Stone fruit production in the Murcia Region will exceed 350,000 tons this year

The stone fruit production of the Region of Murcia expects to exceed 356,000 tons of excellent quality product for marketing in Spain and export to third countries during the current campaign. The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, Sara Rubira, advanced this figure during her visit to the La Vega de Cieza Cooperative, where she highlighted that "the best stone fruit in the world, which we produce here, will once again be in the homes of the entire country and in those of thousands of citizens from other countries who appreciate its quality". Specifically, over 285,000 tons of peaches, 59,000 of apricots, 7,500 of plums, and more than 3,700 of cherries are expected to be produced. "These figures should have been much higher were it not for the serious hail episodes from last May that caused the loss of 58,000 tons of stone fruit," she acknowledged. "We have fruit with an unbeatable flavor, texture, and magnificent properties, which are the consequence of the ...