ASAJA handing out olives in Sevilla

At 10:30 today, Wednesday, the agrarian association ASAJA will be giving away 5,000 kilos of table olives in Sevilla as a protest against prices and the general state of the industry.

Disagreement over the price of olives

ASAJA, the Málaga Association of Young Farmers, has denied reports by the Federación Agroalimentaria of the UGT union that they are selling table olives at a price of €0.80, saying that the price of Hojiblanca olives has fallen to €0.33 in October.

Farmers protest in Sevilla

The agricultral association ASAJA has this morning distributed free of charge some 25,000 kilos of produce in Sevilla as a protest against the economic situation of the farming communities in Andalucía.