VI.P- Apples Val Venosta is restructured to better adapt to market demands
The Val Venosta Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives, VI.P Val Venosta Apples, has introduced the new changes that affect the structure of its organization, and with which it aims to reach the market with greater strength, speed and capacity of adapting to the new needs of consumers.
Sakata will wave the flavor flag at Fruit Attraction
The seed company, Sakata Seed Ibérica, will be present at the next edition of Fruit Attraction in pavilion 5 stand 5D06, betting on the taste of its varieties. Thus, and under the motto "Sakata Sabor", the central day of the fair, Thursday 19th October, the seed company has created a space in its stand where a colloquium will be held entitled "Field and kitchen" where, in a relaxed way a debate will be held on the importance of flavor from the beginning to the end of the food chain. This colloquium will be attended by Martín Berasategui, one of the most distinguished chefs in the country, who will serve as gastronomic spokesman.
Agroseguro will compensate with 12.6 million to Castilla-La Mancha for damages in vinification grapes
Agroseguro will compensate with more than 75 million euros the damages in grapes of vinification caused in all the national territory, mainly by hail and frost, after the estimates of this insurer by this type of sinister. Of this amount, a total of 12.6 million euros will be paid to farmers in the Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha, which accounts for 17% of the aid granted at the national level. Payments of compensation for early harvest varieties will commence on 21st September.
Fresón de Palos makes a positive balance of its participation in Asia Fruit Logística
Fresón de Palos concluded its presence in Asia Fruit Logistics with a positive evaluation of its passage through this event, held in Hong Kong, brought together thousands of professionals and buyers from the sector from all over the world.
A “tasty” network of reputed restaurants, anteroom of ‘Andalucía Sabor’
A total of 41 restaurants from the eight Andalusian provinces have allied themselves in the Sabor Network, which from September 15th and for a whole month will offer special menus with quality Andalusian products. This is an initiative that is part of the Gastronomic Congress Andalusia Sabor, the largest professional event of Andalusian gastronomy, which will take place at Fibes II, Seville, from September 25th to 27th, held in parallel to the agri-food Fair Andalucía Sabor.
Fruit Attraction, scenario of the novelties of Val Venosta Apples for this campaign
As usual, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of the Venosta Valley (VI.P) will attend the Fruit Attraction sector fair, which will take place from 18th to 20th October at the Fairgrounds in Madrid (IFEMA) to show the novelties of the Val Venosta Apples campaign and its commitment to the Spanish market.
Fendt consolidates its full range of professional products in its strategy for 2020
At the international press conference held today, 8th September, to announce AGCO / FENDT's main lines of strategy for 2020, its Vice-President Peter-Josef Paffen highlighted the commitment to quality as "a quality which is not only in the final product but also in our communication with the customer "; the continuous improvement of its dealer network; the development of a wide and complete portfolio of products for its customers, through the full range offering that has been consolidating in recent years and is expected to complete in the future with a line of telescopic loaders, and the continuous effort in innovation, research and development, to offer better solutions to the farmer.
AVA-ASAJA estimates a million euros of losses for hailstones in 700ha of vine, olive and almond trees
The intense storm of hail that discharged in the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6th, in the region of Utiel-Requena has caused damages worth one million euros in an area of 700 hectares of cultivation of vineyard, olive and almond tree, according to the estimates of the Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA). The municipal terms that have been more punished have been Jaraguas, Venta del Moro, Villargordo del Cabriel and Casas del Rey.
La Mancha cooperatives predict that the harvest will be 22% lower than the last
Responsible for cooperative wineries in the main producing areas of Castilla-La Mancha have analyzed on 5th September in Alcázar de San Juan the evolution of the current harvest, currently in its equator, and estimated that it will pay out a total of 19 million of hectoliters, a production 22% lower than last season. They also took advantage of this meeting to exchange views on the first references of market prices.
García Tejerina highlights Salamaq as an example of the ministerial commitment by the indigenous cattle breeds
The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, has highlighted the Salamaq Fair as a clear example of the ministerial commitment for the conservation and promotion of indigenous breeds, "an animal heritage of undoubted value". For the Minister, the 1,400 specimens that participate in Salamaq 2017 show the genetic progress achieved by native Spanish breeds. García Tejerina, who made the remarks on the occasion of the inauguration on September 6th of Salamaq 2017, in which she was accompanied by the President of the Diputación, the Delegate of the Government in Castilla y León, and the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, referred to this event as "a symbol of what represents agriculture and livestock not in this land Castilian and Leon but in Spain".