UPA Forecasts a “Good” Cereal Campaign with a 15% Increase in Domestic Production

Along with wheat, barley also heats up engines to climb the track of the 2025/26 campaign. And it does so with new genetics: the INTA Bordenave presented Veronica INTA, a new variety of brewing barley that, among other things, stands out as the one with the highest market performance. Fernando Giménez, coordinator of the Cereal and Oleaginous Program of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology, said that Veronica INTA stands out for bei…

The organisation has presented these data in the framework of the European forum in which representatives of the main producer countries of the European Union (EU), Italy, France, Greece, Spain, collaborate to share their information on the production of the sector. In nectarine, which represents the largest volume in the group of products analysed, 573,732 tonnes would be reached, i.e. 22,000 tonnes less than in 2024, followed by the pavia with…

The Secretary General of Agriculture of the Union of Small Farmers and Livestock Farmers (UPA), Ignacio Huertas, has been optimistic about the next cereal campaign in Spain. According to their forecasts, domestic production could increase by around 15%, reaching 22 million tons. However, he warned that this estimate will depend on climate evolution, especially given the threat of new heat waves that could compromise crops.Read more]] >