III Meeting of the Commercial Network Arysta LifeScience Iberia
In late January the third meeting of the first and Arysta LifeScience Iberia, sales network in Lisbon (Portugal), where in addition, the company presented for the first time in Portugal country was held. An event that brought together more than one hundred professionals from Spain and Portugal.
BASF launches Biathlon® 4D
The company has presented in Madrid its new solution for broadleaf weeds, Biathlon® 4D. Its name refers to its 4 dimensions that protect the cultivation of grain and give security to the farmer: The two active ingredients, tritosulfuron and florasulam, ensure excellent weed control broadleaf weeds such as poppy, cleavers, "cenizo", dandelion and chamomile, among others.
Cajamar, in the creation of the first European network for innovation in horticulture
The EUVRIN initiative is backed by 50 research centers in 16 countries, among which are the experimental stations Cajamar Caja Rural, specializing in intensive agriculture Mediterranean. Brussels hosted last ebruary 1 the act of constitution of the European Network of Centres of Horticultural Research, EUVRIN for its acronym in English (European Vegetable Research Institutes Network), with the participation of 80 representatives from fifty technological institutes 16 countries.
Francesc Llauradó, new president of AEPLA
The Business Manager of Nufarm Southern Europe, has been named president of the Business Association for the Protection of Plants, replacing Miguel Suarez Cervieri hitherto Country Manager for Crop Protection division of BASF Spanish, which happens to occupy functions within the same company in Europe.
ChemChina near to buy Syngenta
The public company ChemChina proposed to buy the Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta by 43,000 million, the largest operation confirmed a Chinese firm abroad.
Food Chain Partnership with Bayer gathers farmers at Fruit Logistica
The debate on the challenges, present and future of the food chain and the exchange of experiences between producers in other countries are the main objectives of the Spanish delegation of Bayer at Fruit Logistica 2016 takes place in Berlin from 3 to 5 February. A delegation of the partners that will form part of Bayer Food Chain Partnership (FCP) and some of the main distributors of the company in the Iberian Peninsula.
Fruit Logistica welcomes the know how container Citrosol
Berlin is once again the European capital of fresh produce a year. The Valencian company Citrosol landed in Germany with the know-how container after the success experienced last fall at the fair in Madrid. This portable room shows the best post-harvest practices that enable intercontinental export. From tree to table Citrosol hand.
Spain: Agricultural Insurance Guide 2016
The publication of the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture (MAGRAMA), through the State Agency for Agricultural Insurance (ENESA), collect schematically the Spanish agricultural insurance system and identifies all productions and insurable risks, as well as developments of the annual plan , as the increase in the base grant of much of the lines and the additional support modules with drought. For this exercise ENESA has a budget to subsidize agricultural insurance of 211.27 million euros, an increase of 6.1% over 2015.
Agroexpo: Bayer could not fail to Extremadura farmer
Bayer is present again in the meeting with farmers in Extremadura Agroexpo, the event held in Don Benito-Badajoz from 27 to 30 January and has become one of the most representative of the agricultural sector in Spain. The company will present on this occasion its latest innovations in technology and plant to serve producers in the region solutions.
Brazil: Valagro begins to build the production plant
Valagro, leader in the production and marketing of specialty bio-stimulants and nutrients, announced that it has begun construction of its new plant in Pirassununga, in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The project, announced in 2014, with an investment of 10 million euros, the project includes the construction of a plant with two production lines for processing and packaging in water soluble solid fertilizers and bio-stimulants.