Updates on the world's countries and borders we will organize a content moment for partners for the upcoming cycling season The content moment will take place in Alicante on January 10 for the World Tour Team and on January 17 for the women's team and the development team The following measures apply during the content day: Subscribe yourself for the Team Visma | Lease a Bike newsletter and receive previews for races Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox (List price   3  months 12 Bulletins)  and thank you for choosing CamposolToday.com to publicise your organisation’s info or event Camposol Today is a website set up by Murcia Today specifically for residents of the urbanisation in Southwest Murcia providing news and information on what’s happening in the local area which is the largest English-speaking expat area in the Region of Murcia When submitting text to be included on Camposol Today please abide by the following guidelines so we can upload your article as swiftly as possible: Send an email to editor@camposoltoday.com or contact@murciatoday.com Attach the information in a Word Document or Google Doc Also attach a photo to illustrate your article Please enable JavaScript to view this page correctly By 2017-06-02T08:36:09+01:00 The past few years have been tough for Bonnysa and for Spanish tomato producers in general The Mutxamel-based company has just completed a radical overhaul of its commercial strategy against a backdrop of sliding competitiveness within the Spanish industry A study carried out by the European Commission reveals that the price of Spanish-grown tomatoes lags behind that of other EU producers A number of reasons have been suggested for the trend “We’re seeing a growing preference among consumers for locally-sourced products even though their price might be higher than the market average,” president Jorge Brotons tells Fruitnet “At the same time there is a greater overlap between Spain’s productive cycle and those of the Netherlands and Morocco in particular and this leads to peaks of oversupply which force down prices This shows a lack of foresight from the Moroccans but also within the Spanish industry.” Agricultural unions have long argued that internal competition and poor organisation within the sector is undermining Spain’s position in the European market is for growers establish more producer organisations to strengthen their bargaining position “Instead of negotiating a sales price as they do in other parts of Europe in Almería we wait for people to come to us,” he says Brotons agrees that there is much that Spain can do to help itself starting by increasing investment in greenhouse infrastructure to ensure a continuous “We need to follow a similar production model to that used in the rest of Europe using greenhouses with adequate climate control provided by cogeneration systems that produce heat and electricity at the same time,” he says competitive footing and mean we could offer a better service to the supermarkets There’s no point in producing unless you have an agreed programme because this simply leads to price imbalances.” With competition coming not just from Morocco Spanish growers must to up their game by offering innovative products and premium quality this in fact takes a lot of work and a high degree of professionalism Mother Nature dealt producers a severe blow last season putting production cycles out of kilter and throwing the market into chaos In Bonnysa’s case the problem was compounded by the radical overhaul of its entire corporate structure and commercial strategy following the earlier termination of its ten-year partnership with Mercadona “Essentially we have gone back to being what we were 17 years ago with new product lines and new revenue streams,” he says the company is faring much better even though growing conditions were somewhat wetter and colder than normal during the winter with our focus on three key areas: the first is our own production of tomatoes is almost exclusively destined for the export market; the second is the provision of ripening services for imported tropical fruit and thirdly the manufacture of fresh-cut and processed lines,” he explains Site powered by Webvision Cloud Sancho Jackson represented Alicante Football Club Under 23’s in their match against Mutxamel CF Alicante picked up a 2 – 1 win with Jackson scoring the winner in the 77th minute to seal the win in Spain Category: All, Sports