Status of cereal, legume and cruciferous crops in Andalusia, Spain: Emergence worries

Most of the plots for cereals, legumes and crucifers are sown, as highlighted by the Andalusian Phytosanitary Alert and Information Network, but with difficulty for their emergence and subsequent development, due to the serious lack of moisture in the land. mainly due to the lack of rainfall this fall, one of the driest in many years. In fact, an exceptional situation of extraordinary drought has been declared in 80% of the Guadalquivir basin by the CHG. Therefore, these crops face a very complicated situation, being able to suffer a significant decrease in production in the sown area. Faced with this drought situation and also due to the general increase in the price of fertilizers, a good part of the farmers have not paid in the background pending the evolution of the weather. The usual areas for planting legumes for human consumption, such as beans, lima beans, lentils, chickpeas and even soybeans, have reduced the area due to the same lack of rainfall, the land being extremely ...