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The production of almond 2014/15 will be 89% upper to the past campaign

19/05/2014

19 May 2014

The National Table of Nuts, integrated by the agricultural organisations Asaja, Coag and UPA, Cooperative Agro-alimentary of Spain, and the Spanish Association of Organisations of Producers of Nuts and Vetches (Aeofruse), has realizar the estimate of production of almond, giving as resulted a forecast of 52.972 tonnes of almond grain.

Good harvest in general, with an increase of the production of 88,58% regarding the harvest of the past campaign, although this went abnormally low. In general, there is good perspectives because of the absence of significant frosts and to the good meteorological conditions during the period of flowering-cuajado. Nevertheless and since until the moment, the rain fallen has been insufficient and if in the weeks to come it does not change this tendency, especially in Murcia and Valencia where already foresees a fall of 59,60% and 19,85% with regard to the average of the last five years, the National Table no descarta have to realizar more advance a new forecast to the drop of the pointed data. Also they have observed difficulties in the production because of the condition by worm cabezudo.