COAG - The farmer Aragonese Toño Romé has been elected State Coordinator of the Young Farmers of COAG, during the General Assembly of this area of the agricultural organization held yesterday Thursday, November 22, in Madrid. Romé, 28 years old, dedicates to the production of cereals and fodder in Zuera (Zaragoza) since five years ago. He takes over from young cattleman Salvador Roncero, from Zamora.
COAG - According to data analyzed by the technical services of COAG on the basis of the official EU proposals for financial programming 2014-2020, Spain could lose 16% of the agricultural according the Van Rompuy's proposal, while with European Commission proposal the cut would be 11%. Under the worst scenario trading Spain would receive 1.139 million less per year
COAG - COAG has sent a letter to the Spanish Agricultural Minister, Miguel Arias Canete, demanding to authorities from Spain and UE toughened monitoring in frontiers to guarantee that quantities and prices be conform to what they subscribed in the free trade agreement EU-Morocco. COAG claim that during this month of November, every day except one, the input value was below the 0.46 € /Kg established
COAG - The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Cattlemen from Spain (known by its Spanish acronym COAG ) presents this monday November 19 in Brussels its online sales platform, www.arcocoag.org , as part of the annual conference on innovation and sustainable agriculture organized by the European Commission. This website was born this past June with the participation of 540 farmers