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Rows of flowering cannabis plants in a commercial greenhouse, with overhead fans, climate sensors and lighting rigs above the beds

Portugal Exported 66 Tonnes of Medicinal Cannabis in Six Months, Almost as Much as in All of Last Year

Infarmed figures put first-half exports at 66,305 kilograms, against 79 tonnes for the whole of 2025 and under 12 tonnes in 2023. Germany, Spain and Denmark take most of it. Portuguese patients received 5,413 prescriptions.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

An old whitewashed water well, capped with a metal grille, standing in a cobbled street of Torrao in Alcacer do Sal, Alentejo

Portugal Ring-Fences 23 Alentejo Drinking-Water Boreholes, but Draws the Wider Protection Zones Only Where the Groundwater Is Already Healthy

Sixteen orders published on Thursday drew protection perimeters around 23 boreholes and wells supplying about 9,100 people in Alcacer do Sal, Sines and Santiago do Cacem. Only three delimit the full set of zones, and all three sit over groundwater the state already rates as good.

The Portugal Brief 21 Aug 2026

A small Portuguese apiary at Torres Novas, its hives weighted down with roof tiles among pines and eucalyptus

Keeping Bees in Portugal in 2026: A Practical Guide to the DGAV Register, the 1 to 30 September Declaration of Holdings, Moving Your Apiaries, and the Fines for Missing the Deadline

Three hives at the bottom of a smallholding still put you inside Portugal's beekeeping register. Here is how to register with the DGAV through IFAP, the 1 to 30 September annual declaration, the 20% rule for changes, the paperwork for moving hives, and the fines that start at 100 euros.

The Portugal Brief 20 Aug 2026

A rock pigeon (Columba livia)

The Azores Halt Pigeon Hunting and Bird Fairs Over a Newcastle Disease Outbreak

The archipelago has banned pigeon hunting and bird fairs after Newcastle disease was found in wild rock pigeons and turtle doves — low risk to people, but highly contagious among birds.

The Portugal Brief 15 Aug 2026

Terraced vineyards blanketing the steep hillsides of the Douro Valley, Portugal's port-wine region, with a white quinta on the ridge

A Bumper Harvest Looms Over a Douro Wine Region Facing Its Worst Crisis in Decades

The IVV expects Portugal's 2026 wine output to rise about 12%, with the Douro up 25%, yet the region faces its deepest crisis in decades: a glut of unsold wine, grapes picked below cost, and a stalled plan to grub up vines that growers are resisting.

The Portugal Brief 10 Aug 2026

Portugal Drops the Sliding-Scale Cuts to Iberian Wolf Compensation and Will Now Pay for Missing and Newborn Animals

Portugal Drops the Sliding-Scale Cuts to Iberian Wolf Compensation and Will Now Pay for Missing and Newborn Animals

The government has rewritten the rules on how livestock farmers are compensated when the lobo ibérico (Iberian wolf) kills their animals, closing several gaps that producers had long complained left them out of pocket. The changes, reported at the...

The Portugal Brief 09 Aug 2026

Portugal Pulls Farm Support Payments Forward to September, Advancing €138 Million to 134,000 Producers

Portugal Pulls Farm Support Payments Forward to September, Advancing €138 Million to 134,000 Producers

Direct payments normally paid in October will arrive in September, front-loading about €138 million for 134,000 farmers in disadvantaged zones plus roughly €40 million in livestock support.

The Portugal Brief 05 Aug 2026

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