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The good productions of Spanish garlic can compensate for the reduction in planted area

Fresh Garlic
Vegetables
Spain
Published May 19, 2023

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The National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers, ANPCA, has held its Extraordinary General Assembly in Santaella (Córdoba), on the occasion of the start of the new Spanish garlic harvesting campaign.

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During the day, news about the progress of the plantations and the early start of the harvest were discussed, some 15 days in advance of the scheduled date due to the early "heat wave" at the end of April and the existing drought in the southern part of Spain. Regarding the beginning of the Spanish early garlic harvest, the evolution of the first works was reported, with favorable weather conditions and no rain problems, with very good quality bulbs and good calibres. It was also used to analyze the situation of the crops in the rest of the regions, with an imminent start of the harvest also in Castilla-La Mancha, where Juan Blázquez commented that an increase in yields is expected with respect to the previous campaign of between 10-15%, which can help offset the drop in cultivated area this year. The good prospects for production in areas of Extremadura and Castilla y León were also exposed. A novel point in this meeting was the analysis of the situation of organic garlic, which ...
Source: Agroclm
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