Pizarro (producer from Ciudad Real): 40 years ago, more was paid for wheat and barley than now

In the area of Agudo and La Serena (Ciudad Real), the autumn-winter cereal harvest has already been completed and the results have not been particularly positive. Carmelo Pizarro, a farmer and livestock breeder from the province, explained in AGROPOPULAR on July 26th that the cereal campaign has been medium-low. The sowing has greatly influenced these results, as he detailed, since the rains began and, depending on the time of sowing, the results were very different. However, the worst part of the campaign is the prices, which the farmer described as "ridiculous": 40-41 years ago, wheat and barley were more expensive than they are now. "It's a shame that prices are like this, it's the ruin of the countryside." Pizarro: Concern over cases of bluetongue Regarding the livestock sector, the producer assured that the quotations for lambs are falling, but he acknowledged that calves "have a ...