date:Aug 27, 2014
rly bumper harvest.
The crop is also suffering due to this bumper harvest, as such harvests exhaust trees and mean that the following year's harvest is reduced.
The harvest in Andalusia takes place from October to January. It is unlikely that this year's harvest will reach a million tonnes, according to David Erice from Spain's Small Farmer's Union.
Spain produces 50 per cent of the world's olive oil and Andalusia produces 73 per cent of this. Olive oil exports from Andalusia totalled 1.5 bil