León is the main corn-producing province in Spain

León is establishing itself as the main corn-producing province in Spain, according to data made public yesterday by the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA), of the Ministry of Agriculture, which reflects that it allocates 71,526 hectares to this crop. It represents 29.47% of the entire national area, and 33.74% of all the corn grown under irrigation in Spain, and with respect to Castilla y León it represents 63% of the 113,000 hectares cultivated. In 2023, 242,700 hectares of corn have been declared in Spain for the purposes of CAP aid, which includes 211,987 cultivated in irrigated land and 30,713 cultivated in dry land (these are in the regions of humid Spain, where it is grown as forage). silage for feeding dairy cattle). In the case of León, there has been a reduction in sowing in the province, compared to 2022, because this has been imposed by the application of the new CAP that requires diversifying crops, rotating crops, and introducing so-called improving crops. The ...