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Olive farmers in Spain's Valencia area may forget harvest as picking and olive oil production costs soar

Costa Blanca

Olive farmers in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas set to forget harvest as production costs soar

Alex Trelinski - 16 Aug, 2022 @ 17:42

OLIVE farmers in the Valencian Community may forget this year's harvest as the costs of olive-picking and making olive oil are too high. Extreme weather...

Weather

Spain’s winemakers battle to save harvest as heatwaves and drought takes toll

Fiona Govan - 8 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

THE effects of successive heatwaves and drought are threatening this year’s wine harvest across Spain. An exceptionally hot and dry summer has left grapes withering...

Murcia

Farmers demand night patrols after spate of watermelon thefts in Spain’s Murcia

Staff Reporter - 24 Jun, 2022 @ 10:00

By Livia Cockerell

Cordoba

Spain’s Andalucia kicks off its grape harvesting season, becoming one of the first in Europe

Cristina Hodgson - 28 Jul, 2020 @ 20:10

The harvest season in Montilla-Moriles, Cordoba, is one of the first to commence in the whole of Europe.

Business & Finance

Wine prices to increase in Spain following 20% drop in harvest thanks to soaring temperatures

Laurence Dollimore - 24 Jan, 2018 @ 11:26

SPAIN'S production of wine for 2017 was down 20% compared to the year before, figures have shown. The agriculture ministry has reported the total production...

Almeria

Record Spanish tomato harvest leads to price drop

Rob Horgan - 19 Nov, 2015 @ 18:19

Prices set to drop to as low as 40 cents a kilo

Food & Drink

Barcelona volunteers give reject fruit to the hungry

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 24 Sep, 2015 @ 14:03

A Barcelona volunteer group is picking reject fruit and vegetables to help feed hungry Catalans

Business & Finance

Pomegranate harvest up in Spain but Russian trade restrictions hit

Rob Horgan - 8 Sep, 2015 @ 12:42

The Russian market will receive far fewer this year due to EU imposed sanctions

Business & Finance

Spanish olive oil prices to rocket after poor harvest

Iona Napier - 7 Sep, 2015 @ 12:38

2015 has seen the worst olive harvest in years across Spain and Italy

La Cultura

Raisins for celebrating Manilva’s wine-making tradition

Tom Powell - 8 Mar, 2015 @ 15:01

Every September Manilva celebrates its winemaking tradition with a three-day harvest festival

Food & Drink

Maggots and summer heat drive rocketing olive oil prices

Imogen Calderwood - 5 Jan, 2015 @ 10:51

2014 named as the worst year for olives in 15 years

Lead

Plans to be unveiled to keep Andalucia at the head of agricultural development

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 23 Nov, 2014 @ 08:00

The plans to keep Andalucia at the head agricultural development are to be unveiled by the region’s committee for organic production

Helicopter patrol and checkpoints set up to protect mango fields in Axarquia

Jacqueline Fanchini (Reporter) - 7 Oct, 2014 @ 13:00

Helicopters and police road blocks are being used to prevent fruit thieves from stealing Spain’s most valuable cash crop

Food & Drink

Autumn vegetables set to thrive in wetter weather

Rob Horgan - 19 Sep, 2014 @ 08:30

As autumn draws in, new fruits and vegetables come into season

Malaga

Ronda and Mollina wine makers anxious about grape crop

Imogen Calderwood - 16 Sep, 2014 @ 17:15

Estimates put the harvest at 41% lower than last year

Food & Drink

Manilva’s annual grape harvest kicks off on Saturday

Tom Powell - 5 Sep, 2014 @ 09:00

Flamenco dancers, wine tasters and brass bands are all ready and raring to go

Jaen

Worst drought in 150 years hits Spain

Imogen Calderwood - 25 May, 2014 @ 16:00

Crops in the south and east of the country are ruined

Food & Drink

Spanish wine production soars above France and Italy

Imogen Calderwood - 3 Apr, 2014 @ 09:00

Perfect weather conditions produced a bumper crop last year

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