In the last edition of the International Machinery Fair of Zaragoza (FIMA), which was held from 20 to 24 February, Argo Tractors garnered recognition, evidencing its growth and consolidation in the Spanish market.
Daymsa, a company specializing in biocontrol and biostimulants for agriculture, participated, on March 8, at the Citrus Technical Conference, held at the IFAPA center “Las Torres-Tomejil”, in the Seville town of Alcalá del Río.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment has published on Saturday March 17th, in the Official State Gazette (BOE), an excerpt from the order of March 8th, 2018, which calls for aid for the promotion of the integration of agrifood associative entities of supraautonomic scope, for the year 2018. These aids are part of the set of measures included in the State Plan of Associative Integration 2015-2020, approved in the Sectoral Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development of April 16th of 2015 and will be endowed, for the year 2018, with a budget of 1,750,000 euros.
Smurfit Kappa’s innovative ShelfSmart service has been successfully applied to the redesign of Agua de Benassal products, which has resulted in an increase in sales of up to 10%. The Spanish company of high-end bottled water has managed to improve the presence of its products at the point of sale, applying this advanced tool that allows developing the most appropriate packaging solution for each of them.
The UNIQ seal of quality for corrugated cardboard packaging, strategic pillar of the horticultural sector, has sponsored the Professional Day of 5day, held on 6th and 7th March, at the Mercamadrid Administrative Center, sponsor of the Day.
In the current context of concern about the future of pensions, the Federation of Rural Women’s Associations has pointed out that rural women are the poorest face of the pension system, the “most fragile” element, as stated in a press release. press. In the opinion of this organization, this is due to the gender gap that characterizes the Spanish rural environment, where the work of women “has been and is still invisible”. Thus, the work of this group in front of agricultural operations is not mostly collected in the Social Security system, without losing sight of the fact that their job opportunities in the field are less than those of men or women in the cities. As a result of all this, when reaching the retirement age, rural women receive the lowest pensions: non-contributory and widowhood.
On March 14th, 100 years were commemorated since Deere & Company began its journey in the tractor market. The greatest commercial success of the agricultural machinery industry began with Waterloo Boy, in the Midwest of the United States. Today, John Deere is the world’s leading manufacturer of agricultural tractors, and the company produces “smart” tractors in 12 factories around the world.
The Council of Ministers has approved a Royal Decree modifying the current regulations on the application of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes, as well as on the management and control of direct payments and payments to rural development. The changes came into effect on January 1st and will apply the aid application campaign that will last in principle until April 30th, although, given the background of previous years, insurance will be extended. This amendment incorporates into the Spanish legal system the changes introduced by the so-called “Omnibus” Regulation in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has closed the act of homage to the COAG breeder, José Luís Iranzo, where he has expressed the respect and recognition of the entire Government towards Iranzo and the two Civil Guards, Víctor Romero and Víctor Jesús Caballero, murdered three months ago in Teruel.
The Almeria-based company Hispatec has presented Felipe IV with its advances in smart agriculture, on the occasion of the celebration of the first day of Andalucía Digital Week, during a meeting chaired by His Majesty the King and the President of the Junta de Andalucía, Susana Díaz, together with Minister of Justice Rafael Catalá and various representatives of public and private institutions in the field of the agri-food sector, as well as entrepreneurs in digitalization of the Agro sector.
