This season’s crop of green asparagus in Granada province will be down by 30 per cent compared to last year. Nicolas Chica, the general secretary of  UPA, the Union of Small Farmers in Granada warned this Thursday, May 26, that this campaign’s asparagus production in the province will be 30 per cent lower than the previous one.

This is mainly the result of adverse weather, manifested this year with a strong cold in the spring, followed by the heatwave last week. A lack of rainfall during the winter season is attributed to this decline, along with the “lack of labor” and “the high costs that make harvesting unfeasible”.

As explained by Chica, the total production of green asparagus in Granada this season is estimated at approximately 26,000 tons. He highlighted the problem surrounding this drop of 30 per cent in production the ongoing lack of labor and the high production costs.

Source - https://www.freshplaza.com