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BASF closes the acquisition of Bayer’s business and assets
BASF has closed the acquisition of a wide range of Bayer's businesses and assets. The transaction is a strategic complement to BASF's crop protection activities, biotechnology and digitalization, and marks the entry into the business of seeds, non-selective herbicides and seed nematicide treatments.
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Afrucat works to open the Mexican market to the Catalan stone fruit
The technical team of Afrucat this morning accompanied a group of Mexican inspectors to different fields of Baix Segrià to analyze the feasibility of opening the Mexican market to the Catalan stone fruit. This initiative is the result of the joint work of the Association with the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat and accelerated thanks to a reverse mission organized by Prodeca this year.
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Massey Ferguson assigns new positions to Miguel Angel Rodríguez and Luis Pascual
Massey Ferguson has appointed Miguel Angel Rodríguez, who joins the organization of AGCO Iberia, Sales Suppor Manager for the tractor business, reporting directly to Miguel Angel Menéndez, National Sales Manager Massey Ferguson Spain and Portugal. For his part, Luis Pascual will assume the position of Sales Suppor Manager for the Green & Gold and Telescopic collection business, reporting directly to Miguel Angel Menéndez, National Sales Manager Massey Ferguson Spain and Portugal.
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UPA defends the direct sale of raw milk “with all the guarantees”
The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers has positioned itself in favor of the direct sale of raw milk by Spanish livestock farms. The recent approval of a decree that regulates this practice in Catalonia has aroused the interest of the entire livestock sector and also certain doubts on the part of consumers in relation to this product.
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The video of the Second National Forum on Agro-Professional Women, of Seven Agromarketing, is now available
SIETE Agromarketing has just launched the video on the 2nd National Forum Agribusiness - 'Agro-Professional Women. Under the motto 'equality is a task for everyone', which was held last June 27 in Toledo. An audiovisual summary that summarizes the most important moments of an event, which had an excellent reception from the public and a great impact on RR.SS.
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The Ministry announces the IX edition of the “Excellence Awards for Innovation for Rural Women”
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has convened the ninth edition of the "Excellence Awards for Innovation for Rural Women" corresponding to 2018, in its four categories of "Excellence in innovation in agricultural activity", "Excellence in innovation in diversification of economic activity in rural areas "," Excellence in communication "and" Extraordinary prize for rural women's innovation ".
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Guayaquil prepares the VII International Mango Congress
The Ecuadorian mango will once again be the center of attention this August. Guayaquil will receive for the seventh time the best experts worldwide at the International Congress of Mango, an event that aims to present the latest technological advances in the production of fruit.
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The European wine sector meets in Jerez with an eye on Brexit and the reform of the CAP
The European Committee of Wine Companies (CEEV), entity that represents the EU wine sector and that counts among its members with 24 national organizations, the FEV in the case of Spain, has held its General Assembly today in Jerez. An appointment that has had the support of FEDEJEREZ and the Regulatory Council of the DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry and that has served to analyze some of the priority issues for the future of European wineries, such as the Brexit or the future of the CAP.
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Sánchez Haro participates in the conference ‘Present and future of agriculture in the Bajo Andarax’ organized by COAG
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Rodrigo Sánchez Haro, has participated in Almería in the day 'Present and future of agriculture in the Lower Andarax' organized by COAG, in which he reiterated that "the transfers are, day Today, a need to ensure irrigation in the field, although the future is through the use of reclaimed and desalinated water. For the representative of the Andalusian Government, "it is not a question that we can choose, it is a matter of necessity because we have to guarantee the water security of our farmers". Likewise, it has recognized that regenerated and desalinated waters open an "important field of work, in which we have to move forward. I really believe that there is the future. "
During his speech, Sanchez Haro has reported that the Ministry returned to make, yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food "the demands that we have been making from Andalusia on water." Among these, the Board's claim to lower the price of desalinated water -0.30 euros per cubic meter maximum- for Andalusian farmers has stood out.
In addition, he has again raised the need for a "shock plan for the optimization of desalination for the Mediterranean, the creation of a working group and the establishment of a calendar to prioritize and coordinate actions in the field of pending hydraulic infrastructures" . "The change of central government does not stop the priority issues for our land, quite the opposite," said the head of Andalusian Agriculture, which stressed that for this type of problem solutions are needed to ensure the production of farmers and to achieve them we must collaborate together. "
In this regard, he recalled the aid that the Board has made available to the Andalusian agri-food sector for investments in irrigation: more than 66 million, to which we will add another 43 million euros this year, which will include specific lines to take advantage of reclaimed water.
During his speech, the counselor praised the commitment of farmers in the area of Bajo Andarax for organic production, both in citrus and protected crops. "Organic production is not the only productive system that measures the degree of sustainability of agriculture in this territory, which also puts into practice integrated production and biological control of pests."
The future CAP
Likewise, Sánchez Haro has once again insisted on the need to maintain a common position among all the provinces and the entire Andalusian agri-food sector in defense of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). "From the Ministry we will work to achieve it, since we are aware that a strong CAP is essential to promote a diverse agriculture and a live rural environment".
For this, he recalled that from Andalusia "we support the central government is firm and forceful in defending the budget, for which the European Commission proposed a cut of 16% that comes to delve into the 1.052 million euros that we have already lost in the current frame ".
"We want a communitarian agrarian policy that maintains the support to the pluriactivos farmers, that is designed with perspective of gender to construct a more egalitarian sector, that includes a maximum limitation to the aids distributing the detraído amount between small and average exploitations of the same region ", it is finished.
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The Mapama at the beginning of 2018
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has published in the Official State Gazette last Saturday, the extract of the order by which the "Food of Spain to the Best Ham, 2018" Award is summoned, in its two modalities of " Food from Spain to the Best Serrano Ham or other "Recognized Quality Figures" and "Foods from Spain to the Best Iberian Bellota Ham".