Spain cultivated 70,000 hectares less in 2024 but planted 42,000 hectares more of olive groves.

Spain had 16.78 million hectares of cultivated land last year, 70,191 hectares less (-0.41%) than the year before, but at the same time increased the extent of olive groves, with 42,270 more hectares (+1.51%), reaching 2.83 million hectares of surface. This is according to the results of the definitive 2024 Survey of Yields and Crops (Esyrce) released this Friday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. During the past fiscal year, according to the Esyrce, in addition to the olive grove, there was a significant increase in the area of pistachio (from 78,495 hectares in 2023 to 83,786 hectares) and sugar beet (from 30,461 to 39,488 hectares). The activity that once again occupied the most surface area in Spain was that dedicated to the production of cereal grains (5.52 million hectares, -3.27%), with two-crop barley (2.25 million) at the top, ...