Excessive spring rains, high temperatures, and hail have caused an 11% reduction in the forecast for the citrus crop, which stands at 5.44 million tons for the current campaign, according to the advance from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA). This is also the shortest campaign in the last 16 years, as stated by the Department in a statement following the sectoral table meeting held this Tuesday by the Secretary General of Agrarian Resources and Food Safety, Ana Rodríguez, and the main representatives of the sector. According to the flow, based on data from the producing autonomous communities, the expected production will be 655,000 tons lower than the previous campaign (-10.7%) and 14.2% lower than the average of the last five campaigns. This drop is mainly due to excessive spring rains, high temperatures during critical periods of fruit development, and hail episodes in various cultivation areas, the Ministry has stated. However, Spain will produce 2.72 ...