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    • Valtra brings to Agritechncia its SmartGlass windshield, with transparent display for agricultural tractors

    In its continuous effort to improve user experience and safety, Valtra, the multinational brand of AGCO, has developed the revolutionary SmartGlass windshield, with a transparent display for agricultural tractors. An innovation that will be announced at Agritechnica 2017.

    Agritechnica will host the presentation of PneuTrac, Trelleborg’s new agricultural tire

    Trelleborg has announced the launch of its latest innovation in agricultural tires, the PneuTrac, a solution that combines the advantages of radial tires and chains, and that will be presented in the first edition of the next edition of the international fair on agricultural machinery, Agritechnica, which takes place from November 12th to 18th in Hanover (Germany).

    García Tejerina will inaugurate the Agridata Summit, reference forum on digitization in Agriculture

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, opens on November 8th the second edition of the Agridata Summit, a reference forum on digital transformation and big data in the agricultural sector, where you can learn about the vision of more 30 agricultural experts and companies and successful cases in the implementation of new technologies.

    UPA urges the Government to take urgent measures against a “historic” drought

    The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) has urged the Government of Spain to adopt urgent measures against a drought that qualifies as "historic". The shortage of rains since last autumn has led our country to an emergency situation that however, as denounced by the UPA agrarian organization, is "ignored" by the Government. Farmers and ranchers say they feel "abandoned and surprised" in the absence of a management plan for a crisis of great gravity.

    LA UNIÓ denounces the proliferation of South African oranges on the shelves, despite not being exported due to the presence of pests

    LA UNIÓ de Llauradors has denounced that many Valencian supermarkets have the orange-filled lines of South Africa, despite having more than enough local supply to provide the markets and the fact, even more worrying, that the South African citrus sector has suspended its exports to the European Union, due to the presence of the disease of pests, among them the Black Spot (Citrus Black spot), in shipments.

    AEPLA questions the impartiality and rigor of the IARC regarding glyphosate

    AEPLA, a business association that represents the phytosanitary ware manufacturing sector in Spain, criticizes the conflict of interests and the lack of rigor in the IARC, an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), regarding glyphosate. In fact, in the last weeks and months there has been a constant trickle of information published as a result of journalistic investigations carried out by international agencies and relevant media from different parts of the world about irregularities of that agency, whose report served to justify the positions they advocate. Do not renew an essential tool that has been used for agricultural and non-agricultural uses for more than 40 years.

    The cooperatives estimate an oil production of 1,100,000tn

    At its annual meeting of the Sectoral Council of Olive Oil, held on October 31th in Jaén, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España has made an estimate of olive oil harvest, which will be over 1,096,900 tons, which means a decrease of 14.7% with respect to last season.

    Biological control in greenhouse horticultural crops

    Opinion article on integrated pest control in greenhouse horticultural crops, written for ECA by Mónica González, from Las Palmerillas Experimental Station, Cajamar.

    Amazon revolutionizes distribution companies with e-commerce

    The purchase of fruit and vegetables on the Internet is proceeding very slowly and represents a minimum quota in relation to the total volume of fruit and vegetables marketed in Spanish households. But something is changing with the entry of Amazon and the future is exciting.