Banco Sabadell offers La Mancha’s agro-food cooperatives a financing line for projects in its sector
Banco Sabadell and Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias Castilla-La Mancha have signed a collaboration agreement, in force since April 7th, whereby the bank makes available to the organization a catalog of products and services to support its financial needs. In that catalog, there is a line of financing that Banco Sabadell has agreed with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to promote the development of projects carried out by companies and self-employed in the agro-food sector.
WALKIA JCB completes delivery to TRAGSA of 14 machines
WALKIA, the official importer of JCB, has recently completed the delivery of 14 machines awarded in a public tender by the Agricultural Transformation Company (TRAGSA), belonging to the State Industrial Holdings Company (SEPI).
Linde “flies high” with its inventory dron, Flybox
Linde Material Handling has presented at the last edition of the LogiMAT fair its new proton of inventory dron, the Flybox, developed by this manufacturer and supplier of technological solutions to facilitate the work in that field. The energy supply and control of this ship is guaranteed by its linkage with the automated stacker L-Matic.
Valtra is back in 2017 with the prestigious Red Dot design award
Valtra has once again added to its extensive list of recognitions the prestigious Red Dot Design Award, awarded this year to its Smart Touch Armrest, presented in Paris last February. Also, the fourth generation of the N Series of Tractors of this brand has received a more than deserved mention in the same competition.
Spanish exports of agricultural equipment resist the poor situation of the European market and increase in 2016 almost 3%
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.
Santander provides Azucarera with a preferential financing agreement for its farmers
Banco Santander and Azucarera, the leading sugar producer in Spain, signed a collaboration agreement on 28th March, which will offer preferential financing conditions to beet growers contracted with this company, both in terms of short-term financing, through the advance of the harvest, and in medium and long-term financing, through the EIB Agro line, which allows the financing of farms up to 100% of the investments they make to improve their productivity, with from 5 to 12 years and with flexible quotas.
Syngenta innovates in Baby Leaf for IV Range
Throughout the days of Field that Syngenta has been celebrating during February and March, producers, technicians of cooperatives and heads of purchase of the great national and European distribution have had the opportunity to know the wide offer of this company in the segment of leafy vegetables (lettuce, endive, spinach and brassicas), highlighting its innovations in Baby Leaf for VI Range, in both red and green.
Post-harvest citrus technology helps citrus exports from Egypt to China and Australia
The Citrus company specializing in post-harvest technology for citrus, Citrosol, has been contributing with its advice and advances in R & D & I to the fact that Egypt's leading exporting companies are approaching markets in the Middle East and even in China and Australia. This was evidenced in the post-harvest technical seminar that Citrosol held in Cairo, in collaboration with the Agricultural Export Council (AEC) of Egypt.
The specialized SAME Frutteto S Active Drive “Machine of the Year 2017” at SIMA
SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive has obtained the title of "Machine of the Year 2017" in the category of specialized tractors, during the last edition of the International Fair of Machinery SIMA in Paris. The award was presented on February 27th by a jury made up of journalists from renowned European journals in the agromechanical sector. This recognition is added to the title of "Best of Specialized" obtained by SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive in the scope of the Tractor of the Year 2016 award.
Idai Nature Chair’s bid for biopesticides as a more sustainable alternative to chemists
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), through its Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers, and the company Idai Nature have organized a conference on the present and future of biopesticides in agriculture, framed in its Chair of Bioinsecticides. With this initiative, both institutions seek to encourage "biopesticides to be an effective and natural alternative to chemical methods".