Spain: Concern throughout the sector due to an estimated 65% drop in the Castilla-La Mancha almond harvest due to frost
Almond Kernel
Spain
Published May 19, 2022
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Agro-food cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha has estimated that the almond harvest in the entire region will suffer a decrease of 65 percent, after the "severe" damage caused by the frost last April. In a press release, the agrarian organization has reported that the Regional Table of Nuts, made up of Cooperatives, Asaja, UPA and COAG and the Spanish Association of Organizations of Producers of Nuts and Carob Beans (Aeofruse), has foreseen a drop in the almond harvest of 4,132 tons, while in the previous campaign 12,020 tons were harvested. This decrease has been caused by the frosts recorded between April 1 and 4, 2022, to which are added the problems of lack of fruit set due to the constant rainfall and the fungal problems that occur widely due to the high humidity. in the environment and presence of water. In this sense, the spokesman for Dry Fruits of Agro-food Cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha, Emilio Galdrán, has pointed out that these circumstances mean that, for the ...
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