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    • Jerónimo Molina assumes the presidency of the Cajamar Foundation

    The Board of the Cajamar Foundation has agreed, after meeting on June 21, the appointment as president of Jerónimo Molina Herrera, who is replacing Antonio Pérez Lao. The new president of the Cajamar Foundation, has spent his entire career in COEXPHAL, and in the Chamber of Commerce and Cajamar, where in the last four years has been vice president of the entity.

    BASF will train technicians of DCoop in olive growing and olive grove solutions

    BASF Spain and DCoop cooperative group have signed a collaboration agreement by which BASF is committed over the next three years to provide training to technicians DCoop in key aspects of olive growing and olive grove solutions. The agreement, signed on May 11th by the Director of the Division of Crop Protection BASF Spain, Silvia Cifre, and deputy General Manager of DCoop, Rafael Sanchez de Puerta Diaz, includes updating the technical staff of the cooperative in such matters as new ways of controlling olive fly, integrated control tools repilo or physiology of olives and oil quality.

    Drones to monitor efficient irrigation

    The general director of Rural Development and Forestry Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Begoña Nieto, stressed the importance of innovation, knowledge and training to further advance the development and modernization of irrigation. Nieto, who has made these statements at the presentation of the conference "Application of drones in the management of irrigation and fire", has recognized the need to incorporate, as soon as possible, the results of the R + D + i they have developed management of irrigated areas.

    MAGRAMA invests about 8 million to the modernization of irrigation in Huesca

    The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA), through the State Society of Agrarian Infrastructure (SEIASA), has signed an agreement with the Community of Irrigators of Orillena (Huesca) for the modernization of irrigation sector XI Canal Monegros. CR Orillena. Phase I. Works, where the planned investment is 7.8 million euros and that will affect an area of ​​1,969 hectares located between the municipalities of Lalueza, Lanaja and Sariñena.2016.

    Innovation is key to maintaining Spanish leadership in Olive Oil and Table Olives

    The Second International Forum on Olive Oil and Table Olive held on June 14 at the headquarters of the Cajasol Foundation in Seville, threw a very clear message: to remain world leaders in production and marketing, the national oil sector Olive and Table Olives should continue investing in innovation that also is key to know reach new markets and most importantly, differentiate to compete on quality and added value rather than price.

    More than 12 years of research in plant health, crowned with success

    The company Bayer introduced the June 10th its product Velum® Prime, a nematicide innovative for horticultural crops, which acts against harmful microorganisms for plant roots. This solution is the result of over 12 years of research by the company and is fully compatible with integrated pest management as Velum®Prime is respectful of pollinators and beneficial insects to crops.

    The Trelleborg Group increases its dimension with CGS Holding

    The CGS Holding, a leading private enterprise in industrial and special agricultural tires and engineering solutions of polymers has recently gone to swell the volume of the Trelleborg Group. An acquisition that involves an investment of 10, 9 billion Swedish kronor (SEK), free debts. CGS is headquartered in the Czech Republic and in 2015 generated sales of approximately SEK 5.6 billion, with an operating margin of 16.5%.

    Sherry wines seek a new image

    The Control Board of the Designation of Origin (CRDO) of Sherry and Manzanilla are looking for new label for bottles used in all generic promotion activities in an effort to renew the image of these very genuine wines. For this purpose, the CRDO has launched a label design contest to update its image through "Design Crowd", a web services platform global design online.

    Dcoop bet for integration, rewarded with the award for Best Cooperative

    The commitment and sustained effort for years which has been deploying for the Cooperative Group Dcoop have been rewarded with the prize for Best Cooperative that annually grants Agri-Food Cooperatives of Spain. The other awarded cooperatives have been Coopoman, in the category of Innovation, and Coopego, in Equal Opportunities.

    GlobalG.A.P Tour 2016

    The GLOBALG.A.P. TOUR conference and exhibition will bring Mexican and American fresh produce sector leaders together in the city of Guadalajara on 29 June 2016.