The almond harvest in danger: "Not a drop has fallen here since May"

In the fields of Spain, the problems accumulate.

We take the region of Cartagena, in Murcia, as an example.

"Not a drop has fallen here since May," explains

, president of COAG in the town of Fuente Álamo, "but it is also that it has not been cold yet, it is that we have had an abnormal winter."

So warm that it prevents the almond trees from having

, which cures the wood or causes the leaves to fall and sets the start of flowering for the month of February.

But some flowers are already visible and if we continue like this, flowering will be almost complete in a little over a week.

Reason for concern more than justified.

Now it is not cold, but it is normal that in the coming months there will be days of morning frost, and if that happens with the trees that are already in flower,

"If it freezes, then the harvest is lost, of course," says

, a technician at the Almendras Murcianas cooperative.

Effects of a climate like no one remembers.

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