The Champinter Cooperative warns that straw prices complicat

May 22, 2023 by La Manchuela al Día
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One of the consequences of the drought that affects areas of practically all of Spain is the shortage of straw, which is causing a large increase in its price.

Given this situation, the president of the Albacete cooperative Champinter, Elías Olmeda, indicates that mushroom production depends on straw, for the production of compost, so this price increase "extremely" complicates the maintenance of said production.

Olmeda points out that in Switzerland Phone Numbers 6 Million List Spain straw is also used as food for livestock and for the production of mushrooms for the generation of biomass for renewable energy.

The president of Champinter (one of the main mushroom producers in Spain) also points out that many of the renewable energy projects are subsidized by the different administrations, so their access to straw is more viable than for mushroom producers. or ranchers.

He states that as this situation continues "in the end the straw will not reach either the rancher or the mushroom producers, or it will do so at unviable prices."

In that sense, he warns that in Europe there are already countries that have stopped producing mushrooms due to lack of compost.

Olmeda details that there are several circumstances for this situation: drought, war in Ukraine, fuel and energy prices, mainly gas, which is motivating more byproducts such as straw to be used for the generation of renewable energy.

In addition, Middle Eastern countries have increased the purchase of straw to feed their animals.

Another factor is that the transportation of straw used to be more complex, but currently it is pressed and thousands of tons can be transported by sea.

Elías Olmeda goes further and points out that there is another threat: the new regulations that prohibit and reduce the use of plastics, which will mean that manufacturers of this type of packaging will look towards straw to make them out of cardboard, since straw contains cellulose. and is valid for this type of packaging.

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