The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers states that these industries are increasing their margins “abusively” thanks to lower raw materials.
A report shows how the UPA as oil and natural gas price drop, these large companies increase their margins more than one 15% in the case of agricultural diesel.
The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers believes that oil and fertilizer industries have increased their margins “abusively "by lower prices of oil and natural gas.
In fact, UPA technical services have carried out an analysis of the evolution of oil prices since December 2013 until January 2015 and they have compared to what they pay farmers and ranchers to fill the tank of the tractor.
His conclusion is that “No doubt, operators are gaining more than one 15% more than in September”.
For this reason, the agricultural organization insists that these industries are “forrando” at the expense of the primary sector and feel “impotence” because production costs remain very high and can not pass on to society the decline in the price of these commodities.
On the other hand, the UPA after analyzing the influence of falling natural gas prices and prices of the major nitrogenous fertilizers used mostly Spanish farmers, not consider it “fair” while the gas has lowered its price 32,59%, that of fertilizers has done just.
Farmers have asked the Ministry of Agriculture to intercede between the industry and the industry to “continue their attitude and move the fall of raw materials to end users”.