Farmers and ranchers with Spanish nationality have already received more than 70% of the advance corresponding to the direct aids of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), paid by the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA), according to what the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food stated this Friday.
Within the distribution by autonomous communities planned until November 30, Cantabria has been assigned 15.9 million euros.
To date, producers have received more than 1.850 billion euros of the 2.417 billion that FEGA has transferred to the autonomous communities since the start of payments on October 16. This injection of funds seeks to provide additional liquidity to face the costs of the start of the autumn sowing campaign.
The total amount authorized for this advance amounts to 2.691 billion euros and the payment schedule extends until November 30, 2026. The European Commission has allowed raising the maximum percentage of advance to 75% in response to the impact of the war in Iran, which has increased both fertilizers and energy costs.
In the estimated territorial distribution of payments until November 30, 2026, Andalusia tops the list with 779 million euros, followed by Castilla y León, with 638.6 million, and Castilla-La Mancha, with 445.6 million.
Next are Extremadura, with 283.4 million; Aragón, with 244.5 million; Navarra, with 74.2 million; Galicia, with 47.0 million; the Valencian Community, with 42.0 million; Asturias, with 38.8 million; Murcia, with 26.0 million; Madrid, with 21.4 million; La Rioja, with 17.7 million; Balearic Islands, with 17.0 million, and Cantabria, with 15.9 million.