
The VI National Forum of Rural Development, one of the highlights of the Technical Conference of FIMA 2018
The professionalization of the agricultural sector will be the axis of the FIMA 2018 Technical Conference. Within the framework of these, one of the most important events of the program of this edition will be held, the IV National Forum of Rural Development, which will be held on the days 20th and 21st February. With these Technical Seminars, FIMA maintains its ongoing commitment to improving agricultural activity, working to improve knowledge and provide added value to the sector.

FIMA promotes professional employment in the agricultural sector
The 40th edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA) of Zaragoza, which will take place from 20th to 24th February 2018, relaunches its 'FIMA Employment Exchange', after the success of this initiative in its previous edition. Through it, it seeks to promote employment in the agricultural sector, serving as a link between industry and professionals. In this way, FIMA reaffirms its permanent commitment to companies in the primary sector, contributing to the professionalization and generation of employment in the agricultural sector.

John Deere closes its fiscal year 2017 maintaining its leadership in the national market of agricultural tractors
The John Deere brand has closed its fiscal year 2017 with very good economic figures, maintaining the undisputed leadership that, for years, it has been exhibiting in the national market of agricultural tractors, according to Enrique Guillén, general director of John Deere Ibérica. In the presentation of his 2017 balance sheet, held in January in Madrid, Guillén highlighted a 6% increase in the turnover of the commercial unit of John Deere Ibérica.

Sembradoras Gil will bring its wide range of products to FIMA
Sembradoras Gil will take to the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA), which is held in the fairgrounds of Zaragoza from 20 to 24 February, its wide range of products, in the conviction that events like that, a reference in the sector, are still the best format to publicize their new releases.

The 2017 RENOVE Plan is worth more than € 4.5M in aid for the renovation of agricultural machinery
he Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment has made a balance of the RENOVE 2017 Plan for agricultural machinery, based on the compilation of data referring to the subsidies granted under the aforementioned Plan, worth 5 million euros. Data which shows the willingness of farmers to replace obsolete agricultural machinery with another one that incorporates the latest technologies, more respectful with the environment, more efficient and safer.

The Galician agri-food sector, of the most represented in FIMA
The 40th International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA), which takes place in Zaragoza from 20th to 24th February, has recently been presented in Galicia. Precisely, this is a community of strategic importance for this event, since it is one of the regions with the highest representation, with a total of 20 companies participating in this edition.

KUHN Ibérica reinforces its commercial strategy incorporating the departments of Communication and Precision Agriculture
KUHN Ibérica has incorporated the Communication and Precision Agriculture departments into its organizational structure to reinforce its commercial strategy in Spain. Thus, the journalist Sofía Lázaro joins the company's team as Communication Manager and the engineer Abel Pozo takes the leap from the Commercial Delegate from the central area of Spain to the Precision Agriculture Manager, to provide support in relation to the new technologies, both to distributors and to the final customer.

FIMA 2018 exceeds, two months after its start, the figures of surface and brands of its 2016 edition
Two months after its celebration, which will take place from February 20th to 24th, 2018, the FIMA 2018 international fair for agricultural machinery exceeds the exhibition area (16,000 square meters) and participating brands (1,500) to its 2016 edition.

McCormick X6 VT-Drive, Tractor of The Year 2018 in the Best Utility category
The McCormick X6 VT-Drive tractor has been awarded the prestigious "TRACTOR OF THE YEAR 2018" award in the "Best Utility" category.

Kubota presents its new self-guided solution, IsoMatch Autodrive-E
Kubota has presented IsoMatch AutoDrive-E, a new self-guided system for the aftermarket, which will provide comfort and efficiency to the current offer of precision agriculture IsoMatch.