Spain: Hop producers in León expect a 15% drop in production due to a fungus

The producers of hop cultivation in León, a province that accumulates the highest percentage of total production in Spain, expect that the production of this raw material will decrease by 15% this year due to the disease of the powdery mildew fungus. This is what they explained to Efeagro. during a meeting with the media, the vice president of the Lúpulo de León association, Juan José Miguelez, who detailed that this year's production is being "complicated." The climatic conditions have meant that this year the powdery mildew fungus has affected the plantations with greater intensity, since, according to Miguelez, the lower temperatures at night and the heat of the day have helped its spread. The producer has underlined that Spain does not have sufficient phytosanitary resources to face this health threat, unlike other European countries where they do have them. Given this situation of decline in production, the general director of the Cerveceros de España association , Jacobo ...