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Postal service wants time extension for mail-in ballots ahead of Sunday's general election in Spain

Post office in Spain offers new lifeline to rural farmers in wake of nationwide protests

CORREOS has signed an agreement with the Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) to integrate fresh produce into their Correos Market online store. Coming

14 Feb, 2020 @ 11:42

Cordoba·Lead

REVEALED: New data shows 600% price hikes on oranges, pushing farmers in Spain’s Andalucia ‘to the brink’

Andalucian farmers have been severely struggling recently, with international tariffs hitting the country hard

10 Feb, 2020 @ 11:45

Cordoba·Food & Drink·Lead

Unions representing 50,000 farmers accuse Segura river management body of ‘criminal negligence’ over devastating gota fría floods

UNIONS representing 50,000 of the nation’s farmers met last Friday with Mireia Mollá, the Regional Minister of Agriculture to accuse the organisation managing the Segura

23 Sep, 2019 @ 21:20

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Hailstorm hits Costa del Sol’s Ronda as winemakers hope their crops have not been ruined

More extreme weather hits southern Spain, with local farmers praying their crops have not been ruined by the storms.

17 Sep, 2019 @ 14:24

Environment·Lead·Malaga

British vegan activist claims she was shot at by ‘evil’ farmers after ‘rescuing’ 16 rabbits from a farm in Spain

Mia said that their pursers then surrounded them as they came to a dead-end, before managing to escape again onto the motorway, where the enraged

6 Sep, 2019 @ 10:38

Barcelona·Lead

OLIVE WATCHERS: Spain’s Civil Guard to make surprise visits to olive oil factories after weigh-in controversies

It will serve to dispel doubts that have always existed on the part of farmers who are going to weigh their fruit after a hard

4 Nov, 2018 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Jaen·Lead·National News

SPAIN V TRUMP: US president’s tariffs set to take toll on Andalucia manufacturers

The food and drink sector, including olive and olive oil manufacturers, and the aluminium and watch-making industries have all expressed grave concerns

1 Jul, 2018 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Farmers sign petition to protest destruction of healthy olive and almond trees in Alicante

The farmers, part of The Platform for those Affected by Xylella fastidiosa (AXFA), say current eradication plans mark the ‘beginning of the end of our

22 Jan, 2018 @ 16:29

Crime & Law·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Nature

RAMPING UP: Tensions flare as farmers plough into Barcelona on tractors ahead of Catalunya referendum

Farmers have descended on Barcelona in their tractors to park them in front of polling stations ahead of Sunday's vote.

29 Sep, 2017 @ 13:28

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Politics

Crop farmers plea for pipelines to be built to try fight a feared drought

Officials warned that an official drought decree is likely to be called in the Axarquia area

12 May, 2017 @ 18:14

Cordoba·Granada·Lead·Malaga·National News·Other News

Farmers in Murcia protest over seasonal drought

Murcia has seen a three-year period of little or no rainfall, with the recent storms hardly touching the region.

5 Sep, 2016 @ 16:00

Lead·Nature

Lack of rainfall threatening Axarquia economy

The Junta are now considering constructing dams

28 Aug, 2016 @ 08:20

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Olive farmers form vigilante groups to stop criminal gangs poaching their produce

The national farmers union says they will do all they can to defend their stock

12 Jan, 2016 @ 12:01

Food & Drink

Cattle farming row to blame for 120 forest fires in northern Spain

Officials suspect underhand tactics from farmers are to blame for fires

30 Dec, 2015 @ 10:13

Environment·National News

Barcelona volunteers give reject fruit to the hungry

A Barcelona volunteer group is picking reject fruit and vegetables to help feed hungry Catalans

24 Sep, 2015 @ 14:03

Food & Drink

Deadly virus decimates courgette crops

Up to €30 million has been lost to infected courgette crops

11 Dec, 2014 @ 13:19

Food & Drink

Walkers protest in Ronda

Walkers and hikers in Ronda are campaigning for access to a footpath between Montejaque and Grazalema

28 Nov, 2014 @ 14:00

Malaga

Sheep paraded through Madrid in defence of ancient herding rights

Shepherds from across Spain descend on the capital accompanied by their wooly friends

14 Nov, 2014 @ 08:00

National News

Farmers dump thousands of potatoes outside Granada Carrefour in Russian protest

EU sanctions are putting the squeeze on suppliers

8 Sep, 2014 @ 16:00

Granada

Drought causes anxiety for Spain’s olive farmers

Olive harvest could fall by 40% from last year

26 Aug, 2014 @ 12:00

Food & Drink·Other News

Spanish farmers at war with French over cheap peaches

The French accused Spanish growers of 'dumping' low-cost fruits in their stores

3 Aug, 2014 @ 11:30

Hail hell

More than 300 people protested in Almunecar in support of local farmers affected by a hailstorm in August

13 Dec, 2013 @ 06:30

Almeria

The farmers who cried wolf

A new law is being drafted to give cash to farmers whose animals are being killed by the wolves that have returned to Madrid

1 Sep, 2010 @ 10:09

National News·Nature

Money growing on trees in Andalucia?

Over 300 avocado trees have been stolen in the past month

20 Jul, 2010 @ 18:10

Crime & Law

You’ve been fleeced

Ronda farmers had the wool pulled over their eyes by a Granada conman

31 Jan, 2010 @ 00:01

Crime & Law·Malaga

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Post office in Spain offers new lifeline to rural farmers in wake of nationwide protests

REVEALED: New data shows 600% price hikes on oranges, pushing farmers in Spain’s Andalucia ‘to the brink’

Unions representing 50,000 farmers accuse Segura river management body of ‘criminal negligence’ over devastating gota fría floods

Hailstorm hits Costa del Sol’s Ronda as winemakers hope their crops have not been ruined

British vegan activist claims she was shot at by ‘evil’ farmers after ‘rescuing’ 16 rabbits from a farm in Spain

OLIVE WATCHERS: Spain’s Civil Guard to make surprise visits to olive oil factories after weigh-in controversies

SPAIN V TRUMP: US president’s tariffs set to take toll on Andalucia manufacturers

Farmers sign petition to protest destruction of healthy olive and almond trees in Alicante

RAMPING UP: Tensions flare as farmers plough into Barcelona on tractors ahead of Catalunya referendum

Crop farmers plea for pipelines to be built to try fight a feared drought

Farmers in Murcia protest over seasonal drought

Lack of rainfall threatening Axarquia economy

Olive farmers form vigilante groups to stop criminal gangs poaching their produce

Cattle farming row to blame for 120 forest fires in northern Spain

Barcelona volunteers give reject fruit to the hungry

Deadly virus decimates courgette crops

Walkers protest in Ronda

Sheep paraded through Madrid in defence of ancient herding rights

Farmers dump thousands of potatoes outside Granada Carrefour in Russian protest

Drought causes anxiety for Spain’s olive farmers

Spanish farmers at war with French over cheap peaches

Hail hell

The farmers who cried wolf

Money growing on trees in Andalucia?

You’ve been fleeced

Stormy winter surges water levels in key Malaga reservoirs – in a silver lining amid the devastation wrought by Atlantic storms

WATCH: Great white sharks confirmed in Spanish waters after juvenile is caught off Alicante coast

Four remarkable Spanish women – A gallega painter and a malagueña philosopher; a child and a tennis star

Fresh flood fears for Malaga as Storm Nils set to drench the Serrania de Ronda – and overflow the Montejaque dam?

The Hotel Vistamar on the Costa del Sol is evicted after scammers ‘from Middle East’ hijack resort in €3m fraud