COAG laments the closure of the Azucarera de Jerez and warns of the end of beet cultivation.

century of industrial and agricultural history in the province and symbolizes "the structural crisis that dismantles the Spanish agrarian sector." In a statement, the organization considers that the closure, although the company qualifies it as "temporary," leaves only two of the ninety sugar factories that once existed in Spain in operation and puts thousands of jobs linked to beet cultivation at risk. The beet manager of COAG Andalusia, Diego Bellido, has warned that the disappearance of the industry "implies the disappearance of the crops" and that with them is lost "added value, rural employment, sustainability, and, most seriously, our food sovereignty." Bellido has attributed the "agony of the sector" to a combination of factors, including the fall in prices received by farmers, the increase in production costs, an "increasingly demanding" plant health regulation "without viable alternatives," and the "lack of public support" following the reduction of specific aids and ...