Cereal farmers in Spain ask for direct aid and a crisis fund due to the downward trend in prices

Published 2023년 11월 29일

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The Union of Unions is demanding direct aid and the activation of the European crisis fund to support cereal producers who are facing low prices, increasing production costs, and a rise in imports, particularly from Ukraine. Prices of main cereals have significantly decreased this year, especially in the case of bread-making wheat, feed barley, malt, and grain corn. The increase in cereal import volumes, mainly from Ukraine, is further burdening prices in the Spanish market. The Union of Unions believes that the activation of the crisis fund is necessary to support farmers affected by drought and grain imports, and to address the negative consequences of political agreements on cereal farmers.

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Union of Unions demands direct aid and the activation of the European crisis fund for cereal producers in the face of the low prices they receive, the sustained increase in production costs and the increase in imports, especially from Ukraine. Since the beginning of this year, the prices of the main cereals have experienced a negative price drift, especially pronounced in the case of bread-making wheat (-25.01%), feed barley and malt with a decrease of more than 25% and of grain corn with a decrease of 26.58%. The decline has been less pronounced in the case of durum wheat (-15.44%). All the current situation reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, referring to last week, confirm this downward trend in several of the most representative national markets and in all cases, with the exception of durum wheat, the average prices are below those of the last five campaigns. Added to this is the sustained increase in production costs which, according to data from the Ministry of ...

Source: InfoAgro