For Peláez, who oversees 33 hectares, about 82 acres, of olive groves, the clock to recover some of the crop for this year is running out. Her only hope is getting some late spring or early fall ...

Last season was particularly bad. Spain had a hot spring: in April, some regions were 5°C warmer than the average for that month, meaning that olive groves failed to bloom. Summer offered no respite.