Olive trees are struggling due to the drought, according to COAG, which has revised the oil yield downward.

The agricultural organization COAG has warned of the existence of rain-fed olive trees "agonizing" due to the lack of rain in the months of September and October, which are key for the olive grove, and has corrected downward the production estimate offered by the Junta de Andalucía. According to COAG in a statement, this water deficit has caused "rain-fed olive groves to be found agonizing with shriveled, mummified, black, or directly falling olives, while in many irrigated olive groves there are fewer olives than expected in the month of September." It also refers to the alternating nature of olive cultivation, which causes the plant to have lower production after having good yields, and to the high temperatures in May, which affected flowering olive groves in some areas. "All this," it emphasizes, "could make the oil harvest lower than expected in the province of Jaén, the world's largest producer." The Junta de Andalucía's estimate predicted a 15% lower harvest than the ...