The Fodder Bureau will meet in September to determine the purchase of animal feed
The Basque Government has closed a survey involving 435 livestock farms in the three territories, the data of which will make it possible to size the joint purchase and negotiate the supply of fodder.
The Department of Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries shall analyse the needs of farms in order to determine the amounts to be obtained jointly. The Fodder Bureau shall meet in the first week of September topresent the results and determine the availability and logistics required for purchase and distribution.
The survey, launched through the Land Management Centre, has received 177 responses in Gipuzkoa, 160 in Bizkaia and 86 in Álava. In terms of production, 43 per cent of the farms involved were beef, 18 per cent mixed livestock, 14 per cent dairy cattle, 13 per cent sheep and goats and 12 per cent horses.
435 farms have explained needs
They have specified the fodder and other raw materials which are exceptionally required by the farms, as well as their supply format: bulk, large bundle, small bundle or taco.
This information will enable future procurement to be tailored to the actual needs of farms and their storage and handling capacity. The department is analysing and contrasting the amounts collected before determining the total volume to be contracted.
Information will then be shared with the various actors that make up the Fodder Bureau in order to establish supply needs and initiate joint negotiations.
The Minister for Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries, Amaia Barredo, has pointed out that the participation of the sector allows for a more accurate picture of the extraordinary needs of farms.
Amaia Barredo: "The next step is to turn this information into bargaining power and get the supply that the sector needs."
Priority to local production
From now on, the Department will validate and group responses by product, format and territory, while contacting operators, cooperatives and manufacturers to ascertain availability, timelines and supply conditions.
Local production shall take precedence over foreign purchases, in accordance with the provisions of the fodder table.
During the first week of September, the Bureau will learn about the outcome of this work and will address the area of availability and logistics required for the purchase and distribution of products.
With the closure of the survey, the Basque Government has completed the collection of needs and has made progress in planning a joint application to improve the negotiating capacity of livestock farms and ensure the supply of food for livestock.
You might like
Amaia Barredo: "The Basque Government is working to meet the deadlines and commitments made to farmers"
The Minister for Food, Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government, Amaia Barredo, has advanced that the Basque Government will make available to the livestock sector "by early September" the joint purchase routes for certain raw materials due to the shortage of grass caused by the drought. In an interview on Radio Euskadi this Friday, Barredo explained that although the Fodder Table is not yet convened, this does not mean that there will be any delays.
Hotel tickets in the Basque Country increased by 7.7% in July and overnight stays by 6.7%
58.8% of all entries and 59.9% of overnight stays were from persons of foreign origin, 11.1% and 11.7% respectively more than in July 2025.
They advance the harvest of txakoli because of the heat
The vintage of txakoli will begin earlier than usual due to heat. According to the producers, these dates are not the usual ones to start the vintage. Enternational analysis is carried out in the vineyards to determine exactly when the grape will take the point of sugar and bitterness, and the ideal time has come to collect it.
Farmers are calling for a joint purchase of fodder and an immediate declaration of drought
For two weeks now, the Fodder Table has met and the institutions have made a number of commitments. Many farmers have started buying grass and straw on their own and have called on the institutions to take immediate action.
EuskoTren workers in Bilbao call for the removal of bullfighting advertisements on the tram
At this morning's rally in Arriaga Square, Euskotren workers demanded that the company advertise in a manner consistent with public values and respectful of animal welfare.
A bluetongue case was detected in a herd in Barrundia
The animal from a herd of more than 200 sheep vaccinated against the disease has tested positive for serotype 3 of the bluetongue.
The Basque Government opens the OPE registration deadline for 461 General Administration posts
Telematic registration will end on September 16, and the first examinations are scheduled for January 2027.
AVIS has been sentenced to EUR 1 million for charging its customers management costs for traffic fines
The car rental company applies a surcharge of between €33.88 and €45 for managing the payment of the fine and informing the administration of the offender's identity.
A 51-year-old worker dies in a paper company in Iurreta
Two Ertzaintza officers who participated in the relief device had to be treated at the scene by health personnel who had been poisoned by inhalation of the gases emitted.