Spain: The strawberry advances in a complicated campaign

The strawberry producers of Huelva, a province that brings together more than 95% of the national production, are facing a campaign that is expected to be complicated by issues such as drought or rising costs and for which only the response to the need has been resolved of labor If at the end of August the strawberry growers began to level the farms and place iron and plastic, these days they have begun to face the planting phase with the early varieties, which account for 10% of the entire planted area; the rest will begin around October 12 and conclude at the end of the month. The area to be sown this year is expected to be similar to that of recent campaigns, around 6,100 hectares. The manager of the Huelva Strawberry Producers and Exporters Association (Freshuelva), Rafael Domínguez, explained to EFE that this limitation is due to drought and restrictions, and recalled that on September 19 the hydrographic demarcation of the Tinto- Odiel-Piedras reduced irrigation by 15%, news ...