The regional government highlights the innovation used to save costs on pesticides and fuel for production. Reductions of up to 35 and 40 percent, respectively, have been achieved through the application of a novel misting system.
A misting system that allows savings of up to 35 percent in plant protection products and 40 percent in fuel is being applied by the company Agrosegura in vineyard and stone fruit crops of 'El Ciruelo', as was verified today by the acting Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Antonio Luengo, and the mayor of Cieza, Tomás Rubio, during the visit they made this Wednesday to a farm located in the municipality of Cieza.
Luengo pointed out that this is "a further example of how the most advanced and efficient technology is being put at the service of agriculture in the Region of Murcia, in a happy symbiosis between a leading company in the sale and repair of agricultural machinery and the largest producer of stone fruit in Spain."
The acting councilor highlighted "Agrosegura's commitment to offering innovative and pioneering products in the sector that make life easier for farmers, maximizing resource efficiency, ensuring maximum savings for the customer, and employing systems that contribute to environmental preservation."
For his part, Rubio pointed out that “this is clearly an example of how to invest in new technologies, resource optimization, and sustainability. The use of this new misting machine demonstrates that Cieza is utilizing the most technologically advanced resources in terms of infrastructure and work methods in agriculture; something essential, since we are talking about a sector that constitutes the municipality's primary economic pillar. Thanks to this type of new machinery, it will be possible to save fuel, resources, and energy, which will allow Cieza's agriculture to become increasingly cutting-edge and environmentally friendly.”
The technology is applied by 'El Ciruelo', "a leader in production, with 4,000 hectares of crops and a harvest of 150,000 tons during 2021, of which 100,000 correspond to table grapes -mostly seedless- and 50,000 belong to varieties of stone fruits such as peaches, nectarines, Paraguayo peaches, plums and apricots, and with an investment in recent years for the improvement of the machinery they use of more than 14 million euros," Luengo highlighted.
Source: Cieza City Council.
English 
Spanish