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Spain is investigating the fall in producer prices for olive oil this year. The Coordination of Agricultural and Livestock Organizations (COAG) is asking the Spanish authorities to investigate the functioning of competition and the existence of cartels in the purchase and sale of olive oil during this year's olive growing season. As COAG Jaén claims, "the fall in producer prices for olive oil this year was 'completely artificial', given that there is no objective market evidence to justify this downward trend in prices". Statements by the general secretary of COAG Jaén, Juan Luis Ávila, emphasize that "the fall in prices impoverishes the Spanish olive producer and enriches the export sector". And he adds that "with the excuse of reducing the price of olive oil, which does not represent a large expense for the family shopping basket (30 euros per family), it impoverishes over 200,000 olive oil producing families in Andalusia to enrich the four o

Olimerca.- The European CHOICE project works to increase the adoption of sustainable practices throughout the entire value chain and has held a co-creation workshop (Participatory Lab) at the School of Social Economy in Osuna (Seville) as the starting signal for the pilot in Spain.

Early estimates for 2024 indicate that the average price of agricultural goods (output) in the EU decreased by 2% compared to 2023, while the average price of goods and services consumed in agriculture (inputs) fell by 6%. This drop in agricultural prices follows strong increases in 2021 and 2022, as well as a modest increase in 2023, according to Eurostat data. In 2024, prices for various products experienced significant variations. Strong increases were recorded for olive oil (+30%), potatoes (including seed potatoes) (+12%) and fruit (+7%), as well as slight increases for cattle (+2%) and milk (+1%). On the other hand, there were declines in cereals (-15%), eggs (-8%), pigs (-7%), poultry (-6%) and vegetables and horticultural products (-2%). Among the goods and services consumed in agriculture, prices of seeds increased moderately.