The Japanese lettuce production company Spread believes the farmers of the future will be robots. So much so that Spread is creating the world’s first farm manned entirely by robots. Instead of relying on human farmers, the indoor Vegetable Factory…
Recently, the provincial representatives of ASAJA and COAG have announced a call for a general agricultural strike for next Thursday 4 February, coinciding with the celebration of the world’s greatest horticultural fair, Fruit Logistica, in order to generate more impact….
Cucumber prices have been rising this week and the situation has gone from fair to really good in just four days. On Monday this week, cucumbers of the Almeria variety already stood 7 cents higher than last week, when it…
According to the provincial secretary of COAG-Almeria, Andrés Góngora, “there are issues with traffic jams at the moment, especially to leave France, as several carriers have told us that they have been withheld for up to six hours because of…
More than half of the tomatoes exported by Spain in the recently completed campaign were produced in Almeria, according to data supplied by the statistical service Estacom (Icex-Tax Agency), with codes from the Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (TARIC)….
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Cucumber growers in the province of Almeria have made a smaller profit than in the previous campaign, according to estimations by Hortoinfo, based on data from the Council of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of Andalusia and its Prices and…
In recent seasons, the extension of Almeria’s pepper cultivation and marketing campaign has definitely affected the planning of other producing areas, which at given times of the year are unable to compete with ease. This has not only affected the…
Tesco has reported the worst results in its history with a record statutory pre-tax loss of £6.4bn for the year to the end of February. That compares with annual pre-tax profit of £2.26bn a year earlier. It is the biggest…
Over the past five years, the Canary export tomato sector has lost 672 producers and 52,000 tonnes, after a reduction in the acreage amounting to 1,000 hectares, according to the Platform for the Defence of Tomatoes, Fruits and Vegetables. Given…