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High spring temperatures, a cool summer and abundant rain this autumn are seriously affecting the olive harvest in some...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eMediterranean olive oil has been increasing in price due to unseasonable European weather and insect infestations. \u003cbr/\u003eHigh spring temperatures, a cool summer and abundant rain this autumn are seriously affecting the olive harvest in some key regions of Portugal, Italy, Spain and France.\u003cbr/\u003eThose conditions have also helped the proliferation of the olive fly and olive moth, which devastate olive harvests.\u003cbr/\u003eThe shortfall could translate into higher shelf prices for some olive oils and is dealing another blow to southern Europe's bruised economies as they limp out of a protracted financial crisis.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It will be a significant increase, but the consumer is used to that oscillation,\" said Joaquim Freire de Andrade, president of growers' association Olivum in Portugal's southern Alentejo region, the country's olive heartland.\u003cbr/\u003eOlive oil is big business in southern European Union countries. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are the source of more than 70 percent of the world's olive oil, bringing export revenue of almost 1.8 billion euros (2.2 billion US dollars) last year. \u003cbr/\u003eThe United States imported just over 800 million (m) US dollars of that.\u003cbr/\u003eFor some European growers, this year's harvest is a disaster. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Beja, 180 kilometres (112 miles) southeast of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, producers deploy satellite technology on their high-tech farms these days, but after generations they are still fighting age-old enemies: the olive fly and a fruit fungus that turns olives brown and makes them shrivel like prunes. Both blights have struck hard this year.\u003cbr/\u003ePortuguese growers are doing what the French have done: harvesting earlier and faster than usual before any more olives are lost. \u003cbr/\u003eSince mid-October, a month earlier than usual, crews have been hastening through the long ranks of olive trees that stretch to the horizon. \u003cbr/\u003eThough less damaged, the younger fruit also yields less oil. \u003cbr/\u003eItaly's 2014 olive harvest was declared by both producers and experts as the worst in history, due to adverse climatic conditions which helped the olive fly proliferate thus destroying the olives before they could be harvested.\u003cbr/\u003eAugusto Spagnoli has an organic olive farm from Nerola, in the renowned Sabine hills area some 50 kilometres north of Rome, famous for its centuries old olive trees, and its fragrant and tasty olive oil.\u003cbr/\u003eBut this year his crop was hit badly by the bad climate, similar to a northern European one, with plentiful summer rainfall and low temperatures.\u003cbr/\u003e\"For this reason olive's parasites had the perfect climate to reproduce,\" said Spagnoli as he stood amid his 10,000 trees, some of which are more than 1,600 years old.\u003cbr/\u003eHis harvest was down by 20 percent and the quality is poorer, he said.\u003cbr/\u003eItaly's grower consortium Unaprol declared 2014 the worst year in memory, and Pietro Sandali, the chairmain of Unaprol, said many olive cultivators decided to let the 2014/2015 crop go entirely.\u003cbr/\u003eThe bulk price for extra virgin oil from the benchmark Bari region has soared to 6 euros a kilogram - up from 2.7 euros this time last year.\u003cbr/\u003eItaly is the world's second largest producer of olive oil after Spain, averaging between 430,000 tons to 500,000 tons per year. \u003cbr/\u003eThis year, the total is expected to fall below 300,000 tons. \u003cbr/\u003eOlive production is a 2 billion euro a year industry in Italy. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Spain, the world's biggest producer, the young farmers' association Asaja says 2014 is \"another disaster\" after a calamitous harvest two years ago. \u003cbr/\u003eSpain's output is forecast to plunge by more than 50 percent, with a drop of at least 60 percent in the southern Andalucia region.\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral factors have combined to hurt Spain. \u003cbr/\u003eTrees are exhausted after last year's bumper harvest. Also, unusually high spring temperatures choked flowering. \u003cbr/\u003eOn top of that, some producers are battling swarms of olive flies and moths.\u003cbr/\u003eConsumers are already paying 1 euro a litre more for their olive oil, Asaja's president says, though he doesn't anticipate a hefty price jump.\u003cbr/\u003eThis small shop in Madrid specialises in olive oils and olive oil related products. \u003cbr/\u003eIt has been open for three years and sells olive oil from the Extremadura region.\u003cbr/\u003eThe company bottles 6 million litres of olive oil a year, 2.5 million of those the top quality Extra Virgin olive oil, and exports to 21 countries. \u003cbr/\u003eShop owner Mariano Villanueva says he will try to keep the prices down by taking a hit in his profit margins.\u003cbr/\u003eSerpa, Portugal - 11 November, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of workers performing the olive harvest in a farm in the Alentejo region, with the help of a vehicle that clamps the tree trunk and shakes it so that the olives can later be collected\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Joaquim Freire de Andrade, President of growers' association Olivum:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This year, the low temperatures and high levels of humidity led to the development of many (olive) flies, which then bite the olive, creating the means for the moth to enter (the olive). So, all the growers are trying to collect the olives as fast as possible to minimise the problem of the fly.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBeja, Portugal - 11 November, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e3. Olives affected by the olive fly\u003cbr/\u003e4. Alvaro Labella Quesada, olive grower, at his farm in Alentejo holding some olives affected by the olive fly\u003cbr/\u003e5. Olives affected by the bite of the olive fly\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Alvaro Labella Quesada, Olive Grower in Alentejo:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is due to an insect bite that causes the development of a worm inside the olive, which then affects the pulp of the olive. It provokes the fall of the olive and a decrease in the quality of the olive oil of that fruit.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSerpa, Portugal - 11 November, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various of olive farm\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Joaquim Freire de Andrade, President of growers' association Olivum:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Whatever the increase (in prices), for the consumer it is always big. It will be a significant increase, but the consumer is used to that oscillation, as the olive oil market fluctuates according to supply and demand.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePortel, Portugal - 11 November, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of olives at olive mill being processed into olive oil\u003cbr/\u003eNerola (50 kilometres north of Rome), Italy - November 13, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e11. Augusto Spagnoli, organic olive oil producer, walking across his olive grove\u003cbr/\u003e12. Spagnoli picking olives\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of olives\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Augusto Spagnoli, olive oil producer:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Production this year was relatively low and the cause of this has been climate change. We went from a Mediterranean climate to a northern European one, with continuous rains during the summer and a very mild summer with relatively low temperatures. For this reason olive parasites had the perfect climate to reproduce.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Spagnoli carrying crate of olives\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of Spagnoli's hands holding olives\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pietro Sandali, chairmain of Unaprol: \u003cbr/\u003e\"This year without any doubt is a year either to be remembered so as not to make it happen again, or to be forgotten, for sure it is the worst year in memory.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMadrid, Spain - 17 November, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e18. Exterior La Chinata olive oil shop\u003cbr/\u003e19. Mid interior olive oils and olive products on display\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up of price tag next to olive oil bottle\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mariano Villanueva, La Chinata olive oil shop owner: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The harvest has been lower this year than was first thought, at the same time exports are up. This has meant that the price of oil has seen a rise, in fact the cost of the oil has already gone up, it is very possible that it will go up a little bit more. But what we have tried to do here is reduce the benefit margins that we have right now. We have tried to keep the quality the same at more or less the same price that we had before.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. 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