UPA Andalucía has criticized the excuses of the industry for setting ruin prices for table olives and almonds in Spain

UPA Andalucía has criticized the excuses of the industry for setting ruin prices for table olives and almonds, for which it demands the real application of the Food Chain Law, which is what establishes that it is paid above production costs. The organization regrets that the bad campaigns of table olives and almonds in terms of production are having a double damage for farmers. First, because harvests have decreased significantly and that means loss of profitability. Second, and even more serious, because industrialists are setting ruinous prices to the detriment of producers. For this reason, UPA Andalucía denounces "this totally unfair practice and demands the real application of the Food Chain Law, the only rule that establishes that payment be made above production costs." From UPA Andalusia they denounce that «there is a clear agreement for setting prices in the industry, both for table olives and for almonds. Prices are falling in a year when there is much less production. ...