The capacity of the 2016-17 citrus season in Andalusia expected to exceed two million tons of production (2,059,833), a figure that would be an increase from the previous year of 10.5%. These data were recently presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Government of Andalusia, Carmen Ortiz, in Palma del Río.
During the meeting of the General Council of Agrifood Interprofessional Organizations, held on September 27th and which has chaired the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Carlos Cabanas, has been reported favorably on the extension of standard for the whole of the Iberian pig industry. This is the fourth extension of standard managed by the Interprofessional Association of Iberian pig (ASICI), which will last five years from its entry into force by publishing the corresponding ministerial order.
Coinciding this year with its 90th anniversary, the firm Du Pont Pioneer has recently opened in La Rinconada (Sevilla) the most advanced Technology Centre Research in crops of Europe’s and the only of Spain, whose construction have invested about 9 million euros and it has the largest area of greenhouses in the world devoted to research sunflower (10,000 square meters).
Given the fact that now a third of the food produced worldwide is wasted, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) recently delivered in the capital of Costa Rica, a technical forum to provide producers interested basics of post-harvest management, to help reduce food losses in food chains.
A few days before I Tertulia Agro Business DO WE SPEAK ?: Marketing of safe fruit in China, which will take place in Lleida and whose organization participates e-Commerce Agricultural (ECA), interviewed one of its participants, Ramón Sentmartí, new director manager of Promotion of Agrifood Exports from Catalonia(PRODECA). With him we talked about the challenge of internationalization and opportunities posed by the food industry of his autonomous region.
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COAG Murcia has lambasted the pricing policy being made in their region by the largest wine groups, considering that doesn’t value the work of farmers, whose grapes are bought well below their production costs. The agricultural organization denounces this practice through large wineries come to mark their low prices for the rest of the sector, as happened last season, which was paid by the Monastrell grape of this region € 0.23 /Kilo.
John Deere has introduced its new line of compact tractors John Deere Series 2R, aimed at customers who wish to increase their productivity without losing comfort. The 2026R and 2036R models offer a totally new design, with numerous innovations and powers of 26 and 36CV, respectively.
John Deere and Geringhoff have concluded a marketing agreement under which John Deere will distribute corn head Geringhoff for John Deere harvesters through their dealer networks in Region 2. This agreement includes current and future designs heads Geringhoff corn. These heads will replace the current head of the 600C Series.
BASF has recently introduced Enervin® Duo, its next-generation fungicide for control of powdery mildew in horticultural crops. The Palace Exhibition and Conference of Roquetas de Mar (Almería) was the setting for the launch of this revolutionary product.
