Spain: The Union calls a demonstration on September 7 before the Junta de Extremadura to denounce the theft that is being practiced against the fruit growers with their collusion

The prospects for stone fruit prices this season were very promising, as well as the opening of the Brazilian market was joined by the drop of more than 40% in fruit production due to the frosts that hit Europe on the 6th and 8th of April. On the other hand, the prices at which the fruit is quoted this campaign on the ground are even lower than last year, with estimated losses of around € 3,500 per hectare for plums and slightly less for peaches, nectarines and Paraguayan. At the same time we can see that this same fruit that is being paid to us at less than € 0.15 / kg, we see it on the shelves of the markets at more than € 3.5, an increase of 2,300%. The main person responsible for this happening is the administration that has transferred the control powers so that the Food Chain Improvement Law is complied with and that should sanction the horticultural plants that do not respect it, that do not sign the corresponding contract of buying and selling, that pays prices below ...