agriculture

Economy

Spanish pork producers 'very concerned' by African swine fever

Spain's pork industry is "very concerned" by a growing African swine fever outbreak among wild boars that has sparked jitters about the world's third-largest producer of the meat and its derivatives.

Environment

Spain detects seven new African swine fever cases

Spain has found another seven dead wild boars infected with African swine fever near Barcelona, increasing the outbreak's total to nine cases, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.

Energy 1

'It's a crime': Solar park boom threatens Spain's olive tree growers

In the Andalusian village of Lopera, olive trees owners struggle against expropriation and to prevent the installation of photovoltaic plants forcing thousands of trees to be uprooted.

Environment

How an ancient way of harvesting salt has been revived in Spain

In the salt marshes of Cádiz in southwestern Spain, Juan Carlos Sánchez de Lamadrid surveyed a grid of rectangular pools of milky water, part of a time-honoured tradition to harvest salt from the sea.