Time and the demands of the CAP limit planting options in Spain

Published 2023년 12월 11일

Tridge summary

Due to drought, high fertilizer costs, a seed shortage, and financial difficulties, the winter herbaceous sowing campaign is facing challenges, with delayed CAP advance payments adding to the burden. Despite these obstacles, sowing has been progressing at a good pace due to October rains, with 90% of durum wheat and 50% of soft wheat already planted in the province of Seville. In the face of water scarcity, uncertain forecasts, and rising costs for seeds and fertilizers, farmers are being pushed to opt for crops with less water needs, which may have a significant impact on spring sowing.

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Original content

It is not the market, nor the will of the farmers, but the drought and the eco-regimes - with their rotations, their obligations and their withdrawals - that determine what is being planted this year in the field. Without forgetting other factors that are also conditioning sowing, such as the high cost of fertilizers, the scarcity of seeds and financing difficulties for farmers. The winter herbaceous sowing campaign is marked by drought, the high costs of fertilizers, a shortage of seeds and the economic difficulties of farmers to face all these costs, aggravated by the delay in the CAP advance payment, still pending. to pay, in many cases due to the complex process established to justify the figure of active farmer, according to Asaja. Despite all these circumstances, as confirmed by the head of Herbaceous Crops of the organization in Seville, Macu García, sowing has been favored by the October rains and is progressing at a good pace. 90% of the area of durum wheat - the majority ...

Source: Campocyl