date:Mar 21, 2017
The Principality of Asturias has published a decree with measures to develop the national program to fight potato pests. It has also confirmed the subsidies that will be given to those affected (0.40 Euro per square metre of crops uprooted; up to 0.70 Euro for seed potatoes; the refund of any expenses to those running warehouses, and 0.30 Euro per kilo in the case of self-storage warehouses).
It has also banned the planting of potatoes in four of the councils affected (Vegadeo, Castropol, San T