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COAG states that the cuts in the CAP proposed by the EU would mean a real loss of 17% of aid for farmers
The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Cattle Ranchers (COAG) considers "unacceptable" the 5% cut in the budget of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) announced by the European Commission in the proposal of community financial perspectives for 2021-2027. If we take into account inflation throughout the budget period, we estimate a real loss of 16.6% of the aid received by farmers, as reflected in the comparative analysis prepared by the COAG Technical Services.
Case IH organizes a training event for dealers on the advances in tractors and much more
Case IH organizes a ten-week program with which it will gather more than 1,000 dealerships from Europe, the Middle East and Africa to receive training in new products and updates, with more than 60 tractors and machines available, with more than 10,000 HP total. A site with more than 1,000 ha to test the machinery in real conditions.
Agriargo Ibérica will celebrate a few days of agriculture on the occasion of the day of San Isidro Labrador
On the occasion of San Isidro Labrador, Patron of all farmers, AGRIARGO IBERICA, S.A. will hold a conference on agriculture, at its facilities in Villamarciel (Valladolid), on Saturday May 12 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.
The filtration of a tree of the new PAC generates great doubts among farmers and ranchers
The Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers has shown its uncertainty about the important reforms that the European Commission is proposing in its draft new Common Agricultural Policy. Although they recognize that the debate on the future CAP "has only just begun", it does seem that Brussels intends to design a more decentralized CAP, more audited and revised and greener. "Of course it does not seem that they intend to make life easier for the recipients, but complicate things even more," they say.
What model of exploitation should we support in the CAP?
Article of Opinion signed for ECA by the doctor and agronomist, José María García Álvarez, who reflects on the exploitation model that should be prioritized in the CAP
The latest news and data in the new period of CAP aid
The Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree modifying the current regulations on the application of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development. The changes came into effect on January 1st and will apply the aid application campaign that will last in principle until April 30th, although, given the background of previous years, insurance will be extended. This amendment incorporates into the Spanish legal system the changes introduced by the so-called "Omnibus" Regulation in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
UPA, dissatisfied with the Plan of measures to alleviate the crisis of the stone fruit
In its assessment of the Plan recently presented by MAPAMA to tackle the structural crisis affecting the stone fruit sector, the Union of Small Farmers (UPA) has expressed its dissatisfaction with a measure that, although necessary, qualifies as insufficient "and" a disappointment ". UPA has indicated that the Plan "forgets small family farms and requires a larger budget.
“For Equality in Agrifood Cooperativism”
Institutional Statement of the movement of Cooperativist Women of Castilla-La Mancha, signed by its spokesperson, Carmen Vallejo Garcelán.
Levantine farmers demonstrate in Madrid to request water infrastructure and in defense of “the garden of Europe”
More than 15,000 farmers, irrigators, field workers, companies, citizens of Murcia, Almeria and Alicante, agglutinated in El Circulo del Agua, are demonstrating today, in Madrid, in demand for water and water infrastructure for the Levant, and in defense of its productive sector, based on the so-called "Huerta de Europa", key in the social and economic fabric of these regions. Under the slogan "In the Levant, without water: desert and unemployment Defend the garden of Europe!, the demonstration will begin at 12 noon on Calle Alcalá and will arrive at 13.30 at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, where there will be a concentration that will conclude at 14.30. In parallel, also today, in the Plaza del Callao in Madrid, 25,000 kilos of fruit and vegetables will be distributed, from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm.
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AOVE Nuts Experiencie. Fair of the Olivar and the nuts. Talavera de la Reina
AOVE & NUTS Experience is the meeting point, on days 15th, 16th, and 17th of March, of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil and the Nuts. The city of Talavera becomes the main center of attention at a national level of a sector such as the one of the EVOO that has a great specific weight, a great economic and social impact in its area, and in the whole region of Castilla La Mancha. And that is also very prominent throughout the area of influence, being a fundamental activity in many locations in other neighboring communities, such as Extremadura, Castilla León and Madrid.