The pistachio harvest forecast in Spain points to a 50% increase in production

The pistachio harvest forecast in Spain may exceed 5,000 dry tons, above the initial forecast (4,500 tons), which means 50% more than last season, according to PistachoPro. This has been pointed out by the technical researcher of El Chaparrillo, Esaú Martínez, who points out that "in Castilla-la Mancha the harvest will begin at the very beginning of September." And it is that the harvest can be brought forward by at least 15 days given the favorable evolution of the crop, with very advanced states in the grain filling phase in all varieties and in the different production areas. The grain fattens at a good rate inside the husk in all the varieties, both in the earliest ones such as Mateur, Avdat, Larnaka or Aegina and in the latest ones such as Kerman and Kastel, as has been verified in tests such as the one carried out by the Center for Investigación del ...