Horticultural thefts causing problems for farmers

The Councillor for Agriculture has filed a motion to be debated at the next plenary session of the Council to ask the Ministry of Agriculture of the Junta de Andalucia to institute controls on fruit and other horticultural products to ensure that items entering stores or cooperatives from the campo are not the proceeds of theft.

Agricultural losses in Andalucia

Provisional estimates by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries put losses in the agriculture and horticulture sectors as a result of the bad weather at around 30%.