Spain: Port of Marin handles 115,000 tonnes of fruit per year
The fruit terminal of the Port of Marin, operated by Davila Reefer Terminal, handles more than 115,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year, as highlighted by the Port Authority, adding that...
Fall in Spanish canned mandarin prices to the UK
Massive price cuts of Spanish canned mandarins in packs of more than one kilo to the UK and Belgium are in stark contrast with higher prices to most of the other destinations in H1 2016, compared...
Spain: Heat delays strawberry planting in Andalusia
The high temperatures recorded in recent weeks have caused a delay in the start of the planting of Andalusian strawberries, which will take a similar acreage to that of last year, around 5,800...
Mogalla to produce 8,000 tonnes of pomegranates in 2018/2019
Mogalla has not only doubled the acreage in its farms in Seville, Badajoz and Huelva, going from 100 hectares in the 2015 campaign to the current 250, but has also introduced new and earlier...
Spain: Mangoes fastest growing tropical fruit
Harvest forecasts for mangoes were much higher than what has finally been obtained, although about 20,000 tonnes will be reached, which according to José Linares, president of the Spanish...
Drought threatens Spain’s wild bears with starvation
Images captured in the Cantabrian mountains last week showed some of the bears were extremely thin and showed symptoms of cachexia, a wasting disease. The Fund for the Protection of Wild Animals...
Spain’s Abengoa posts 3.7-bn-euro first half loss
Spain’s debt-laden energy giant Abengoa on Friday posted a 3.7-billion-euro ($4.2-billion) net loss in the first half of 2016, as it seeks to seal a deal with creditors to ward off bankruptcy....
Spain: Valencian citrus sector celebrates creation of brand Naranja de Valencia
Valencia’s citrus sector has celebrated the official launch of the brand Naranja de Valencia (Orange from Valencia); a project led by the Protected Geographical Indication, Cítricos...
