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
Unique offering under the same brand, challenge of stone fruit export to China
I Tertulia Agro Business Marketing DO WE SPEAK?: marketing stone fruit in China, which was held on September 29th in Lleida, has thrown its main conclusions address the challenge of this demanding and vast market under a brand of quality differentiated focus the supply of Spanish stone fruit exports to this country. The sector has welcomed the announcement of MAGRAMA director general Valentin Almansa, that Russia "that Russia "will not hinder the logistic transport by train".
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.
The Valencian citrus sector could lose 124M € due to the EU-South Africa agreement
LA UNIÓ of Llauradors of Valencia claims that the new trade agreement between the European Union and some African countries like South Africa, adopted by the European Parliament on September 14 and in the absence of ratification of the Council of Ministers of the EU and African governments endangers directly revenues over 124 million euros for the citrus sector of Valencia.
Andalusia estimates more than two million tons of citrus
The capacity of the 2016-17 citrus season in Andalusia expected to exceed two million tons of production (2,059,833), a figure that would be an increase from the previous year of 10.5%. These data were recently presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the Government of Andalusia, Carmen Ortiz, in Palma del Río.
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).
Tecnicarton has designed new packaging for heavy goods
The company DS Smith Tecnicarton presented in the latest edition of Empack Porto, on 21th and 22th September, its new packaging Heavy Duty, designed as heavy-duty cardboard and especially designed to transport bulky or heavy parts. These packages allow to maximize stacking spaces, both in stores and in transport and assembly centers.
Increased productivity and comfort in compact tractors John Deere 2R Series
John Deere has introduced its new line of compact tractors John Deere Series 2R, aimed at customers who wish to increase their productivity without losing comfort. The 2026R and 2036R models offer a totally new design, with numerous innovations and powers of 26 and 36CV, respectively.
Revolutionary BASF fungicide for control of powdery mildew in horticultural
BASF has recently introduced Enervin® Duo, its next-generation fungicide for control of powdery mildew in horticultural crops. The Palace Exhibition and Conference of Roquetas de Mar (Almería) was the setting for the launch of this revolutionary product.
Bayer and Monsanto merged to lead in agricultural solutions
The Bayer company has acquired Monsanto through a merger agreement, initialed on 14th September, with both companies aim to consolidate its global leadership in agriculture and realize their shared vision of representing comprehensive offer to the farmer, to provide better solutions and a generator engine innovations for future farming.