• EU: the Spanish field breathes, after authorizing the Commission the use of glyphosate for five more years

    The Spanish countryside breathes easy, after meeting on November 28th the decision of the European Commission to finally authorize, for five more years, the use of the glyphosate herbicide. Gone are two years of negotiations and extensions that has had our agricultural sector in suspense, since, Spain would have been the country that would have been harmed the most, if the pressures for its prohibition have prospered, as it is assured from the agrarian union UPA. For its part, the ALAS alliance, which integrates UPA and ASAJA, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España, FEPEX, and the Spanish Association of Conservation Agriculture / Living Soils, appreciates that the official scientific agencies of the EU have been heard. endorse the use of this product, although it regrets that the renewal has not been for the fifteen years allowed by the regulations.

    The raisin from Muscatel of la Axarquía and the Valle Salado of Añana, Important Systems of World Agricultural Heritage

    The Spanish candidacies of Valle Salado de Añana (Álava) and…

    Kubota presents its new self-guided solution, IsoMatch Autodrive-E

    Kubota has presented IsoMatch AutoDrive-E, a new self-guided system for the aftermarket, which will provide comfort and efficiency to the current offer of precision agriculture IsoMatch.

    UNIQ supports with its sponsorship the Annual Fruit and Vegetable Conference of Agri-Food Cooperatives of Spain

    UNIQ has supported the annual Fruit and Vegetable Day held on November 10th in Valencia, by Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España. An event attended by more than a hundred agricultural cooperatives from Spain, France, Belgium and Italy.

    Antonio Infante joins Planasa as Technical and Quality Director

    The company Planasa, a leading company in the fruit and vegetable sector and with presence in the five continents, now reinforces its management team with the incorporation of Antonio Infante as the new Technical and Quality Director at a global level.

    Valagro’s continues to lead innovation at the 3rd World Congress on the use of Biostimulants in Agriculture

    Valagro, a leader in the production and marketing of biostimulants and specialty nutrients, will participate at the 3rd World Congress on the use of Biostimulants in Agriculture as a Gold sponsor. The Congress, technical and scientific key event for the industry, will be hosted for the first time in the United States, from today to November 30th, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami. More than 1,200 delegates from around the world are expected to participate, an indication of the tremendous interest of the scientific community and the agricultural world.

    Training the best professionals in the art of preparing a good coffee

    Templo Cafés, a subsidiary of UCC Europe, one of the three largest companies in the world coffee sector and one of the only coffee companies in the world present throughout the coffee value chain, from its origin to the cup, promotes a network of Schools in different parts of the peninsula with the aim of training the best professionals in the art of preparing a good coffee. Through qualified training from its 20 centers, the company seeks to disseminate and transmit its experience and passion for coffee

    Massey Ferguson presents its brand strategy and the main novelties that will be launched at FIMA

    Massey Ferguson has announced its brand strategy for the next five years, its current range of harvesting and forage equipment, and the novelties it plans to launch at FIMA, during several days aimed at customers, dealers and specialized press has held in the facilities of one of its official dealers, Aguilar y Varo S.L., in the Sevillian town of Écija. The head of the Collection Area of Massey Ferguson, Miguel Angel Menéndez, and the product engineer, Daniel Díaz, have been responsible for presenting the latest additions to the full line of this brand.

    USA: Asemesa warns that the investigation against the Spanish olive question the EU aid system

    The Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (ASEMESA) warns that the investigation of the Department of Commerce of the United States against the black olive of Spanish table question the system of aid of the European Union, and could have far-reaching consequences for all the agricultural sector of the EU.

    US punishes with tariffs the Spanish export of table olives

    The latest measure by the Donald Trump government to protect its agro-food productions to the detriment of international trade has been a severe blow to the Spanish table olive sector, whose exports will be taxed with a tariff. The first reactions to a measure that had been brewing since this summer, when Californian olive-table companies filed a complaint against the Spanish olive, accusing it of unfair competition, have not been delayed. Thus, the Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers (UPA) urges the EU to express itself immediately and forcefully against this "illegal and unjust" tariff, which will represent a commercial barrier of between 2 and 7%.