Spain: Union of Unions requests aid for pig farmers due to the increase in costs

Unión de Uniones assures that the market price of pigs rose 17% last year while the cost of feeding grew 37%. According to the organization, "farmers do not make a profit from their meat." According to his calculations, animal feed accounts for 70% of the production cost in the case of non-integrated farms. If they are integrated with a company, their costs have also increased, especially in terms of energy. For this reason, Union of Unions claims that at the state level the sector has been left out of aid intended to alleviate the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and urges the Administration to provide more support. "We can stay a bit, as they say, to see them coming, but not forever, as it seems they want to leave us," the organization laments. “The feeding of our animals represents an important part of our activity, but there is also the issue of energy. Everything is adding up ”, they add. The organization criticizes that a sector so important for the economy at the ...