Post by account_disabled on Feb 28, 2024 10:20:30 GMT
Given the controversy that has arisen these days about the statements of the Minister of Consumption Alberto Garzón about intensive livestock farming and the response from both the PP and VOX parties as well as some ministers and regional presidents of the PSOE, we must remember that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food presented months ago a document for the organization of the sector that clearly limits the size of new livestock farms. The draft planning projected by the Map proposes that newly built farms be 500 meters from urban centers and other farms. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food intends to limit new beef farms to a limit of 850 heads of livestock, according to the draft Royal Decree project. A maximum that would affect newly built farms and those planning an expansion. However, those who have already exceeded that figure at the time of its entry into force or have obtained the corresponding license to do so will not be affected, in principle, by this limitation. In the Royal Decree, the Map aims to establish basic rules for the management of bovine farms in matters such as maximum productive capacity, minimum conditions of infrastructure, equipment and management, location, animal welfare or hygienic-sanitary conditions that "allow a effective and correct development of livestock activity in the bovine sector," the draft argues.
This sense, the first article focuses on limiting the maximum capacity to 850 large livestock units (MU), both for new farms and in the case of expansion of existing farms. In this sense, each UGM would correspond to a dairy cow or a male two years old or older, while calves, heifers and non-dairy cows would have a lower equivalent, so they could expand the number of heads on Malta Phone Number the farm. On the other hand, the draft also establishes a classification of farms based on the number of heads through three groups depending on the activity, for milk production or feedlots, and as long as they maintain an intensive system. In dairy cattle, Group I includes farms up to a maximum of 180 UGM, in Group II would be those that have between 180 and 850 and in Group III those that on the date of entry into force of the new Royal Decree are in operation or already have the corresponding authorization to have a capacity greater than 850 head of livestock. Meanwhile, in terms of feedlots, group one reaches up to 360 heads of larger cattle.
This regulation would serve to prevent the proliferation of new 'macro farms' within the sector, while it would protect farms that are already oversized above 850 units of livestock. Another of the relevant chapters of the regulations on which the Map works refers to the location of the farms, which will have to be at a minimum distance of 500 meters from the existing bovine farms, any other establishment or facility. that could represent a hygienic-sanitary risk and to urban areas. It should be remembered that this Royal Decree would affect newly installed livestock farms, while the permanence of existing licenses within urban areas was extended by the Government of Castilla y León for 15 more years at the beginning of , extending today in day until 2036. In addition, the draft leaves it in the hands of the competent authority to limit the installation of cattle farms or their maximum capacity for environmental or health reasons in areas declared by the autonomous community as having high livestock density or vulnerable in terms protection of waters against pollution. Operational farms In another sense, the draft establishes a series of transitional provisions, among which different deadlines are established, from one to three years from the entry into force of the Royal Decree, so that existing bovine farms comply with some of the established requirements.
This sense, the first article focuses on limiting the maximum capacity to 850 large livestock units (MU), both for new farms and in the case of expansion of existing farms. In this sense, each UGM would correspond to a dairy cow or a male two years old or older, while calves, heifers and non-dairy cows would have a lower equivalent, so they could expand the number of heads on Malta Phone Number the farm. On the other hand, the draft also establishes a classification of farms based on the number of heads through three groups depending on the activity, for milk production or feedlots, and as long as they maintain an intensive system. In dairy cattle, Group I includes farms up to a maximum of 180 UGM, in Group II would be those that have between 180 and 850 and in Group III those that on the date of entry into force of the new Royal Decree are in operation or already have the corresponding authorization to have a capacity greater than 850 head of livestock. Meanwhile, in terms of feedlots, group one reaches up to 360 heads of larger cattle.
This regulation would serve to prevent the proliferation of new 'macro farms' within the sector, while it would protect farms that are already oversized above 850 units of livestock. Another of the relevant chapters of the regulations on which the Map works refers to the location of the farms, which will have to be at a minimum distance of 500 meters from the existing bovine farms, any other establishment or facility. that could represent a hygienic-sanitary risk and to urban areas. It should be remembered that this Royal Decree would affect newly installed livestock farms, while the permanence of existing licenses within urban areas was extended by the Government of Castilla y León for 15 more years at the beginning of , extending today in day until 2036. In addition, the draft leaves it in the hands of the competent authority to limit the installation of cattle farms or their maximum capacity for environmental or health reasons in areas declared by the autonomous community as having high livestock density or vulnerable in terms protection of waters against pollution. Operational farms In another sense, the draft establishes a series of transitional provisions, among which different deadlines are established, from one to three years from the entry into force of the Royal Decree, so that existing bovine farms comply with some of the established requirements.