The president of the Provincial Council of Huesca, Isaac Claver, has met with officials from Santalecina Ganadera to learn directly about the company's strategy for managing slurry and manure. This company, considered a benchmark in the Cinca Medio, Bajo Cinca, and La Litera regions, managed more than 300,000 tons of livestock waste in 2025 and fertilized more than 6,000 hectares of agricultural land.
The meeting allowed for an analysis of one of the major challenges in the agricultural and livestock sector: transforming a waste management problem into an opportunity with economic, agronomic, and environmental returns for the territory.
The current system causes complications for both livestock farmers and agricultural producers due to excess organic nitrogen, ammonia emissions, increased fertilizer costs, and restrictions on applying slurry to fields.
In light of this scenario, Santalecina proposes to go a step further and transition from its traditional role as a manager of manure and slurry to a model focused on the valorization of livestock waste.
The company promotes treatments such as anaerobic digestion, composting, and nitrogen recovery, with the goal of obtaining biomethane, recycled fertilizers, and organic amendments that contribute to improving the quality of agricultural soils.
The roadmap includes the launch of new waste management plants in the province. Among these are two biomethane and fertilizer production plants in Esplús and Albalate de Cinca, which are currently being processed by INAGA, as well as other facilities focused on composting and nitrogen recovery, with a first plant awaiting authorization and a second one planned in Belver de Cinca or Vencillón.
The project is designed with a proximity approach: medium-sized facilities, located in municipalities with a high concentration of livestock and intended to treat waste generated in their immediate surroundings.
To drive this new phase, Santalecina has incorporated Grupo Columbus into its shareholding, with whom it had already been collaborating for over a year on a common strategy aimed at offering solutions to livestock farmers, improving the profitability of agricultural holdings, and reducing the environmental impact associated with livestock activity.