Informação: Regional Government considers drop of milk price set by dairy plant "unexpected and incomprehensible," urging others not to follow the decision The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry considered the decision of a regional dairy plant to reduce the price of milk paid to producers by one cent, challenging others not to follow this trend because there are no market reasons to justify it. "This is an unexpected, incomprehensible and even unreasonable decision from the Regional Government's standpoint. Currently, there is no instab... Mais >> Informação: 15 million-Euro investment in slaughterhouses reinforce competitiveness of meat sector, says Vasco Cordeiro The President of the Government visited today the construction works of the new slaughterhouse on Faial Island. This is a five-million Euro investment that falls within the strategy to boost the competitiveness of the meat sector and, consequently, increase producers' income. "This infrastructure is part of the Region's Investment Plan. It also includes the ongoing construction of the slaughterhou... Mais >> Informação: CALL moves forward with new application for European funds to promote dairy products in the Azores, says João Ponte The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry welcome the fact that the Azorean Milk and Dairy Centre (CALL) is launching this year a new application for European funds in order to promote regional dairy products. "CALL is working to see where it can improve the application so that it may submit again in the new application period, which is currently running and ends in April," said Joã... Mais >> Informação: Milk production the Azores reached highest figure ever in 2017 The Azores produced last year 611 million litres of milk, reaching a record figure in one of the most important sectors of the archipelago. It represents a growth of 1.32% over 2016, as reported by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry. Production in 2017 grew almost eight million litres of milk compared to 2016, when it reached 602 million litres. In 2015, the Azores produced 609 ... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government assures anticipated payment of the so-called "1.25-cent aid" to milk producers The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry announced that the Regional Government will take on the interest burden in order to continue the anticipated payment of the so-called "1.25 cent-aid" to farmers on São Miguel Island, representing approximately 2.6 million Euros. This measure contributes to the entry of more funds into the dairy sector. "What we agreed on today was that the R... Mais >> Informação: Milk production in the Azores grew 1.3% until November In the first 11 months of last year, the Azores produced 7.09 million litres of milk compared to the same period of 2016, representing a growth of 1.3%, as the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry announced today. According to the data already confirmed, in November 2017, the Region produced 768 thousand litres more than in the same month of 2016. The islands that contributed the mos... Mais >> Informação: Regional Slaughterhouses registered 15 thousand tonnes of beef in 2017 The Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry stated today that regional slaughterhouses registered 15 thousand tonnes of beef, representing a decrease of 6.3% compared to the same period in 2016. Despite this result, the sector has registered a growing trend in the archipelago over the last few years, reaching its highest in 2016 with 16 thousand tonnes of beef. This figure represents an ... Mais >> Informação: Regional Government highlights contribution of Verde Atlântico Cooperative to the promotion of Azores meat The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry highlighted the contribution of Verde Atlântico Cooperative to the promotion of Azorean meat and the search for new markets, which has transmitted confidence to the entire sector. "Verde Atlântico is currently exporting cut beef to a distributor in Mainland Portugal. This implies, of course, the enhancement of meat products and the adde... Mais >> Informação: Regional Strategy Centre for Azores Meat is important tool to strengthen the sector, says João Ponte The Regional Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry stated that the Regional Strategy Centre for Azores Meat- CERCA is another important tool to strengthen the meat industry and increase producers' income, involving several partners. "We have congregated the will and powers of several entities towards the strengthening of the meat industry so that we may improve the performance of this sector, whi... Mais >> Informação: Government allocates funds to strengthen structural capacity of Azorean agriculture, says Vasco Cordeiro The President of the Government of the Azores announced today the strategic option of directing funds to strengthen the structural capacity of Azorean agriculture, increasing its competitiveness and farmers' income in the Region. "We are aware that the current situation should also lead us to allocate available funds to strengthen the structural capacity of our agriculture, increase its competiti... Mais >>
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