The historic Mallorcan dairy company Agama, founded in 1958 and owned by the Damm Group for the past decade, has announced to its employees that it is closing its Palma plant after years of crisis due to a lack of competitiveness. According to sources at Agama, the company's management offered the fourteen current employees positions at other companies within the group.

The Government does not require livestock farming to qualify for the subsidy for building animal enclosures, as stated in the Official Gazette of the Balearic Islands of December 9, 2025, which specifies the requirements for accessing this program. For this reason, a farmer who prefers to remain anonymous has told ARA Baleares that "you can apply for subsidies for building enclosures without owning animals." Along these lines, the farmer believes that the Executive's policies should be "more in touch" with the realities of the sector. "We need to use the land, and therefore, we need to improve the enclosures, which involve very costly investments," he insists. He also points out that the Strategic Plan for the Maintenance of the Livestock Sector, approved in December 2023, makes it clear that "enclosures are very important." But, "then you see that being a livestock farmer doesn't appear in the requirements, nor does it add any points," he laments. Sources at the Ministry of Agriculture argue that the requirement of being a livestock farmer "has not been included in this line of subsidies for a long time," although they point out that this modification was not initiated by the Prohens administration. Furthermore, they indicate that the requirement could have been eliminated because it would allow people who are not livestock farmers to fence their properties to prevent, for example, the entry of wild goats or neighbors' livestock. While the subsidy requirements for traditional fences—which consist of livestock mesh supported by wooden posts—do not mention the obligation to be a livestock farmer, it is required for the other eligible categories, which include terraces and dry stone walls. The aid document describes traditional fences intended for the delimitation or protection of agricultural or livestock areas as eligible for subsidies, provided that the maximum distance between posts does not exceed four meters.

After more than half a century in business, Antònia has decided to close her shop, a business that has witnessed the great changes Mallorca has undergone: from the countryside to mass tourism, from the tranquility of the first visitors to the current intensive tourist activity. At 82 years old, the shopkeeper brings to a close a chapter that has marked not only her life, but also the commercial history of the town.

The Sóller Tunnel will close at night for a month to carry out maintenance work and improve safety systems. According to a press release from the Consell de Mallorca (Mallorca Council), the closure will begin this Monday, October 6th, from Monday to Thursday between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The work is expected to continue until the second week of November.

2024 wasn't a great year for the bar, café, and restaurant association, with the closure of 370 establishments in Mallorca. "But we've never experienced the decline seen this year," remarks Juanmi Ferrer of CAEB Mallorca. "Many factors come into play: the retirement of small businesses that no one wants to continue, rising costs, and lease renewals that force you to rethink the future. All of this shows that margins are ridiculous for most. Otherwise, so many companies wouldn't close," he points out.