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The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development, María González Corral, has highlighted the leading role of Castilla y León in the production of strawberry plants and their transformation, to which is now added the obtaining of the fruit directly in greenhouses. Castilla y León, with 35 strawberry plant producing nurseries and a surface area of 1,500 hectares, is the first producer of plants in Europe, with some 950 million units per year. “The climatic conditions of the community, together with the experience of the producers, have allowed us to be absolute references for a crop of high economic value”, she pointed out during a work day in the Carracillo region, in Segovia. The nurseries of the community are finishing these days the harvest of the plants that have been cultivated and multiplied in fields in Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid and Soria for their transplantation in fields and greenhouses in more southern latitudes. The production of strawberry plants (87% of the national total)

Although we had a good start this year in lemons, when the cuts started to increase and the imports from Turkey started, the "pressure" on producer prices began.

Citrus and rice, two emblematic crops of the Valencian Community, have been affected by the storm, although in the case of fruit, worse consequences are feared in the fields.