Madrid (AFP) Aug 24, 2014Shoppers risk paying more for their olive oil this year as a drought in Spain and a blight in Italy wither trees in the two top producers, driving up prices. Months of dry weather have struck Andalusia in the south of Spain, the world's biggest producer of the "yellow gold". In the second-biggest grower Italy, the bacteria xylella fastidiosa has shrivelled olive branches in the southern Reported by Terra Daily 8 hours ago.