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Spanish almond production will fall by 29.2% due to frost and drought

Almond Kernel
Spain
Published May 21, 2022

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The National Table of Nuts has estimated a production of 61,684 tons of grain almonds for the 2022/23 campaign, which represents a decrease of 29.27% compared to last season, mainly due to the effects of strong frosts, the rains and the drought in the production areas. Fuentes de la Mesa have specified in a statement that the decrease, which occurs for the second consecutive year, has not been compensated by the entry of new productive surfaces. They have detailed that the cut It has been caused by the "strong frosts" that affected, especially last April, the production areas of the northern half of Spain and the "impact of the drought and the proliferation of fungal diseases due to heavy rains" in Andalusia , Murcia and the Valencian Community.According to their data, the productive area has increased this campaign by 7.99% compared to the previous one, reaching 522,142 hectares (ha), of which 100,000 ha are organically produced.And Alucia will once again be the first producing ...
Source: Agrodiario
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