Spain: Andalusia announces aid for livestock farmers affected by movement restrictions caused by bluetongue

During December, a call for aid is expected to be approved for livestock farmers affected by the restriction on the movement of sheep and cattle in Andalusia due to serotype 3 of the bluetongue disease, according to the Andalusian Regional Minister for Agriculture, Ramón Fernández-Pacheco. The aim of the aid is to alleviate the damage that mobility restrictions may have caused to livestock farmers. They will be compatible with any other aid that is put in place by the Ministry of Agriculture for the same purpose. In this regard, the Minister has pointed out that “there is full coordination with the Government of Spain to address this national and international epidemic” and has valued “the closeness and dialogue established with the livestock sector, with which we hold weekly meetings to inform them of how the vaccination campaign that the Andalusian Regional Government is deploying through the Regional Agricultural Offices (OCA) is going”. More than 470,000 doses in Andalusia ...