Stone fruit campaign in Catalonia, Spain: Good sizes and high sugar content

This stone fruit campaign in Catalonia is marked by normality after several campaigns affected by inclement weather that damaged the productive potential. In this campaign there has been little impact due to meteorological causes, so at this time a normal campaign is expected, with practically all the productive potential, with good quality, and without commercial overlap with other producing areas such as Murcia, they have indicated from the Department of Climate Action of Catalonia. In addition, the Department plans to republish production costs to provide the necessary transparency to the value chain, as was done for the first time last year. According to the data presented, the Catalan production potential of peaches and nectarines would decrease by 4% compared to the last campaign, with a forecast of 384,840t. By demarcation, Lleida would harvest 4% less peaches and nectarines, Tarragona 3% less, Barcelona 13% less, and Girona 9-10% less. The falls in the production forecasts ...