La Rioja proposes 16,309 euros in liquidity aid for nine agricultural holdings

The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Affairs and Environment of the Government of La Rioja has formulated the provisional resolution proposal for aid intended to strengthen the liquidity of agricultural holding holders affected by climate adversities, animal health issues, and the increase in the cost of inputs. The document is published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja no. 217, dated November 10, 2026 (reference BOR-A-20261110-III–4251, file 202611060125494). The proposal grants aid to 9 applicants for a total amount of 16,309.55 euros and denies another 11 requests.

From twenty applications to nine beneficiaries

The aid is governed by Order AGM/35/2026, of July 29, published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja on July 31, 2026. In the first period provided for in its article 7, 20 applications were received, of which 14 were linked to a loan formalized with a financial entity (line of article 1 a) and 6 to loans guaranteed by SAECA (article 1 b).

After verifying the requirements, the management center admits 9 holders: 4 under the bank loan line and 5 under the SAECA guarantee line. The beneficiaries and their amounts are:

• Domingo Castillo Pérez: 2,388.36 euros (art. 1 b).
• Manuel Falcón Urriza: 2,006.38 euros (art. 1 b).
• Andrea Carmen Jochems Pascual-Salcedo: 890.23 euros (art. 1 a).
• Jorge Marín Alarcia: 2,592.62 euros (art. 1 a).
• Jesús Martínez Pinilla: 2,544.95 euros (art. 1 b).
• Francisco Javier Morras Álvarez: 1,193.23 euros (art. 1 b).
• Robert Pérez Díaz: 1,072.21 euros (art. 1 b).
• Cristina Ruiz Iparraguirre: 1,345.43 euros (art. 1 a).
• Saúl San Martín Ruiz: 2,276.15 euros (art. 1 a).

The expenditure is charged to the budget item 05.02.01.4122.478.00 “De Minimis” for the 2026 financial year, endowed with 200,000 euros for this first phase.

Calculation based on productive units and type of loan

In the bank loan line, the eligible capital is determined based on the productive units assigned to the holding according to the Agricultural Holdings Registry of La Rioja, with a maximum of 35,000 euros. On that basis, the following are applied:

• 0.25 percentage points of the cost of establishing and maintaining guarantees.
• 0.5 percentage points for the opening commission.
• A maximum of 4 percentage points of the eligible capital during the first six years of the amortization period.

In the guarantee line, the aid is equivalent to 2 percentage points of interest on a maximum loan of 35,000 euros, also during the first six years. These are loans with SAECA guarantees called under Royal Decree 388/2021, of June 1. The subsidies are compatible with other aid for the same purpose, provided that the limits of Regulation (EU) 1408/2013 are respected, which sets the de minimis ceiling at 50,000 euros per beneficiary over three years.

Eleven denials and ten days for appeals

The 11 excluded applicants appear in Annex II with the specific reason. Eight failed to prove a reduction of at least 20% in agricultural income for the last financial year compared to the average of the previous four (among them Álvaro Javier Cantera Abaigar, Echafri, S.C., Javier Martínez Vergara, Rubén Pérez Díaz, Victor Manuel Rada Resanco, and Sara Ruiz Bobadilla). Two others fail to meet the purpose of the aid by allocating the loan to another object (Alfonso Gómez Ozalla and Mª Gemma Estibaliz Pérez Miguel), and one presents a loan not signed by the holding company, Champipolos S.L.

Robert Díaz Pérez appears in both annexes: he obtains aid through the guarantee line and has another application rejected via the bank loan route for not meeting the income drop threshold.

The proposal, signed in Logroño on November 6, 2026, by the Head of the Income Aid and SIGC Service, María José Soriano Vasaldúa, is submitted to the Director General of Agriculture and Livestock. Payment of 90% of the aid is recognized for applications submitted by October 10, 2026; the remaining 10% will be paid after the second installment according to budget availability. Interested parties have 10 business days from the day following publication to submit appeals through procedure 24344 of the electronic office.

The scope of the measure is limited in economic terms: the 16,309.55 euros committed represent barely 8% of the 200,000 euros reserved for this first installment and cover less than half of the requests submitted. For the Riojan agricultural sector, the publication confirms that the 20% income drop criterion is applied rigorously and that most rejections are due to this requirement, not formal defects.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 217, November 10, 2026, section III. Other provisions and acts, pp. 19051-19054 (official reference: BOR-A-20261110-III–4251).