Spain: The black truffle campaign in Palencia will be a record according to researchers from the Chair of Mycology at the UVa

Some 20 producers in the area could obtain nearly 2,000 kg of this fungus this campaign (November to March), which can reach 800 euros/kg. The holm oak and oak plantations in Cerrato (Palencia) are registering the best harvest this winter of black truffle that is remembered. Some 20 producers in the area could obtain nearly 2,000 kg of black truffles this campaign (November to March), which is a record amount since the promotion programs for this interesting agri-food and forestry alternative began. Although the average production is 10 kg/ha, there are truffle farms that reach 200 kg/ha, generating very high profits since the retail price is around 800 euros/kg. "The excellent maturation of this underground fungus is achieved in the stony moors of Cerrateños, thanks to the improvement and modernization of cultivation and irrigation techniques, the abundance of autumn rains and the appropriate temperatures" comments Professor Juan Andrés Oria de Rueda, director of the Chair of ...