Spain: Significant drop in aid for sugar beet at the start of harvest

Despite the fact that a larger area of beet has been sown in Spain, particularly in Castilla y León, there has been a significant reduction in the aid associated with beet linked to the hectares declared by each producer, according to ASAJA. The Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) has published this Monday, September 23, an information circular that sets the provisional amount of the aid at 407 euros per hectare, which represents 31.21% less than the 591.7 that the aid represented in the previous 2023 campaign. Spain has a total budget allocated for this purpose of 17 million euros, which are distributed among the number of hectares cultivated, differentiating the autumn sowings in Andalusia from the spring sowings in the rest of the country. In the province of León, 10,491 hectares have been cultivated this year, which represents an increase of 48.3% compared to the 7,074 in 2023. This sowing area consolidates the province as the main producer in Spain ahead of Valladolid. ...