Vive! el campo con César Aldecoa 10-04-26 | Asaja insta a a salir de la interprofesional láctea. Coste extra del gasóleo en la apicultura. D

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When a father told the agricultural training centre's coordinator that his autistic son held an FP vocational qualification, the coordinator replied 'a saber dónde se lo han dado' — 'who knows where they gave it to him' — which UGALUPA's Víctor Díez calls a 'vexatious and demeaning' comment that confirms the family's discrimination claim.

1. Vive el Campo on Vive Radio Burgos, hosted by César Aldecoa, returns after the Easter break with a Friday edition covering dairy, beekeeping, disability discrimination, and rural news. 2. Host César Aldecoa and Agronews correspondent Nacho Falces jointly present four segments; the first three feature external guests and the fourth is a rapid rural-news digest. 3. The programme's recurring theme is the systemic vulnerability of Spain's small agricultural producers — dairy farmers, beekeepers, disabled students — when facing industry coercion or administrative indifference. 4. ASAJA Castilla y León secretary general José Antonio Turrado explains that the call to leave the Interprofesional Láctea follows the industry's imposition of a 14% farmgate milk price reduction on a mandatory three-month contract. 5. Turrado describes the coercive mechanism: milk is perishable and farmers can store only one day's production, so the industry threatened to stop collection from any farmer who had not signed the new contract by a fixed date, making resistance economically ruinous. 6. He quotes the dairy sector's position as 'an unconditional surrender' and criticises the Ministry of Agriculture for holding a consultation meeting after all contracts had already been signed. 7. Turrado warns that the industry has already signalled it may seek a further three-cent reduction when the current contract expires, and forecasts fewer replacement heifers, earlier slaughter of older cows, investment freezes, and rural job cuts. 8. He argues that destroying Spain's dairy sector — which he describes as among Europe's most productive and sustainably managed — would force processors to depend on EU imports of inferior quality at uncontrolled prices. 9. Turrado calls on the Ministry to act as a mediator protecting the weakest supply-chain link, noting that in previous crises it was large retail that drove down prices, but this time the initiative came from the processing industry. 10. Carlos Gatón of the Segovia Peasants Union opens the beekeeping segment by correcting the public image of apiculture: the average professional beekeeper in Castilla y León manages 400 hives, with transhuman operations managing several thousand hives moved between provinces to follow seasonal blooms. 11. Gatón explains that 70% of human food crops require bee pollination, and that almonds and kiwis produce zero kilos without direct pollination; the national economic impact of losing the professional sector is estimated at 10,000–15,000 million euros annually. 12. The Segovia union estimates fuel cost overruns of 800–10,000 euros per year per operation, and argues that exclusion from subsidised fuel under regulation 3892 is a matter of 'pure and hard ignorance' — the law permits fuel subsidies for livestock vehicles but has not been interpreted to cover beekeeping transport. 13. Gatón flags secondary threats: honey imports from third countries at prices and quality levels that Spanish producers cannot match, and illegal hobbyist sales that undercut professional beekeepers without meeting regulatory standards. 14. UGALUPA's Víctor Díez describes the case of a young man with autism spectrum disorder and 50% recognised disability enrolled in the agricultural incorporation course at CIFP Almazcara in León who was marked 'no apto' in practical training. 15. Fellow students confirmed to UGALUPA that the young man attended all sessions, participated in tractor work (with the teacher's assistance), welding, and computer tasks, and that his autism-related noise sensitivity caused two sleepless nights but did not prevent his participation. 16. The student's prior educational record includes a mid-level FP degree in administration obtained without psychological support or adaptive measures, a B1 English certificate, and a driving licence. 17. The centre and the general directorate have refused to provide a written report explaining the 'no apto' grade; the directorate coordinator made a dismissive remark about the student's FP qualification ('a saber dónde se lo han dado'), which UGALUPA characterises as vexatious and discriminatory. 18. The family has filed a complaint with the Procurador del Común and is preparing court action; UGALUPA is calling for the dismissal of both the centre director and the directorate coordinator. 19. In the Agronews segment, Nacho Falces covers the Junta de Castilla y León's hunters' exam calendar (first sitting May 21, second September 17; 55-euro fee, 20 questions), a Hacienda public auction of 30 rural plots in Soria ranging from 695 to 25,000 euros on April 20, and a donkey-handling course on April 26 that includes training donkeys as wolf-deterrent livestock guardians. 20. Farmers, rural radio listeners, and professionals in dairy policy, beekeeping, agricultural education, or rural land markets in Castilla y León will find this programme directly relevant; general audiences will find the content too narrowly regional to follow.

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