Huge disruption in the Spanish lamb market
The is a huge disruption in the Spanish lamb market, as animals in farms are not reaching the slaughterhouses in time due to haulers protests and transport stoppages, as representatives of ANAFRIC-OVICEBO claim. The levy bodies for the sheep and goat sectors in Spain are accusing the Government for not showing support for farmers.
"When we have Easter just around the corner, the situation of the lamb located in feedlots and those that have to be transported to slaughterhouses is very complicated and generates a lot of tension within the value chain. The situation of the constant increase in the raw materials with which the animals are fed has been complicated by transport stoppages, which do not allow the lambs to be sent from the farms to the feedlots and from the feedlots to the slaughterhouses", they denounce.
They urged the political factors to deliver an immediate solution to this problem, warning of big losses in livestock, if the situation continues. "We run the risk that thousands of lambs could die if this situation continues," ANAFRIC-OVICEBO stated in a public document.
"Two years ago, during the pandemic, feedlots and slaughterhouses were essential, and now we are expendable. They do not take us into account and we are an important part of the gear that supports the sheep-goat sector, and that allows the product to reach the consumer, on the one hand, and that it be exported, on the other", they added.
Haulers' strikes in Spain are creating a disruption in the meat market and farmers are saying that protests came without consultation and not all the actors involved are taking into consideration for their role played in this situation. "90 days ago there was a threat of a transport strike that could be stopped. But this threat was disastrous for the sheep-goat sector in the middle of the Christmas campaign. Now that threat has been transferred to these strikes and we are suffering irreparable damage. Nobody has contacted the feedlots and slaughterhouses. The protagonists in the press are farmers, ranchers and transporters, but what about the feedlots and slaughterhouses?" they conclude.
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