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    • Spain: the sweet fruit sector asks for urgent aid to be able to face the next campaign

    Before the suffocating lack of liquidity, derived from several years with prices below production costs, the sweet fruit sector has demanded from the Minister of Agriculture urgent support measures so that producers can face the next campaign. Among the actions requested are tax reductions, aid and moratoriums for loans contracted, soft loans and remission of Social Security contributions.

    SIETE Agromarketing launches the summary booklet with the main keys of the II Business Agro Teaching Forum on Olivar

    For olivicultores and professionals linked to the olive sector who missed the II Business Agro on Olivar Tertulia, held on October 25th by SIETE Agromarketing and Agricultural e-Commerce (ECA), in the Botanical Garden of Córdoba, we have good news: they already have at their disposal the summary booklet in which the highlights of that event and its main keys and conclusions are collected.
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    Spain: the pressure of the dairy industry threatens the existence of 25% of dairy sheep farms

    25% of the Spanish farms of sheep of milk could close in 2018, due to the strong pressures that big dairy industries are transferring to the farmers. Both the prices that these companies are offering to the producers, and the conditions of the contracts put, as denounced by the agrarian organization UPA, in "serious risk of disappearance" to many farms.

    The Andalusian cooperatives warn of the tight availability of oil for this campaign

    In its last Sectorial Council of Olive Oil, held in Jaén, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de Andalucía has warned of the tight availability of oil that will be available to supply the market, given the good commercialization index of the 2016-17 season and, above all, considering the important productive decline that is expected in the current one. A decrease due to the persistent drought suffered by the field and that is affecting the olive trees, which are already dragging a water deficit of several years. All this would lead to a disastrous 2018/19 campaign, taking into account that 70% of the Andalusian olive grove is rainfed.

    EU: the agreement with Mercosur would cause losses in livestock of 2,700 million per year

    The free trade agreement between the EU-Mercosur, which is currently immersed in the sixth round of negotiations, would have a very negative impact on 20% of our final livestock production, causing losses of 2,700 million euros per year. This is reflected in the Impact Study prepared by the COAG Technical Services based on the official data to which this organization has had access on the main concessions that are considered during the rounds of negotiations.

    AVA-ASAJA estimates damages in the persimmon amounting to € 10M, after the last frosts

    The frosts of the past 4th and 5th of December have caused damages in the cultivation of the persimmon that, according to the first estimations of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA), ascend to the 10 million euros. From the agrarian union, a message of tranquility is sent when emphasizing that the greater part of the surface of the cultivation is insured, reason why the producers will be compensated.

    The Priego de Córdoba PDO obtains the first prizes of the 2017/18 campaign

    The Protected Designation of Origin "Priego de Córdoba" has received the first prizes of the 2017/18 campaign, after being awarded some of its oils in The Best Products Awards of the Natural Spaces of Andalusia.

    Anecoop receives the ‘Ilustres 2017’ award for the merit of the Casino de Agricultura

    The cooperative group Anecoop has received recently, from the hand of the President of the Casino of Agriculture, Manuel Sánchez Luengo, the Business Merit Award to Anecoop, in the II Edition of the "Illustrious Awards 2017". The delivery took place in the auditorium of the Agricultural Casino itself, where the president highlighted the invaluable contribution of Anecoop in research and innovation on agri-food production and distribution.

    Juan Marín relieves Jorge Brotons as president of Eucofel

    The candidate of FEPEX, Juan Marín, was elected last December 5, in Brussels, president of the European Association of the Trade of Fruits and Vegetables of the EU, EUCOFEL, taking over from the current president of FEPEX, Jorge Brotons.

    Sánchez Haro highlights the contribution of Koppert to a more productive and sustainable agriculture

    The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has highlighted the important contribution of Koppert Biological System to a more productive and sustainable agriculture, during the inaugural session of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this entity multinational in the field of biological control of crops.