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Spain’s almond sector moderates its historic forecasts after an unusually prolonged bloom

With the flowering stage now completed across Spain, the almond crop enters its final phase showing a more moderate outlook than initially expected. Despite the historic production forecast released at the beginning of the 2025/26 season, the combination of a prolonged bloom, irregular weather and localized frost damage suggests that final yields will be closer to last year’s levels than to the record scenario first projected.

AVA-ASAJA estimates a million euros of losses for hailstones in 700ha of vine, olive and almond trees

The intense storm of hail that discharged in the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6th, in the region of Utiel-Requena has caused damages worth one million euros in an area of ​​700 hectares of cultivation of vineyard, olive and almond tree, according to the estimates of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA). The municipal terms that have been more punished have been Jaraguas, Venta del Moro, Villargordo del Cabriel and Casas del Rey.