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Spain: The cereal harvest will reach 18 million tons, 23% less than in recent campaigns

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Published Jul 29, 2022

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The cereal harvest will reach 18.15 million tons this year, which is 23% less than the average of the last three years, according to the second estimate made by the council sector of Cereals of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain, as reported in a statement.

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MADRID, July 29 (EUROPA PRESS) - The cereal harvest will reach 18.15 million tons this year, which is 23% less than the average of the last three years, according to the second estimate made by the sector council of Cereals of Agro-food Cooperatives of Spain , as reported in a statement. Specifically, this increase of half a million in production compared to the first estimate (with 17.6 million tons), is due to an improvement in expected yields. However, the cooperative cereal sector considers that the final harvest is pending the end of the corn cycle, due to high temperatures and doubts about the provision of irrigation in some regions, which can make the estimated yields vary. The cooperatives have indicated that the fall in production this year is due to the stress that the cereals have suffered throughout their vegetative cycle, mainly due to the lack of rain and the heat of May and June. By crops, in common wheat it will exceed 5.1 million tons, in barley it will be around ...
Source: europapress
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