The day gathers to more than a hundred of professionals of the sector in Priego of Córdoba

More than one hundred professionals of the sector olivarero gave quotes on 22 October in the technical day Plan Star Olive grove celebrated in Priego of Córdoba (Córdoba). The day, organised in the headquarters of the Regulatory Council of the DOP Priego of Córdoba, with the sponsorship of the Chemical Commercial companies Massó, Manitou, New Holland and the State Entity of Agricultural insurance (ENESA), dependent of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feeding and Environingingment, had by aim present the last technicians and available technologies to improve the profitability of the exploitations olivareras.

After the words of welcome of María Luisa Ceballos, mayor of Priego of Córdoba and president of the deputation of Córdoba, Manuel Vines, Glorious Rector of the University of Jaén, initiated the turn of reports with an exhaustive analysis of the current situation of the market of the oil and the perspectives of future of this sector. Vines Rosa gave to know the opportunities and threats to which confronts the sector and defined the strategies to attain a greater orientation to the market. We find us in front of an increasing consumption, a production in increase, but a reduction of the profitability of the agriculturalists, being very important to loan attention to the internal and external market, define a strategy of sales and bet by the differentiation of the offer.

The assistants could know also how realizar a correct management of risks in the exploitations olivareras of the hand of Juan Francisco Áuz, boss of service of Woody Crops of Enesa (Magrama). Áuz Stood out the low contracting of agricultural insurance in the olive grove in comparison with other crops, partly because of the ignorance of this option for a suitable management of the risk of the crop. It explained the three modules of contracting that exist for the olivo and that cover from only the pedrisco until all the climatic risks, of damages by the wild fauna, and even the vecería, with a production ensured in function of the type of exploitation.

Possibly one of the best ways to show the provision of a machine is working in field. For this the team of the Iberian subsidiary of Manitou had one of the demostradores professional of the mark, Jacky Merle, that headed by the loaders telescopic MLT 840 137 PS, the model of higher range, and MLT 735 120, that has a more reduced size and adapts perfectly to lower freamers of plantation, realizar diverse operations so much with shovel as with a vibrator with interceptor, to conclude with an exhibition of skill in his handle, while Ángel Luis Bermejo, delegated of zone south of Manitou, explained the characteristics of these loaders.

After the pause coffee, Rafael Villanueva, responsible of product of special crops, mixed agriculture and livestock of New Holland, presented the solutions that can contribute this pertaining mark to the group CNH Industrial for the three types of olive grove: traditional, intensive and superintensivo, from among which has stood out very especially the series TK4000 of caterpillars with six rollers of support that contribute him a maximum capacity of traction and the tractors of the series T4, T5 and T5 Electrocommand with solutions adapted to the crop of the olive grove, for example the eight courses without stepping the embrague more creeper optional, very interesting for the triturado of the rests of poda.

Abelardo Rodríguez, of the department of Marketing and Development of Commercial Chemical Massó analysed the protection of the olive grove respecting the environingingment, especially with the Copper Nordox 75 WG, a copper formulated with oxide cuproso to 83,9%, presenting the highest concentration of the market, thanks to what require dose of commercial product smaller. Between other advantages, Rodríguez stood out the lower quantity of inert substances freed to the environingingment, as well as that is exento of classification toxicológica, being authorised in conventional agriculture, integrated production and ecological agriculture. Rodríguez presented likewise two preventive solutions that Massó offers in front of the verticilosis as they are the micorriza MYC4000 and the bacterium CilusPlus.

Finally, Victorino Vega, researcher of the Ifapa Alameda of the Bishop, explained to the assistants the technical agronómicas available for rentabilizar an olive grove. The freamers of plantation more suitable, needs of irrigation and periods in which the contribution of water is more efficient, methods for the poda and severity of the same or an efficient fertilisation have been the most interesting subjects of a report that results always of a big help for all the olivicultores.

After the round table, that was moderated by Jon Zubia, director of Eumedia, Francisco José Zurera, territorial delegate of Agriculture, Fishing and Environingingment in Córdoba, clausuró the day appreciating the participation of all the assistants.