Spain: The fields of the Bajo Guadalquivir "are green again" due to the optimism of farmers

Vegetables

Spain

Published Jan 6, 2023

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The farmers of the Sevillian region of Bajo Guadalquivir have shown their optimism about the evolution of their crops in recent weeks due to the rains last December, "which has made the fields green again, and not ocher as at the end of the last November."

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This was explained to EFE by the national manager of COAG processed foods, Diego Bellido, who pointed out that many farmers "had dismissed planting crops such as spinach", but with the first rains in December and the forecasts for the entire month they were carried out plantations not only of this product, but of "pointed cabbage, cauliflower or broccoli", which is added to quinoa, carrots, onions, or artichokes, "which once again have quality in a field that is green". However, he recalled that the water reserves guarantee crops in the short term, but "the reservoirs are still at very worrying levels, although we can breathe until March." Among the most notable examples, he has pointed to cauliflower and broccoli, which had some 250 hectares planted as of mid-November, and have now increased to 750. He has indicated that crops such as carrots and onions deserve mention, which were discarded this year, "but people have ...

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