This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at La inversión en maquinaria agrícola de Castilla y León se sitúa en más de 165 millones de euros en 2008
Investment in agricultural machinery of Castile and León, Spain is situated in more than 165 million euros in 2008
05/05/2009
May 4, 2009
The President of the Junta de Castilla y León, Juan Vicente Herrera, who attended the opening of the 49th Edition of the agricultural fair in Lerma (Burgos), last Friday said that in 2008, Castile and León, Spain enrolled a total of 5.361 new agricultural machines, with a value of more than 165 million euros, "which means that it is the sector that has grown compared to 2007, with 11 %".
"The impetus to technological innovation of the agricultural sector and agrarioindustrial is one of the pillars on which sustained modernization and one of the objectives of the Board for this parliamentary term," he said. On the other hand, he stressed that "Castile and León, Spain is one of the autonomous communities with more agricultural machinery of Spain, with 15% of all national tractors and a significant presence of all types of harvesters".
