Agriplastics Community
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -A program by farmers for farmers to share information and ideas about how to be more effective with the use of plastics in agriculture, technology, circular plastics initiatives, trends and more. Hosted by Trevor Wells and brought to you by Armando Alvarez Group.
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Totally Impermeable Films (TIF) and Soil Treatments Methods
December 21, 2023 21:04 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this episode we talk about Totally Impermeable Films or TIF and how these films can help you in your soil disinfestation process. Our guest expert in this episode is Javier Pery, Product Manager Mulch Films at Armando Alvarez Group and with more than 10 years of experience in this field. For more information about soil disinfestation, please visit our website: www.agriplasticscommunity.com or send us an email to [email protected]
Fruit Attraction 2023 and the Fruit and Vegetables Business
September 29, 2023 14:18 - 12 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode we talk about the famous international fair, Fruit Attraction 2023 with the director of the event, María José Sánchez. For this 2023 edition, the Fruit Attraction fair expects 2,000 companies from 56 countries, 90,000 professionals from 135 countries and more than 64,000 m2 of fruit and vegetable offerings. We tell you more details in this new episode of our podcast and we leave you the website of the fair in case you are interested in attending the event: https://www.ife...
Silage Clamp or Silo Bunker Management
April 10, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBIn this episode we talk about Silage Clamp or Silo Bunker Management with Will Wilson, business development director at ARK Agriculture based in the UK, a company specialized in silage storage. A good silage clamp/bunker silo is crucial to avoid losses in crops that are used to obtain products for livestock feed for example. That is the reason why we will be talking about the importance of silage clamp management, how to work with your silage storage, the filling of the clamp or bunk...
Fruit Logistica 2023 and the Fresh Produce Business
February 01, 2023 18:42 - 29 minutes - 67.5 MBFruit Logistica is an annual trade fair held in Berlin that covers every single sector of the fresh produce business and provides a complete picture of the latest innovations, products and services at every link in the international supply chain. To talk about the fair and the business in general, we have invited to Mike Knowles. Mike is Managing Director of Fruitnet Europe, partner of Fruit Logistica and author of Fruit Logistica’s new Trend Report entitled “What next for fresh produc...
Silage Clamp or Silo Bunker Design
January 27, 2023 16:32 - 29 minutes - 68 MBIn this episode we talk about Silage Clamp or Silo Bunker Design with Will Wilson, business development director at ARK Agriculture based in the UK, a company specialized in silage storage. A good silage clamp/bunker silo is crucial to avoid losses in crops that are used to obtain products for livestock feed for example. That is the reason why we will be talking about the relevance of silo bunker design, the different elements to consider, recommendations to build the silo bunker, co...
Sustainable Solutions for Crop Support and Baling Twine
December 12, 2022 20:03 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBIn this episode we talk about sustainable solutions for crop support and baling twine with Miguel Bosquet, Twine Division Manager in Armando Alvarez Group, a company that has more than 55 years of experience as a manufacturer of agricultural plastics and a presence in over 118 countries. This is a key and very hot topic right now for farmers and growers and the sector in general. We answer frequently asked questions by farmers and growers when talking about solutions made from recycl...
Silage in bags
June 24, 2022 14:48 - 21 minutes - 49.3 MBIn this episode, we talk in more detail about frequently asked questions that arise when a farmer considers using bags for feed storage: advantages and disadvantages between different silage storage systems, storage capacity in silage bags, how long the feed can be stored and maintain the quality of the feed contained in the bags, among many other questions. This is the last episode of a series of chapters related to silage where we interviewed Maruzaan Boyze who is based in Johannesbu...
Temporary Grain Solutions
March 30, 2022 16:27 - 21 minutes - 49.4 MBIn this episode we talk about grain bag solutions for storage, what types of products can be stored in these grain bags, their advantages, if the bags are compatible with grain elevator systems, how much grain can be stored in a bag, recommendations when using grain bags, among other topics. This is part 2 of 3 episodes where we interviewed Maruzaan Boyze who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is BSc in Animal Science. Thereafter followed with a focus on animal nutrition. She was te...
Barrier Films
February 03, 2022 07:14 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MBHow is silage formed and why is oxygen the biggest enemy in silage? How can you improve your silage? What are the advantages and disadvantages between the different silage systems? We answered these and other questions in this interesting episode about barrier films. To talk about this topic, we interviewed Maruzaan Boyze who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is BSc in Animal Science. Thereafter followed with a focus on animal nutrition. She was technical sales advisor selling silag...
Beyond the color of mulch
December 20, 2021 12:09 - 18 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode, we’ll talk about how to efficiently manage solar radiation with the different mulch colors (clear, black, white on black, silver on black, green photoselective…), how it can affect the color selection of the exposed surface to your crops. Our guest is Javier Pery, an expert in mulch from Spain with more than 10 years of experience in this field. Some of the questions we answer: Given that range of colors, what are the benefits of clear mulch in crops? Or when would it be ...
Plastic Cover Solutions for Fruit Trees
July 27, 2021 11:38 - 19 minutes - 45.3 MBIn this episode we'll talk about the importance to cover fruit trees with an expert, Borja Devís, who is area manager of the agricultural plastics division in the Armando Alvarez Group, responsible for the markets of Chile, Uruguay, Egypt, Italy and the west coast of the United States, specializing above all in grape, cherry and kiwi crops. Some of the questions we answer: Which are the main covered fruit trees? Are there different plastic materials for covering fruits? What is the RO...
Biodegradable Mulches
May 19, 2021 18:02 - 13 minutes - 30.7 MBWe will talk about different frequently questions about biodegradable mulches such as their application in the field, how they work, the cost which is a high concern among farmers, and many other doubts which arise when we talk about biodegradable plastics in general.