccoli started very early

"The temperature in the Spanish region of Murcia is favorable for broccoli cultivation and the different varieties are harvested fairly evenly," says Luis Jiménez of Hortalizas San Luis, a cultivation company specialized in this vegetable and a member of the +Brócoli association. "Prices are currently at a very high level due to the lack of home-grown produce in other European countries, where the season has generally ended earlier than planned. Spain usually starts exporting in mid-November, so next week. But this year demand started a month earlier." "The United Kingdom as well as the Netherlands, Germany and France have had problems due to a lack of water. At certain times it was also cold and they had to end their season prematurely. And in order to continue to supply their customers with product, they started to pull Spain's sleeve." The weekly price bulletin of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture also testifies to this situation. October ended with broccoli prices ...