Alltech adds added value with Solbiosur, Spanish firm specializing in agricultural and horticultural solutions
The global health and animal nutrition company Alltech has acquired Solbiosur, a Spanish firm specializing in solutions for agricultural and horticultural crops, which will enable it to offer agricultural producers throughout Spain a service that incorporates added value and efficiency. With this operation, a more dynamic supplier of solutions in agriculture and horticulture is born that combines innovation, technology, research and development.
“Encinares del Sur”, from the PDO Los Pedroches, Best Iberico Bellota Ham of 2016
The first edition of the Food Awards of Spain to the Best Ham 2016, granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA) has been awarded with the award, in the category of 100% Iberian acorn ham, "Encinares del Sur" of the PDO Los Pedroches, presented by Dehesas Reunidas, SL, Belmez (Córdoba).
The organization of the 9th Congress of Spanish Denominations of Origin will fall on the Jabugo PDO
The organization of the 9th Congress and General Assembly of the Spanish Association of Denominations of Origin (ORIGEN ESPAÑA), to be held next year, will be the responsibility of the DOP Jabugo. This event, which recently held its last edition in San Sebastián, run by the DOP Idiazabal, represents the ideal meeting place for all the agro-food sector of differentiated quality, bringing together a large number of Protected Designations of Origin (PDOs) and Protected Geographical Indications (PGI).
About 20,000 immigrants will benefit from the employment agreement between AVA-ASAJA and the Embassy of Ecuador
Ecuadorian ambassador Miguel Calahorrano and the president of the agrarian organization AVA-ASAJA, Cristóbal Aguado, have signed a collaboration agreement to facilitate training in agrarian matters and employment in this sector of the Ecuadorian population residing in the Valencian Community. This agreement is estimated to benefit some 20,000 immigrants of the 41,000 from that country currently living in Valencia.
The harvest in Castilla-La Mancha yields 23.3 million hectoliters of wine and must
The harvesting campaign in Castilla-La Mancha has resulted in a production that exceeds 23 million hectoliters of wine and must, according to data from INFOVI (Market Information System of the Wine Sector), released in the course of The Sectorial Wine Commission that Agro-Alimentary Cooperatives Castilla-La Mancha held today, December 14th, in Alcazar de San Juan Ciudad Real.
You can already consult the Communication Notebook on safe fruit marketing in China
After the celebration last September of the first Business Agro Meeting 'Marketing of safe fruit in China', we put at your disposal the Communication Notebook which includes the main conclusions obtained during its celebration, as well as an analysis on the situation of the bone fruit and its commercial possibilities in the Chinese market.
John Deere innovates in its series of tractors 6R
John Deere extends its 6R series with the launch, starting in 2017, of two new flagship tractors, the 6230R and 6250R. The new models of six-cylinder tractors of high range, 230 and 250 hp (97/68 EC), have been designed to meet the needs of contractors and farmers.
About € 73 million for restructuring and conversion of the vineyard in 2017
The Sectoral Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development, chaired by Minister Isabel García Tejerina on December 5th, has distributed 72.5 million euros among the Autonomous Communities for the restructuring and conversion of the vineyard in 2017
The IRTA Porcine Database serves the Colombian producer sector
The BDporc, the Porcine Database of the Institute of Research and Technology Agro-food (IRTA) of the Catalan Autonomous Government, will serve the Colombian pork industry, according to the agreement signed by the Executive President of the Colombian Association of Porcult Farmers PORKCOLOMBIA), Carlos Alberto Maya Calle, and the general director of IRTA, Josep M. Monfort.
Does the wine have to pay the adjustment of the 5,000 million euros that Europe requires to Spain?
Opinion article from the sectoral spokesman for the wine of Castilla-La Mancha's Agro-food Cooperatives, Juan Fuente, on the impact that the new fiscal pressure would have on the wine sector.