Tag: farmers
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
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...
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.
British vegan activist claims she was shot at by ‘evil’ farmers after ‘rescuing’ 16 rabbits from a farm in...
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 farmers ‘pulled up alongside us and shot at us.’
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 day of harvesting
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
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 forests, and of our people’.
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.
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
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.
Lack of rainfall threatening Axarquia economy
The Junta are now considering constructing dams
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
Cattle farming row to blame for 120 forest fires in northern Spain
Officials suspect underhand tactics from farmers are to blame for fires
Barcelona volunteers give reject fruit to the hungry
A Barcelona volunteer group is picking reject fruit and vegetables to help feed hungry Catalans
Deadly virus decimates courgette crops
Up to €30 million has been lost to infected courgette crops
Walkers protest in Ronda
Walkers and hikers in Ronda are campaigning for access to a footpath between Montejaque and Grazalema
Sheep paraded through Madrid in defence of ancient herding rights
Shepherds from across Spain descend on the capital accompanied by their wooly friends
Farmers dump thousands of potatoes outside Granada Carrefour in Russian protest
EU sanctions are putting the squeeze on suppliers
Drought causes anxiety for Spain’s olive farmers
Olive harvest could fall by 40% from last year
Spanish farmers at war with French over cheap peaches
The French accused Spanish growers of 'dumping' low-cost fruits in their stores
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
Money growing on trees in Andalucia?
Over 300 avocado trees have been stolen in the past month
You’ve been fleeced
Ronda farmers had the wool pulled over their eyes by a Granada conman