• Enomaq 2024 2025
    BASF Enervin

    • Posts

    The specialized SAME Frutteto S Active Drive “Machine of the Year 2017” at SIMA

    SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive has obtained the title of "Machine of the Year 2017" in the category of specialized tractors, during the last edition of the International Fair of Machinery SIMA in Paris. The award was presented on February 27th by a jury made up of journalists from renowned European journals in the agromechanical sector. This recognition is added to the title of "Best of Specialized" obtained by SAME Frutteto S ActiveDrive in the scope of the Tractor of the Year 2016 award.

    Idai Nature Chair’s bid for biopesticides as a more sustainable alternative to chemists

    The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), through its Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineers, and the company Idai Nature have organized a conference on the present and future of biopesticides in agriculture, framed in its Chair of Bioinsecticides. With this initiative, both institutions seek to encourage "biopesticides to be an effective and natural alternative to chemical methods".

    Cuna de Platero initiates the sustainable cultivation of strawberry in Ávila to be able to serve berries all the year

    The Moguereña Cuna de Platero cooperative has started sustainable strawberry cultivation in Avila in order to offer a constant supply of berries throughout the year, as it will be able to have fresh strawberries from June to October, developing its concept "Your Global Berry Partner" . The company has five hectares of cultivation in Castilla y León in which it applies the same sustainability criteria as in Huelva.
    FERTCAFÉ

    El Salvador: IICA collaborates with the Ministry of Agriculture to revive coffee cultivation

    The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of El Salvador and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed an agreement to revive coffee cultivation in this country. This agreement, signed by IICA Director General Víctor M. Villalobos and the Minister of Agriculture of Livestock and President of the National Center for Agricultural and Forestry Technology (CENTA), Orestes Ortez, will serve to strengthen and improve the sustainability and competitiveness of the coffee chain.
    manzana

    Spain: EC approves additional quota for the withdrawal of 3,015 tonnes of fruit and vegetables

    As part of the exceptional measures against the Russian veto, the European Commission has granted Spain an additional quota for the withdrawal of 3,015 tonnes of fruit and vegetables by publishing a resolution in the Official Journal of the EU (DOUE) of March 4th. This measure responds to a request from Spain, which requested the reallocation of the 18,000 tonnes that were not used by other Member States. Following the reallocation of the additional quotas, Spain remains the second beneficiary Member State of aid to producers, behind Poland.

    The agricultural division of Bayer increased its sales in Spain by 4% during 2016

    Bayer's agricultural division (Bayer Crop Science) closed 2016 with a 4% increase in its sales in Spain, which amounted to 193 million euros, confirming the positive trend in our country of this area of business of the company, whose turnover during last year in the Iberia region was 223 million euros, 2.6% more than in 2015. Despite the decline experienced by sales of Bayer Crop Science in Portugal, which in 2016 were 30 million (-6%), this division has been experiencing improvement and growth as a whole, which respond to Bayer's commitment to providing innovative and sustainable solutions to farmers.

    Decco positions itself strongly in Latin America

    Latin America is one of the regions where Decco has grown exponentially in recent years. Recently it has inaugurated a new factory in Brazil, and in Chile the growth is being forceful thanks to the expansion of its portfolio. In Mexico, the company already supplies its products to all the main crops, as in Argentina.

    SILWET ® L-77, Arysta LifeScience’s state-of-the-art super wetting product

    Arysta LifeScience Iberia's catalog of innovations for 2017 include products such as SILWET® L-77, Acramite or Vacciplant Max, among others. For the presentation of the first of them, a super wetting product of the latest generation, the 14th edition of the National Symposium on Plant Protection, held last January in Seville, was chosen as the framework for presentation. An important event in which the firm returned to be present with a commercial presentation and a stand.

    UPA warns of an escalation of robberies in freseras holdings and calls for more vigilance of the Civil Guard

    The Union of Small Farmers (UPA) has warned of the increase of thefts in the strawberry farms, due to the small number of Guardia Civil agents assigned to these areas. According to this agrarian union, this has caused thieves to enter the greenhouses at any time of day, which has led the strawberrt producers to organize into vigilance groups to protect their products themselves.

    Pro Event Calendar

    Fertiberia Chair of Agro-Environmental Studies. Madrid

    The Fertiberia Cátedra de Estudios Agroambientales celebrates its tenth Conference on Fertilization for Sustainable Agriculture: "Circular Economy and Innovation", directed to the professionals of the agricultural sector and students of agronomy and environment. The chosen place is the Superior Technical School of Agronomic, Food and Biosystems Engineering (Agronomist Building) of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.