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Agricultural mechanization, Federacma calls for more simplification to promote innovation

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A stable and multi-year program, accessible with low costs and simplified bureaucracy by merging the many existing grants based on rewards dedicated to specific objectives. This is the request that emerged from the entire agricultural supply chain during the conference “The role of agricultural machinery in agricultural innovation – Impact and future of measures for agricultural mechanization,” held at the Ministry of Agriculture and organized by Federacma. Federacma’s requests for agricultural mechanization It is necessary to support investments in innovation and mechanization for farmers to make the primary sector increasingly…

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Cnh, the full line can wait

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According to the economic newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, the Cnh group has reportedly sold its Danish division under the Kongskilde brand. The news comes from a letter written by Carlo Alberto Sisto, president of CNH for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa), addressed to partners and distributors, as well as a statement given to the newspaper by Giampaolo Mercati, CEO of Seko Industries, the buyer. Seko Industries, a company owned by the Italian fund Ibla Capital and specialized in the production of machinery for livestock feeding, recycling, and…

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Vitivinicultural funds and projects, early approval

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Earlier than in previous years, the Ministry of Agriculture has launched the decree that gives the green light to the presentation of projects for the promotion of Italian wine on non-EU markets with funds allocated by the Common Market Organisation. Almost 22 million euros are available to operators in the 2024-2025 campaign for national projects, in addition to approximately 71 million euros for regional and multi-regional tenders for a total expenditure of around 93 million euros. The measure, which aims to improve the competitiveness of the wine sector through the…

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Italian agrimechanics at the agricultural G7

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From 21 to 29 September the agricultural G7 will be held in Syracuse on the island of Ortigia, a forum attended by the agricultural policy ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as European Union represented at the top by the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission. The discussions will resume what was foreseen in the document approved in the previous Agricultural G7 held last year in Miyazaki, Japan and concluded with the…

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Virtual Promotions with “AgrItaly”

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The initiatives connected to the foreign promotion program “AgrItaly,” currently being organized by FederCamere, will take place at the end of October. FederCamere is an organization that offers information and training services to companies looking to enhance their internationalization standards. The initiative will be divided into several phases, with forums and online conferences at its core, as well as a digital fair that will remain active until December 2024. This will allow exhibitors to engage in direct meetings with their potential clients. There will also be access to a dedicated…

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Agricultural vehicles, Federacma’s requests on insurance obligation and new technical roundtable

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Immediate extension of the insurance obligation for third-party liability for all agricultural vehicles, even if stationary or not in use on the road, and a simultaneous ministerial call for a technical roundtable to address the issues related to the implementation of the so-called “static risk” regulation. These are the requests that emerged from the meeting of the agricultural sector held today at the Confcommercio Roma headquarters, organized by Federacma, the Confcommercio Federation of national associations of agricultural and gardening machinery dealers, which first raised the issue. Since last July, all…

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The voice of crops

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Monitoring the health and stress levels of plants in real-time through an accurate analysis of their sap is the goal of an innovative sensor technology developed by Plantvoice, an Italian start-up. They have created a non-invasive, phytocompatible device that can be inserted directly into the stem of the plant to monitor its internal physiological data in real-time. The monitoring is conducted using a “sentinel plant” approach, evaluating a representative plant within a homogeneous agricultural plot, typically around one hectare in size. Once the data is collected, the sensor sends it…

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The harsh law of the honey market

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According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in March 2024, honey production in the United States increased by 11 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, despite a six percent decrease in bee colonies. Each colony produced an average of 17 percent more than the previous year, providing about 25 kilograms annually on average. Meanwhile, as per the law of supply and demand, honey prices decreased by 16 percent, falling to just over five dollars per kilogram compared to over six dollars in 2022. Additionally, American beekeepers…

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Wine innovation

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The uncertainties of the global economic and geopolitical landscape, amid climate crises, energy shocks, and inflation, have not dampened the spirit of innovation among Italian winemaking companies. This was revealed in a recent study by Ismea, conducted on a sample of 197 winemaking companies, which highlights that three out of four companies in the sector invested between 2017 and 2021 to renew structures and modernize plants and processes. An even higher percentage, 78 percent, also expressed their willingness to invest in the next five years, despite the rather critical situation…

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Agco, there’s a difference between decline and crisis

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The cyclical difficulties affecting the global primary sector have also negatively impacted Agco’s financial results in the first quarter of 2024. The American group closed the first three months of the current year with total revenue of $2.928 billion, down 12.1 percent compared to the $3.333 billion achieved in the same period in 2023. Net income also declined, decreasing by 27.7 percent year-on-year, from $232.6 million in the first quarter of last year to $168 million in 2024. As with other industrial groups in the sector, the drop in revenue…

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