Agriculture

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks, not least because of the agreement reached by the EU with Mercosur and approved by the Member States, an economic pact which will regulate trade between South America and Europe and which benefits some sectors and may harm others. 

Farmers across Europe have been protesting for weeks, not least because of the agreement reached by the EU with Mercosur and approved by the Member States, an economic pact which will regulate trade between South America and Europe and which benefits some sectors and may harm others. 

the organization warns of the consequences of "a scenario that allows the marketing of meat from Brazil or Argentina", which sets a price "well below the production costs" of a Basque farm.

Gipuzkoa will vaccinate 42,500 cattle against nodular dermatosis during the mandatory vaccination campaign that began this Friday in the territory and will be completed within approximately two months on 1,900 farms.

France and Hungary, among others. 

This has been announced by the President of Ataca, Raúl Beitia (an independent association of farmers and farmers in Treviño and Álava) on the second day of protest against the new Common Agricultural Policy. Half a hundred tractors have concentrated in front of the Basque Government in Vitoria before a new march will take them to the Subdelegation of the Government.

France, Hungary and Ireland have publicly said that they will reject the treaty, but in the last few hours Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has declared that they have welcomed the latest European Commission release.

The Prefecture of the Atlantic Pyrenees has reported that at 02:00, 80 asymptomatic farmers, using 60 tractors, have blocked the A63 motorway at the height of the northern link of Bayonne dute and since morning there have been major problems in the vicinity, and the Prefecture has also closed the Biriatou border for trucks in both directions.

Although the Department of Agriculture of the Basque Government has requested vaccination against nodular dermatosis for the whole of the CAPV, the Spanish Ministry considers it sufficient to do so only in two small areas of Álava and Bizkaia bordering Gipuzkoa.

Farmers have been blocking the A64 for two weeks to protest the measures against nodular dermatosis. Once the blockade has been lifted, cleaning work has begun, which is estimated to cost a million. 

From the first hour, thousands of tractors and farmers have blocked the European neighbourhood of the city in protest against the policies of the European Union institutions. There have also been clashes with the police.

Dozens of farmers have cut off several highways in the French state, including the A-63, on the border with Hego Euskal Herria.

Aierdi has explained that in recent days the French Government has detected two new sources of the disease, one of them "in an area close to Navarre".

The shutdown started at 12:00 and affects more than 7,500 kilograms of trucks. 

Meanwhile, in the Northern Basque Country, the Prefect will hold a meeting on Monday afternoon with representatives of the Pauen Confederation Paysanne and the ELB.

The mobile app VacaPop is born with the aim of selling and buying cattle without having to go anywhere. Without waiting for fairs, it is already possible to sell and buy cows, horses, goats, farm machinery and fodder via the Internet.  Oier Aizpuru and Aitzol Gorospe, young farmers, say it is very easy and fast.

Organized by the BBK, it will bring together tradition, solidarity and sustainability and is expected to bring together about 100,000 people, from 09:00 to 20:00. This year 4,500 rations of beans will be distributed from the Bizkaia Cooking Meeting Foundation (Bisubi).

The meat of dead animals will be used for domestic consumption and is intended to "reassure the sector".

The Ministry of Agriculture will examine the bodies to determine if they are contaminated.