The DOP Sierra Mágina in Spain adjusts its harvest downwards

Published Jan 5, 2023

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The Regulatory Council of the DOP Sierra Mágina has reported the smallest olive harvest in recent years, with production estimated at 50,000 tons, a 30% decrease from the previous year due to drought and heat waves. Despite these challenges, there is enough Extra Virgin Olive Oil for sales with the Sierra Mágina Denomination of Origin seal. Additionally, 80% of the cooperatives, SAT or mills that label their oil as D.O. Sierra Mágina produced 150,000 kilos of early Extra Virgin Olive Oil in October, with exceptional quality that has already won awards.

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Olimerca.- The Regulatory Council of the DOP Sierra Mágina has just readjusted its balances at the beginning of the campaign, in which it reported that the total production would be around 50,000 tons of olives, 30% of what was collected the previous year to set it as of December 31, around 34,000 tons It is lower than initially expected. This is the smallest harvest collected in Mágina in recent years, to see similar figures you have to go back to the 2012-2013 campaign, when production was 53,000 tons. As of December 31, 2022, the olive harvest in Mágina was around 60-70%. Up to that moment, around 34,000 tons of olives had been collected and some 6,700 tons of oil had been obtained, that is, the yield is around 19.7%, a lower figure than in previous years. The main causes of this drop in production are the drought and heat waves recorded last year. Despite the complexity of the 2022-2023 campaign, the entities registered with the Sierra Mágina Denomination of Origin have ...

Source: OliMerca