{"id":1102,"date":"2020-03-31T13:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T11:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanianuts.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T11:23:08","slug":"segunda-quincena-marzo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanianuts.com\/en\/segunda-quincena-marzo\/","title":{"rendered":"Second half March"},"content":{"rendered":"

This second half of March has been\nMarch has been dominated above all by the issue that we have today in our society and which has led us to take extreme measures\nsociety and which has led to extreme measures being taken: Covid19. Economically\neconomically speaking, the national and international scene has been affected by this event and, of course\nand, of course, so has our sector. We have seen\nduring these days quite strong fluctuations of the dollar, with an exchange rate that has been seen at 1.5\nexchange rate that has been seen at 1.14 \u20ac\/$, to be days later at 1.07 \u20ac\/$, becoming\n1.10 \u20ac\/$. For its part, not only consumption,\nthe atypical situation we are experiencing nationally and internationally,\neverything is out of the ordinary, from having to take very strong precautions, to teleworking, to the\nto teleworking, confinement, reduction of work or the closure of some factories.\nEverything is affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we focus, as is customary in our reports, on how\nas usual in our reports, on how the weather has been these days, we must say that it has been generally good and positive.\nweather these days, we must say that in general it has been good and positive.\nWe have enjoyed spring-like temperatures and some abundant rains, which have been even better, if possible, after a year in which the weather has been very good.\neven better, if possible, after a year in which rainfall has been fairly well distributed.\nhave been fairly well distributed. Flowering is quite advanced in general\nas usual, with the late bloomers in the country being the most delayed, but in general it seems to be\nbut, in general, it seems that everything is likely to lead to an early harvest.\nharvest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 So far so good, except that we have seen that in some parts of the country\nthat we have been able to see in some parts of the country that the almond trees have a very good view.\nalmond trees have a very good view, but then you get close to them and they don't have as many almonds.\nnot have as many almonds. We have seen this in some more traditional areas\ntraditional areas where last year they had a good harvest. But as we say, in\nin general, everything is going well. It is true that at the end of last week we could\nsome cold in the northern part, in the Lleida area, where it seems that the temperatures were\ntemperatures were lower and some frost may have occurred; we have already seen some areas\nsome affected areas. It is also true that this week there is a possibility of\nsome cold in some parts of the almond-growing area, especially in the most dangerous areas, but since the end of last week\nbut from the end of last week to today we have seen some changes in temperatures and cold that have\nin the temperatures and the cold that was predicted last week has changed for the better and there is less danger.\nbetter and there is less danger. But in general, it is too early to draw\nconclusions and it is true that some cold may come and damage some local areas, but hopefully\nsome local areas, but let's hope that it is just that, local and not general. With\ndays go by, and especially when we can go out and have a good look at the fields, we will be able to draw more accurate conclusions.\nthe fields, we will be able to draw more accurate conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We leave you some photographs of\nsome of the visits we made both last week and the week before. Already\nwe warn you that they are not recent photos, they are a few days old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n