Spain: 4,401 farmers in Castilla-La Mancha will receive aid for the drought

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has initiated the procedure to pay a total of 712.7 million euros in extraordinary aid to farmers and ranchers affected by the drought. The Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA) has published the provisional list of the 74,651 owners of livestock farms that will benefit from State aid for 355 million euros. The number of owners of exploitation corresponding to Castilla-La Mancha amount to 4,401 farmers, who will receive a total of 38,849,686 euros. This extraordinary support, which will begin to be disbursed from October, is granted directly to the beneficiaries, producers of bovine meat (suckler cows), sheep and ...