The National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers rates the 2024 Spanish garlic campaign as acceptable in quality and good yields

In the analysis carried out by the Board of Directors of the National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers (ANPCA), it has been revealed that this 2024 campaign has once again had a smaller surface area than the previous campaign, around -14% with compared to 2023, this decline being more pronounced in purple garlic, which for the first time has fallen below 40% of the total cultivated area. This decrease in cultivated area is added to last year's decrease of 17%, which represents a total decrease in the last two years of more than 30% with respect to the cultivated area in 2022. However, according to the Association's records, the total final marketable production has been able to remain similar to that of 2023 as a result of an increase in yields compared to the previous campaign, with good quality that has been favored by the favorable climatic conditions throughout the crop season. Only a few batches of garlic of the Spring variety were affected in the month of June ...