Spanish producers demand an increase in tomato prices to meet production costs

UPA-UCE Extremadura demands from the region's tomato industries an increase in tomato prices so that farmers can cover production costs in the next campaign. We call on producers and Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organizations (OPFH) to close prices higher than last year, despite the fact that it is very early and there are still uncertainties due to the weather, as in the Guadiana basin, where the campaign is not yet assured, highlights the general secretary of UPA-UCE, Ignacio Huertas. UPA-UCE reminds industrialists that if producers do not receive profitable prices, they will opt for other cultivation alternatives such as woody crops (olive, almond, etc.), where the surface area is increasing a lot in recent years and for these farms It would mean “the definitive goodbye” to tomato cultivation. Furthermore, this agricultural organization points out that the industries have had a very positive year because the product is sold, with an increase of between 25% and 30% in the cost ...