Plátano de Canarias maintains its historical marketing figures for 2016, with a total of 255 million kilograms sold in August 2017 in the Peninsula, 23 million kilos above the average of the last six years. These sales are very close to those reached in the same period of 2016, with 259 million kilos.
The European Commission has called on Italy to take stronger and more effective measures to stop the spread of Xylella fastidiosa. Otherwise, it is proposed to take the transalpine country to the EU Court of Justice, according to an opinion issued after the report of the visit last November of community inspectors to the Puglia region, affected by new outbreaks , and to which the UNIÓ of Llauradors i Ramaders has had access.
On Friday, July 27th, Fertiberia celebrated the XIX edition of its Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis on Agricultural Issues, in an event held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Enviroment and chaired by the Minister, Isabel García Tejerina. This award has been consolidated since its inception as one of the most prestigious in Europe and the best endowed economically. This year has highlighted the great number of papers presented, 32 theses from Spain and Portugal, as well as the scientific quality of the same.
The beginning of the campaign of melon and watermelon in Castilla-La Mancha has recorded as main incidences the reduction of the surface in these crops and the very low prices at origin that, especially in the melon, do not cover the costs of production. On the other hand, the productive forecasts, even provisional, indicate that in recent years, the melon has been losing ground against watermelon.
Exports of the Spanish agricultural equipment industry show its good health, in spite of the difficult situation of the European market, its main destination, reaching in 2016 a total of 2,101,665,042.68 €, representing a growth of almost 3% with In relation to 2015. Data, published by AGRAGEX, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers and Exporters of Agricultural Machinery and Components, Greenhouses, Crop Protection, Irrigation Systems, Livestock Equipment, Animal Health and Nutrition, Forestry, Biomass And Post-Harvest, on the occasion of its participation in the International Fair for Animal Production-FIGAN, which took place in Zaragoza from 28th to 31th March.
The citrus sector has focused the second course of specialization of the chair of FMC in the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, recently held at its School of Agricultural Engineering. A hundred technicians and agricultural engineers from large farms and agri-food and distribution companies, many coming from Catalonia, Valencia and Andalusia, have been trained in biostimulation and other natural defense measures of application in citrus cultivation.
Ecuadorian ambassador Miguel Calahorrano and the president of the agrarian organization AVA-ASAJA, Cristóbal Aguado, have signed a collaboration agreement to facilitate training in agrarian matters and employment in this sector of the Ecuadorian population residing in the Valencian Community. This agreement is estimated to benefit some 20,000 immigrants of the 41,000 from that country currently living in Valencia.
The company DS Smith Tecnicarton presented in the latest edition of Empack Porto, on 21th and 22th September, its new packaging Heavy Duty, designed as heavy-duty cardboard and especially designed to transport bulky or heavy parts. These packages allow to maximize stacking spaces, both in stores and in transport and assembly centers.
The latest marketing trend show an uneven two seasonal products such as watermelon and cantaloupe, bending the balance clearly in favor of the former, which has been gaining ground on the second, both surface-production and value- prices. In fact, watermelon consolidates more and more as a product of clear export orientation, with 75% of its production for the foreign market, compared with 51% who holds melon, according to data provided by the Association of Producers Organisations fruits and Vegetables of Almería (COEXPHAL).
The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) has warned that the fire originated yesterday in Bolbaite, which is spreading to other locations of the Canal de Navarrés and La Ribera Alta, is affecting not only forest areas but also farms bordering the mountains and ravines, which are being reduced to ashes in some areas. According to this […]
