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    EU budgets for the CAP generate great controversy in the sector

    The European Commission presented on Wednesday its proposal for the next budget of the European Union (EU), which covers from 2021 to 2027 and which proposes cuts in agricultural and cohesion funds - 5% and 7%. A proposal that has not sat well in the sector and has led to multiple groups such as Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de España, UPA, ASAJA or COAG have expressed their rejection of these cuts.

    Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España considers the EU budget proposal negative and not very ambitious

    Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain considers the EU budget proposal for the period 2021-2027 presented on May 2 by the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, and the Budget Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, as disappointing and disappointing.

    Fernando Burgaz catalogs fresh fruits and vegetables as an essential in the diet of the Spanish

    The general director of the Food Industry, Fernando Burgaz, has participated in the conference "Fruits and vegetables: nutrition and health in the 21st century Spain", where he pointed out that fresh fruits and vegetables are a fundamental product in the diet of Spanish households and in the composition of their shopping cart.
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    The olive oil market reaches 1.229.200 tons of production

    The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment has published the olive oil market bulletin for April with data available at March 31, in which, with 1,229,200 tons, production is slightly above initial estimates.

    The filtration of a tree of the new PAC generates great doubts among farmers and ranchers

    The Union of Small Farmers and Cattle Ranchers has shown its uncertainty about the important reforms that the European Commission is proposing in its draft new Common Agricultural Policy. Although they recognize that the debate on the future CAP "has only just begun", it does seem that Brussels intends to design a more decentralized CAP, more audited and revised and greener. "Of course it does not seem that they intend to make life easier for the recipients, but complicate things even more," they say.

    Agriculture transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health “all the information” of the Xylella case in Almería

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has transferred to the Bureau of Plant Health "all available information" of the isolated case of Xylella fastidiosa detected in ornamental plant of the species Polygala myrtifolia in a nursery of El Ejido (Almería).

    Chile opens a lemon market in the United States under a systems approach

    The Ministry of Agriculture of Chile announced after 4 years of negotiations the approval by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA) the certification of Chilean lemons under Systems Approach. Thus, an alternative is offered that will allow our country to export lemons in higher quality conditions, since it avoids fumigation with methyl bromide, substantially improving the post-harvest conditions of this fruit to a market in which Chile is the main provider.

    Agrifood Cooperatives of Spain claim aid for the surface of nuts

    The representatives of the main regions producing nuts Catalonia, Castilla La Mancha, Valencia, Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Murcia and Aragon, have analyzed the current situation of the sector and the consequences of the decision of the Ministry on the elimination of national aid to the surface of nuts.

    Mexico will host the III International Blueberry Seminar 2018

    Mexico will host the III International Seminar of Blueberries, which will be held on June 7 and will have a very innovative program, with new and interesting local and international speakers. In addition, there will be a field day in which to see the most outstanding technical applications. This new edition of the Blueberry Seminar of Mexico will have the special organization and collaboration of Aneberries, the National Association of Berry Exporters of Mexico.

    Climate change redirects the agrarian insurance system to a more solidary and universal model

    MAPAMA has hosted the conference 'Challenges of agricultural insurance: climate change and risk management', organized by the Council of Associations of Agricultural Technical Engineers and Cajamar Caja Rural. In it, the public and private actors that make up the system, have provided their views on the challenges that the agricultural insurance system must face in the face of different threats, with special emphasis on climate change, its risks and also its opportunities.