The counselor of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Environment, and Environmental Policy, Joaquín Antonio Pino, has expressed his intention for the crisis reserve fund, endowed with 30 million euros, to be operational by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2027. His purpose is for the farmers and ranchers of Castilla y León to receive the money in their accounts "as quickly" as possible, just as happened with the aid for the fires, as he has recalled.
Pino made these statements this Monday, in response to the media, regarding the extraordinary credit of 30 million euros announced last Friday in Salamaq. Of that amount, 10 million come from the crisis reserve of the European Union, and the Ministry of Agriculture will add another 20 million corresponding to unexecuted funds.
The counselor has detailed that the regional government has already sent the mandatory letter to the Ministry, which acts as an interlocutor with the community institutions, to elevate the proposal to Brussels and thus access the crisis reserve fund.
"I'm sure this won't end here," Joaquín Antonio Pino also stated, who reiterated the commitment of the Junta of Castilla y León to reinforce the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Environment, and Environmental Policy, which, he has predicted, will be "the most investing."
"We'll see if those 30 million that the Ministry of Agriculture has been able to mobilize can be more," he added, emphasizing that he stands by the sector and rejecting lessons from anyone.
The counselor participated this Monday in the closing of the General Assembly of Asaja Valladolid. Its president, Juan Ramón Alonso, positively valued the credit of 30 million, although he admitted that "if it were a little more, even better." "Any aid from the Administration is welcome, although I believe it is not the final solution," pointed out the provincial leader of Asaja, who has warned of dumping practices with which cereals are marketed below production costs.
"You don't look a gift horse in the mouth," Alonso pointed out, who insisted that there are agricultural and livestock branches, such as cereals or grapes, "quite messed up." "Cereal farms are suffering a lot, and if this doesn't change and there isn't a 180-degree turn, many farms are going to disappear; they will be left by the wayside," he warned.