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    • Strawberries producers from Spain, France and Italy demand greater control in the repackaging of the productions of other countries

    The Hispano-Franco-Italian Contact Group, made up of representatives of strawberry producers from France, Italy and Spain - grouped together in the Producers and Exporters Association of Fresa de Huelva, Freshuelva, integrated in FEPEX, held a meeting end of February to analyze the current campaign and the status of joint work developed in the phytosanitary field. Thus, they have agreed to demand from the respective administrations a greater control of the re-packaging of strawberries from other countries - after highlighting that this fact is occurring with the Moroccan strawberry in Spain or with the German strawberry in France - as well as scrupulous compliance of phytosanitary regulations, guaranteeing consumer safety at all times.

    John Deere optimizes his equipment of vegetal protection by means of an agreement with Pulverizadores Fede

    In its eagerness to offer the best technological solutions to its customers, Deere & Company, the American multinational agricultural machinery has established an alliance with Pulverizadores Fede - a Valencian SME based in Cheste - to optimize its equipment for the protection of special crops (citrus , fruit trees, vineyard, olive tree).

    Fashion watermelons advance their campaign

    Since February 22nd, the first Fashion watermelons, coming from Senegal, are now available for consumption in the main markets. This campaign comes almost 15 days ahead of the 2017 and foresees an increase in production of between 2 and 3%.

    García Tejerina praises the Alimentaria 2018 model as a world reference fair

    The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, highlighted the full support of her Department for the renewal of the Alimentaria 2018 model, which implies more integration, greater openness to the outside world and more innovation. García Tejerina made these statements on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the presentation of the International Food, Beverage & Food Service Exhibition, held on February 28th at MAPAMA headquarters. A fair whose success, as the minister has indicated, is demonstrated by its more than 4,500 exhibiting companies from 70 countries, the participation of some 150,000 professionals (30% are international) and the nearly 12,500 business meetings scheduled.
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    Spain: official estimates of olive production are fulfilled, with more than 1Mt at the end of January

    The official estimates of olive production for the 2017/18 season are fulfilled, with a production of almost 1,050,000 tons at the end of January, according to the new olive oil market bulletin published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Environment. During the month of January, the provisional figures also show an improvement in the exits in the domestic market and in the export with respect to the previous month, with a total of 113,000 tons.

    Spain: MAPAMA and FEBE collaborate to boost the spirits sector

    The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment collaborates with the Spanish Federation of Spirits drinks to improve the competitiveness of the sector by signing a general protocol of action, which took place on March 1st. The agreement includes actions to promote sustainable growth and the internationalization of the sector, as well as the responsible consumption of these drinks. It also recognizes the opportunity to establish a stable framework for collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture and the spirits sector.

    Eurosemillas warns of the fraud of selling Tang Tang mandarins of other varieties

    Following the complaint filed with the Directorate General of Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat Valenciana by La Unió de Llauradors against Aldi and Carrefour for advertising and labeling two different protected tangerines under the same name ('Tang Gold / Nadorcott' and 'Nadorcot / Tango', respectively ), Eurosemillas has contacted both chains. The French multinational is correcting the error in its points of sale and already offers its audience both varieties of tangerines in a differentiated way. The company expects that, in the near future, the second brand in question will proceed to do the same, avoiding that the consumer mistakenly believes that Tang Gold is the same variety as Nadorcott.
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    The apple and pear of Catalonia surpass the quotations of the past campaign, by the descent of production in Europe

    The selling prices of the apple and pear are above the prices of last season, due to the productive decline experienced by pip fruit throughout Europe during the current season. Despite the optimistic figures and the correct valuation of the campaign, the Managing Director of Afrucat, Manel Simon, affirms that "we must not get distracted and trust, but we must maintain this fluidity of sales to eliminate camera stocks" .

    The new precision agriculture solution Bosch Field Monitoring was presented at FIMA

    The application of the Internet of Things (Internet of Things) is getting stronger and stronger in agriculture. It is a segment for which the Bosch group, a global provider of technology and services, estimates a market potential of one billion euros worldwide. According to these forecasts, Bosch has presented in Spain, in the latest edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery of Zaragoza (FIMA), its solution of precision agriculture Bosch Field Monitoring, already installed in crops such as the vineyard, citrus, the red fruits, the tomato and the olive grove. Through this tool, a greater monitoring and control of crops is sought to optimize resources, a growing need, especially in the current context of extreme situations caused by drought and frost, as a result of climate change.
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    The forgotten ones of the CAP

    In spite of what it may seem, not all crops or producers receive direct aid, before single payment aid, from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Spain. In the payments of almost 4,940 million euros that will be paid this campaign in the autonomous communities as a whole, there will be leading sectors with a clear export vocation that will receive almost no direct subsidies from the Community Agrarian Policy. If we analyze them in order of economic importance, we have most of the vegetables and fruits, except for citrus fruits whose producers do charge but little in proportion to others, where no direct assistance from the CAP is perceived. The exception to citrus fruits are those surfaces of fruit and vegetables that come from the decoupling of old processing aids, nuts or beneficiaries who grew fruits and vegetables and other PAC crops.