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    Syngenta brings FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 its main innovations in horticulture

    Syngenta has deployed in FRUIT LOGISTICA 2018 its latest innovations in plant innovation, with which it aims to differentiate itself and become the partner of choice for the entire food chain.

    Spain: the sweet fruit sector asks for urgent aid to be able to face the next campaign

    Before the suffocating lack of liquidity, derived from several years with prices below production costs, the sweet fruit sector has demanded from the Minister of Agriculture urgent support measures so that producers can face the next campaign. Among the actions requested are tax reductions, aid and moratoriums for loans contracted, soft loans and remission of Social Security contributions.

    Antonio Infante joins Planasa as Technical and Quality Director

    The company Planasa, a leading company in the fruit and vegetable sector and with presence in the five continents, now reinforces its management team with the incorporation of Antonio Infante as the new Technical and Quality Director at a global level.

    Apples Val Venosta modifies its structure, offering varieties and presentations to adapt to a changing market

    VI.P-Apples Val Venosta has announced, during its participation in the Fruit Attraction fair, the changes that have taken place in its organizational structure and organization chart, offer of varieties and packaging, to adapt to a market in continuous change.

    Strawberries of Europe is promoted with a second edition of its ‘Fresatario’

    The Strawberries of Europe promotion campaign launched this summer the second edition of its 'Fresetario', a digital publication that brings together a selection of 20 recipes, with the strawberry as the main ingredient, which have been elaborated by renowned gastronomic bloggers from Spain.

    The campaign of melon and watermelon in CLM starts with prices below the cost of production

    The beginning of the campaign of melon and watermelon in Castilla-La Mancha has recorded as main incidences the reduction of the surface in these crops and the very low prices at origin that, especially in the melon, do not cover the costs of production. On the other hand, the productive forecasts, even provisional, indicate that in recent years, the melon has been losing ground against watermelon.
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    The harvest of fruit bone in Castilla-La Mancha will grow by 6.5%, according to agricultural cooperatives

    Agro-alimentary cooperatives of Castilla-La Mancha foresee an estimated harvest of fruit bone in its autonomous community around the 55,171 tons, in a total of 3,714 hectares of cultivation. This figure represents a 6.51% increase in production compared to the previous season, when 51,799 tonnes were obtained. The apricot is the only fruit that will suffer a significant reduction in production compared to last year, due to spring frosts and rains during the flowering season.
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    AVA-ASAJA calls for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the collapse of the market of the stone fruit

    The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) has called for a European law on the food chain to alleviate the current collapse of the market for bone fruit, as a result of the confluence of a whole series of adverse circumstances. A situation of over-supply that seriously threatens the profitability of the season, and that was born when the sudden and unusual rise in temperatures in late April and early May forced many producers of plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots or Paraguayans to advance the harvest to preserve the condition of the fruit by storing it in cold storage rooms.

    Apples Val Venosta expects to double its ecological growing area by 2020

    The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of the Valle Venosta (VI.P) is planning for the coming years an important growth strategy, based on one of its main values, respect for the environment. The Val Venosta VI.P-Manzanas, through its line BIO Val Venosta - which has positioned it among the first producers of organic apple in Europe, and since the market is dynamic and with a strong demand for organic product, will increase its organic production area by 50%, from its current 500 hectares to around 800 in 2020. A significant increase that will help confirm its European leadership.

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    Sant Miquel Agrarian Fair and Eurofruit Hall. Lleida

    As usual every year, Lleida hosts a new edition of the Sant Miquel Agrarian Fair and the Eurofruit Hall, events that are held in parallel and will take place from September 28th to October 1st.