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    Unpredictable future for plant health in Europe

    Carlos Palomar, CEO of AEPLA reflects on this article, written for ECA, on the challenges posed by phytosanitary registration in the EU.

    UPA denounces Aldi for the sale of strawberries under its production costs

    The Union of Small Farmers and Ranchers (UPA) is going to report to the supermarket chain Aldi to sabotage the current strawberry campaign through unfair practices such as the illegal sale of strawberries below their cost of production. As they have stated from the organization, "we have caught them underhand. Even now, when the cold wave is pushing up the price of fruit and vegetables, Aldi squeezes the farmers. "

    UPA and COAG highlight 2016 as year of high production but low agricultural prices

    In its usual year-end balance sheet, the agricultural organizations COAG and UPA have agreed to value 2016 as a year that has been characterized by a significant increase in production (which has grown in value to € 46.487 billion), as opposed to agricultural prices, which have been experiencing a general fall that COAG estimates at 4% and which, according to UPA, is the main cause, together with the inaction and lack of support from the political institutions, the coming economic choke suffering from food producers in Spain.

    Yara encourage active listening to their distributors and customers

    Yara has recently celebrated its annual convention, which brought together customers and largest distributors of this group in Spain and Portugal. Based on the need of this Norwegian multinational of relying on the distribution to be closer to the farmer, this event, which took place at the Plaza de las Ventas in Madrid, has served to assess their clients about the development of the previous season, and sharing and define the bases on which will build the next campaign.

    Adama demonstrates the effectiveness of its herbicide and fungicide in Quintanaortuño Country Day (Burgos)

    On the occasion of his participation in the field day organized annually by its distributor in Burgos, Terrastar, ADAMA Agriculture Spain has had the opportunity to try, with a practical demonstration to attendees farmers, the good results obtained with the herbicide Trinity® and the fungicide Epopee® in wheat and barley during this campaign.

    Soybean cultivation in Mexico is reactivated

    The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), through the National Institute of Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock (INIFAP) has projected planting of 45,000 hectares of soybeans in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora after it was allowed to sow the oil for more than 20 years.

    Yara launches a contest in support of the national football team in the European Championship

    Plant nutrition firm Yara will launch next week "Yara with the Red" competition, to show its support football and the national football team in the European Championship that is taking place in France.

    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.

    Hundreds of citrus groves and olive trees affected by fire in Bolbaite (Valencia)

    The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) has warned that…
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    Costa Rica: a computing platform serving agricultural productivity

    The Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica will invest ₡ 50 million in the creation of a National Agricultural Information System, serving producers and market Chorotega, which will help to improve productivity in the aquaculture agriculture, fisheries and of that region. Such a system will be integrated by the data sources that exist in the country on agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture production, to facilitate the analysis, prediction and decision making in these areas.