Nitrofoska®solub fertilizer, ideal for fruit and vegetable and other intensive crops
The new range of products for fertigation of EuroChem Agro Iberia, Nitrofoska® solub allows full and balanced development of fruit, vegetables, citrus and other intensive crops, guaranteeing its water-soluble composition the efficient use of nutrients used in drip irrigation.
Rabbit farms in Spain are halved
Professional agricultural organizations, Agro-food Cooperatives, the Sectorial Association of Rabbit, CUNIBER, the Association of Slaughterhouses, MADECUN and the three largest slaughterhouses in Spain have sounded the alarm about the serious economic situation and consumption by facing the rabbit sector, with a significant reduction in rabbit farms whose real figure would be about half of the data offered by the REGA.
Phil Hogan and Isabel García Tejerina, at the opening of the Third International Forum Porcino
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, and the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, open the Third International Forum Porcino, organized by the Interprofesiona Organization Porcine Whitecloak (INTERPORC), which will be held on October 14th, at the Hotel Villa Magna in Madrid under the slogan "the strength of a leader".
HORTIESPAÑA plans in Fruit Attraction the establishment of a European fruit and vegetable Interprofessional
Throughout the three days of Fruit Attraction, the Spanish Interprofessional Organisation of Fruits and Vegetables (HORTIESPAÑA) plans an intense and comprehensive agenda that includes receiving different visits, hold meetings with distributors and meetings with representatives of European cross,to face the proposed establishment of a Interprofessional European Organization
Fendt renews brand and intensifies its efforts and investments in R + D + i
AGCO/Fendt faces a new stage, reinforcing its commitment in research and development (to incorporate into its product offering and series of agricultural machinery the latest technology), and since September this year, renewing optics and aesthetics of its brand with the new color Fendt Nature green, "more powerful, bright, lively and diverse".
A ‘DNA’ to distinguish the protagonists of Spanish Agro
The International Fair for the Fruit and Vegetable, Fruit Attraction, will host the delivery of distinctions 'DNA Agro Cajamar' to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), the agronomist and PhD in Agricultural Economics, Tomas Garcia Azcarate, and the Valencian chef Ricard Camarena. The event will take place on 5th October, at 13.30 hours.
Grain cooperatives provide a production of 23.8 million tons
The sector council Grain of Agri-Food Cooperatives of Spain has made a new estimate of the cereal harvest for this campaign, according to the latest data handled, will reach 23.8 million tonnes compared to 18.6 million tons last season, representing a 28.07% increase.
Sevilla hosts the largest sunflower greenhouse area in the world for R & D
Coinciding this year with its 90th anniversary, the firm Du Pont Pioneer has recently opened in La Rinconada (Sevilla) the most advanced Technology Centre Research in crops of Europe's and the only of Spain, whose construction have invested about 9 million euros and it has the largest area of greenhouses in the world devoted to research sunflower (10,000 square meters).
Grew by 5.3% the value of fruit and vegetable exports in the first half of the year
The value of exports of fresh fruit and vegetables increased by 5.3% during the first half of 2016, a total of 7,101 million euros, despite the setback experienced in volume during the same period. Specifically, less than 3.21% (6,747,605 tons).
A parade of “70 tractors for 70 years” of history of Massey Ferguson
On July 30th, the historic parade "70 tractors for 70 years," celebrated in the English city of Coventry the anniversary of the start of production of the flagship tractor Ferguson TE20, affectionately known as the "Little Grey Fergie", whose first model came out, in July 1946, from the assembly line of the old production plant Banner Lane in Coventry. The tractor was the brainchild of engineer and inventor, Harry Ferguson, founder of what is now known as Massey Ferguson, a worldwide brand of AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), one of the world's leading producers of agricultural machinery to markets worldwide.