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    Chile: Exports of fresh fruit exceed 854,000 tons to date

    The Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX) has recently presented the advance of fresh fruit exports so far in the 2017/18 fruit season. Thus, according to its president Ronald Bown, from September 1st to February 16th, Chile has sent 854,671 tons of fresh fruits to the world, a figure that turns out to be 5.35% less than the volumes sent to the same period last season.

    AGRAGEX expects 2017 to close with a 10% increase in Spanish exports of agricultural equipment

    AGRAGEX, the Spanish Association of Manufacturers-Exporters of Agricultural Machinery and its Components, Greenhouses, Crop Protection, Irrigation Systems, Livestock Equipment, Animal Health and Nutrition, Forest Machinery, Biomass and Post-harvest; On February 21st, it released information on the Spanish export of agricultural equipment during the last financial year. With official data available only until November 2017, and totaling exports worth 2,127,949,081.08 €, the association estimates that the year will close with a 10% increase compared to 2016, in which, moreover, only an increase of 2.95% had been achieved compared to 2015.

    Spain: horticultural exports rise 1% in 2017 to exceed € 12,700M

    The Spanish export of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2017 increased by 1% compared to 2016, totaling 12,704 million euros. In volume, they registered an increase of 0.5%, standing at 12.6 million tons, according to data from the General Directorate of Customs, made public on February 21, not meeting the initial growth forecasts, due to the retreat of the months of November and December, also slowing down the growth rate in relation to 2016 and 2015.

    Fertinagro Biotech goes to FIMA with its Integral Fertilization Plans

    Fertinagro Biotech, the plant nutrition company of the Grupo Térvalis, will present its Integral Fertilization Plans at the 40th edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery that will be held between 20th and 24th February at the Zaragoza Fair. Your exhibitor will be located in pavilion 10, stand F-G / 29-30, of the fairground.

    FIMA will host the delivery of the Tractor Awards of Spain 2018

    For the second consecutive edition, the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery, FIMA 2018, will be the setting chosen for the delivery of the awards to the Tractor of Spain 2018.

    FIMA promotes professional employment in the agricultural sector

    The 40th edition of the International Fair of Agricultural Machinery (FIMA) of Zaragoza, which will take place from 20th to 24th February 2018, relaunches its 'FIMA Employment Exchange', after the success of this initiative in its previous edition. Through it, it seeks to promote employment in the agricultural sector, serving as a link between industry and professionals. In this way, FIMA reaffirms its permanent commitment to companies in the primary sector, contributing to the professionalization and generation of employment in the agricultural sector.

    Syngenta launches its new fungicide ELATUSM against the main foliar diseases of cereal

    Syngenta has presented its ELATUS EraTM distribution network in Spain, one of the major innovations planned for this year 2018. ELATUS EraTM incorporates a new active material, SOLATENOLTM. A new molecule with fungicidal action, with a broad spectrum against the main diseases suffered by cereal crops.

    Spain: the deadline for submitting applications for direct aid from the CAP is opened

    From February 1st to April 30th, the deadline for the presentation of the single application for direct aid from the PAC is opened. A campaign in which 745,000 producers will be able to apply for such aid, the total amount of which will amount to 4,940 million euros, which can be paid in the form of advances as of October 16th and the balance as of December 1. In the same period, requests for payment of the rural development measures included in the scope of the integrated management and control system and the request for access to the National Reserve of the Basic Payment System may also be submitted.

    Koppert, nominated for the Innovation Award in Fruit Logistica, for its envelope format ULTI-MITE SWIRSKI

    ULTI-MITE SWIRSKI, the revolutionary envelope format, created by Koppert Biological Systems, designed for the progressive release of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii, has been one of the nominees to obtain the Innovation Award in the next edition of Fruit Logistica, the world's most important fruit and vegetable fair held in Berlin from 7th to 9th February.

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    Investments in Renewable Energy in Agri-Food Cooperatives. Madrid

    Agro-alimentary Cooperatives of Spain celebrates on February 14 a Conference on Investments in Renewable Energy in Cooperatives, which will take place in the School of Agricultural and Food Engineering (UPM), in Avda. Puerta de Hierro 2, Madrid.