00:00 Thousands of farmers on the streets of Madrid today answering union calls to
00:06 create a historic protest in the country's capital. Eight to nine hundred
00:11 tractors have blocked up the center of the city here. They're trying to make
00:14 their way down to the agriculture ministry not far from here. They've been
00:19 angered by the police stopping them on the periphery of Madrid. Finally most of
00:24 them have made it this far. They've come from as far afield as the Basque country
00:29 in the north and the Lucia in the south, Aragon. We've heard Catalan being spoken.
00:34 Also farmers here tell us that their livelihoods are at risk. They say that
00:39 soaring costs and lowering plummeting prices for their produce is putting them
00:46 in a desperate situation. The average salary for agricultural workers here in
00:51 Spain is at around $1,500 per month which isn't very far off the minimum
00:58 wage. They say that they want their work, they want their produce to be better
01:02 valued by society, by government and by Brussels.
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