Farmers block highways in Spain to protest low food prices

February 18th, 2020 | Kinsey Senkel

NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA, Spain (AP) — Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests have begun blocking highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles in the latest mass protest over what they say are plummeting incomes for agricultural workers.

The rallies Tuesday in the Extremadura region that borders Portugal were called by labor unions to demand that the government ensures more realistic retail prices. Ángel García, head of the regional young farmers association Asaja, says 700 tractors are taking part in the road blockages.

The almost daily protests across Spain against high production costs and low prices for produce pose a tough challenge for the countrys month-old Socialist-led coalition government as the European Union prepares to cut farmer subsidies.

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