Spain: We do not expect miracles in olive oil

Olimerca.- After three months of the olive campaign in our country, little or nothing has changed from the first estimates made by the Junta de Andalucía and the Ministry of Agriculture: The harvest is very short and with many availability problems. In this context and just two months before the collection ends and the final data of the 2022/2023 campaign can be known, the president of Cooperativas Agroalimentarias, Rafael Sánchez de Puerta, talks to us about the current and future situation he is facing the olive grove and olive oil sector as a whole. Sánchez de Puerta considers that, "despite the difficulties since the beginning of the harvest, the rains that fell in the months of November and December will undoubtedly be manna from heaven, although its effects will be seen in the next harvest, given that the current damage to the fruit in the summer and autumn months has been irreparable”. And in this context of a production below 49%, compared to the previous campaign, Sanchez ...