The lack of rainfall in the Vega del Guadalquivir is the main factor behind the expected reduction of the citrus harvest in Cordoba, whose campaign is about to start. The official prospect is that the campaign will come to an end with a production totaling 350,047 tons, which is 30,093 less than in the 2018-2019 campaign; an 8% drop. The province remains in third place in Andalusia (where the total production will amount to 2.18 million tons), only behind Seville and Huelva. It is worth noting that Cádiz and Granada expect drops of 53.4% and 32.3%, respectively. The most common fruit in the province's citrus producing area, where there are about 11,000 hectares of crops, will again be the sweet orange, with 340,780 tons, which is 97.3% of the production. In this case, the estimated drop is slightly higher than 7%. Then we have mandarins, with 5,942 tons and a decrease of more than 40%, and lemons, with only 70 tons and a drop of almost 83%. The exception is grapefruit, which will record a 24.6% growth and remain at 3,028 tons. For his part, the head of the Citrus Sector at Asaja Córdoba, Nicolás González, said that the Council's prospects are actually falling short, since they believe the harvest will fall by around 15%, especially in the case of varieties such as the Navelina, for which the reduction could reach up to 30%. For others, such as the Salustiana, the volume may be only 5% lower than expected. The dry weather and high temperatures are behind these estimates. Source - https://www.freshplaza.com