Spain: The production of Murcian citrus will fall by 13.6% due to the increase in production costs and inclement weather

Citrus production in the Region of Murcia will fall by 13.6 percent due to increased production costs and inclement weather. It is the main conclusion of the Citrus Table, held last Monday at the Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Environment and Emergencies, in which representatives of the sector were present. The General Director of Agriculture, Food Industry and Cooperativism Agrarian, Remedios García, chaired this forum and highlighted that "the drop in mandarin production is expected to be 24 percent; orange 14.6 percent; lemon 11.7 and grapefruit 9, 2 percent." This forecast, which is estimated at 807,000 tons of citrus in the next campaign, "represents the lowest figure in the last seven years," he added. A circumstance that is caused by weather conditions, "mainly the excess of rains during the of flowering and fruit setting, as well as the high temperatures recorded in the later stages", explained García. Added to this is the increase in production ...