
Spain asks to evaluate the impact of Mercosur
The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, explained that he will ask the European Commission to "evaluate the impacts on the sectors as a whole".

The first Belgian blueberries reach an almost empty market
The Belgian family company Kwekerij Mulders combines the cultivation of tomatoes and cranberries. A strange combination? Gert Mulders, sales manager, does not see it that way. "My parents started growing tomatoes 30 years ago. We started with three hectares of tomatoes, but we could not expand our greenhouse crop because of the location. That's why we started looking for another crop and we bet on blueberries. "

Organic avocado all year, with only two origins
This company located in the Veléz - Málaga (Málaga), supplies the market with ecological tropical products, mainly mango and avocado.

Cheaper food and more production in 10 years, according to the OECD and FAO
Most staple foods will be cheaper in the next ten years, while agricultural production will increase by 15%, according to a report by the OECD and FAO.

The Mango of Mexico sets its sights on the Japanese market
According to the President of EMEX (Association of Mango Exporters of Mexico), Francisco Villegas, "the Japanese market is very interesting commercially speaking for our mangoes, and although we currently only export 5 percent of our exports, but we believe that we can grow very much and increase our presence in the mentioned market ".

Main challenges of the berries of Mexico
The V International Congress of Red Fruits recently held in Huelva, served as a scenario for the Engineer Juan José Flores, General Director of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Berries of Mexico (ANEBERRIES), has analyzed the reality and the challenges of the berries Mexican companies, both at the production level and in the field of marketing.

98% of applicants already benefit from the CAP 2018
Direct payments from the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) will benefit more than 726,000 farmers and ranchers who have submitted their application for aid in the 2018 campaign and whose payments began on October 16.

Comercial Química Massó sponsors the BusinessAGRO Tertulia on Ecological Agriculture
The Comercial Química Massó company joins as sponsor this #BusinessAGRO Tertulia about Marketing and Profitability in Organic Agriculture, which will take place next July 3 in Carlet (Valencia).

The EU will not apply measures to banana imports from Nicaragua
The European Commission has agreed this week not to suspend the preferential customs tariff on imports of bananas from Nicaragua, although they have already exceeded the limit of imports foreseen in their agreement with the European Union for the whole year from the same month of March.

Peruvian export of blueberries will grow a 60.2% during 2019
A study by the consulting firm Maximixe revealed that during this year the export of blueberries would grow by 60.2%, reaching US $ 885 million. This will be due to higher shipments to the markets of the United States, the Netherlands and China.