The production of hops in Castilla y León, Spain will reach 940 tons this season, exceeding the figures for 2020

The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of the Junta de Castilla y León, Jesús Julio Carnero, visited today, September 13, a hop farm in the Leonese town of Gavilanes de Órbigo. There Carnero stressed that “talking about hops is talking about León, since 95% of the Spanish production is concentrated in the province of León, in such a way that of the 570 hectares that are dedicated to this crop in the whole country , 541 do it in here " In total, there are 250 farms that carry out this activity at this time, hoping that in the current harvest that is taking place these weeks, some 940 tons of flower can be collected, exceeding the figures for 2020, with an average per hectare that is it can be at 1700 kilograms per hectare. "The future of this crop, has assured the Minister of Agriculture before the media, after the modernization of irrigation and we are working on that line, in such a way that next week the agreement will be signed with the community of ...