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The Spanish agricultural sector accounts for 8.3% of new Social Security affiliates resulting from the extraordinary regularization of immigrants.
The first payment will cover 9.56 million hectares, with amounts of 92.50 euros for irrigated land and 38.33 for rain-fed land.
The Regulation (EU) 2026/1739, published last Wednesday in the Official Journal of the European Union, makes the written contract for the sale of food mandatory across the Union, strengthening the bargaining position of farmers and livestock producers vis‑à‑vis processors, distributors and retailers.
The new European Packaging Regulation (PPWR) comes into application on 12 August: what changes and how it will affect the agri‑food sector
More than 563,000 farmers and livestock producers in Spain submit the single CAP application for the 2026 campaign
Although the debate may still seem distant, it will have significant implications for the future of the European agri‑food sector.
Agriculture ministers are calling for reciprocity, safeguard clauses and stronger protection for geographical indications in trade agreements with third countries.
Ireland’s presidency of the European Union faces a decisive six‑month period for the future of European agriculture, with negotiations on the new Multiannual Financial Framework at the center of the agenda. Spain supports these priorities and calls for unity to ensure a strong CAP and CFP, backed by stable funding and the capacity to respond to the sector’s challenges.
The EU-Mexico agreement opens up a new scenario for Spain’s fruit and vegetable sector, which exported 3,154 tonnes to Mexico in 2025 and imported 14,041 tonnes.
The future State Fertiliser Plan will seek to improve efficiency in the use of inputs, strengthen Spain’s strategic autonomy and provide the sector with greater transparency in price developments.
The initiative is part of the international ‘Producers of Well‑Being’ campaign, a large‑scale project that began in 2025 with promotions in Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany, and which now expands strongly into France.
Ten years after the referendum, the United Kingdom is importing fewer Spanish agri‑food products and more goods from third countries. Rising costs, bureaucracy and the loss of competitive advantages have reshaped trade relations with one of the Spanish agri‑food sector’s key markets.
The EU Council backs an urgent regulation that will allow Member States to activate direct aid and introduce CAP flexibilities in response to the impact of the Middle East conflict on fertilizer costs.
The blockage of the Omnibus Regulation on plant protection products in Coreper has halted the opening of trilogue negotiations with the European Parliament, after the required qualified majority was not reached. The lack of agreement reflects deep divisions among Member States and leaves a key reform of EU plant‑health regulation on hold.
A study by the University of Málaga demonstrates that long-term organic management promotes the presence of beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere, which can improve plants’ response to water scarcity.
More than thirty organisations from across the European agri‑food chain have called on the European Parliament to approve, without amendments, the new Regulation on plants obtained through new genomic techniques (NGTs), whose text was agreed during the December 2025 trilogue.
