farmers

EU withdraws proposal to halve pesticide use by 2030 after weeks of demonstrations across Europe

Protest intends to block traffic on main roads in Catalonia on February 5

Demonstrations planned this week at Mercabarna wholesale market, French border and Tarragona port

Consumers pay three to five times more for basic food products than what farmers get paid

Drought and climate crisis focus of first Women in the Rural World Congress

Dairy farmers cite supermarkets' "abuse of power" in complaint lodged with Spain's competition commission

Uncontrolled animals combined with drought and rising production costs causes land to go uncultivated

Around 30 farmers take animals back to valley after enjoying cooler weather during hottest season

90% of milk producers have gone out of business over the last 20 years

Primary sector companies call themselves "greatly forgotten" industry of the pandemic

Mercabarna food wholesalers to carry out 9,000 antibody tests

Government approves first aid and estimates 16,000 hectares of agricultural land were damaged by severe weather

The quota established by the European Commission to be withdrawn from the market is insufficient to take pressure off the sector

Sector demands prompt action by Brussels as peach and nectarine perish-dates loom