Spain: UCCL figures at 170 million losses in wheat and barley harvest in Valladolid due to heat and lack of rain
Wheat
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Spain
Published May 27, 2022
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VALLADOLID, May 26. (EUROPE PRESS) - The Union of Peasants of Valladolid has put the losses in the wheat and barley harvest at around 170 million euros compared to the previous campaign and only in the province of Valladolid as a result of the high temperatures at the beginning of May and the the lack of rain that has characterized most of the campaign in a "perfect storm" given the volatility of the world market and the doubts about the prices of inputs four months before the start of the next campaign. This has been assured by the coordinator of the Union of Peasants in Valladolid, Valentín García, who has been "concerned" about the "not at all rosy" prospects for the 2022 winter cereal harvest, especially in the southern and northern areas of the province, although he has specified that if it rains in the next few days, wheat, traditionally more delayed, would have "still some fix", as well as peas, lentils or sunflowers, for which the arrival of water would be "key " since ...
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