Cereal dedication

THE province of Almeria has 29,800 hectares dedicated to the production of cereals, leguminous plants and oilseeds.

The main cereals with a distribution of 8,862 hectares sown this season are barley, 3,424 hectares of oats and 2,146 hectares of wheat.

As far as leguminous crops are concerned, which have taken on a certain importance this year due to the new CAP coming into force, around 1,000 hectares have been sown in the province.

THE biggest exhibition of the ‘Indy World’ (Indiana Jones and all his films) can be seen for a few more days.

Due to popular demand, the exhibition is extending its closing date, scheduled for September 3, until September 24.

Since last May 24, lovers of one of the greatest film sagas have gone to the Casa del Cine de Almeria to enjoy the exhibition with more than 100 objects from this big screen success.

At the moment, the main producing area is harvesting the little production that has survived this season’s historic drought.

The quality of the grain is mediocre and the producers are trying to obtain at least enough seed to be able to cul­ tivate next season although, unfortunately, many of them are not even going to harvest for this work.

“This season we have had all the factors against us, including high production costs and a derisory rainfall, which has led us to the worst season in the last 40 years,” points out Miguel Angel Serrano, Technical Secretary of ASAJA Almeria.