Deutscher Wetterdienst: Global warming - does it bring a higher risk of late frost damage?
Sharsh night frosts, such as those that occurred in the first week of April, can cause considerable damage during fruit blossoming. The Agricultural Meteorology Division of the German Weather

Emilia-Romagna, summer harvest at risk
Last year it already happened that fruit remained on the plants in Emilia-Romagna. And this year? According to regional councillor for economic development Vincenzo Colla and governor Stefano

VSSE: Start of the strawberry season
All over Germany, the strawberry plants showed themselves rich in blossoms. So far, the frost nights have not caused any significant damage, as they have survived them well thanks to the fleece

How to prepare plants for difficult conditions?
Spring has just begun. The first weeks of this season are traditionally marked by strong weather fluctuations. Periods of warmth and relative stability are mixed with a few days of cooler weather

"Many producers have abandoned the summer campaign due to the lack of rain"
Placido Perez Chuecos, the president of COAG in Lorca, stated that the lack of rain was making producers rethink the summer campaign, which focuses mainly on watermelon and melon, and that this

Research: Plants make sounds - especially under stress
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have for the first time recorded and analysed sounds emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, reminiscent of the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume

Bud frost in raspberries. How to assess the damage?
On our plantation we had another cataclysmic event during the winter. The plastic tunnels in which the raspberries (long cane) grown for the summer harvest were overwintered collapsed under the

England’s gene-editing act comes into force
The act is claimed to allow farmers to grow crops that are drought and disease resistant, reduce use of fertilisers and pesticides, and help breed animals that are protected from catching harmful

Naeco plants a new forest as a result of its Naeco Reforest programme
With this initiative, which it has carried out for the second time, it seeks to contribute to the fight against climate change, the protection of biodiversity and the improvement of air and soil

Beyond Seeds develops a new plant bioplastic
Beyond Seeds has been carrying out screening and characterisation research on more than 50 plant species for the last 5 years, focusing mainly on the seed. As a result of this research, it has

This could be the toughest season ever for industrial fruit (part 2) - raspberries
Previous seasons were favourable for producers of raspberries for supply to processing plants. Rates were high. For raspberries of summer varieties in 2022, it was still possible to obtain rates

A project coordinated by IRTA promotes the biological control of Tuta absoluta.
In 2006, a pest arrived in Spain that affects tomato plants and causes great losses throughout the value chain. It is the Tuta absoluta, a lepidopteran leafminer that mainly attacks the leaves of

Cabinet in Taiwan approves bill that stipulates jail terms for illegally exporting crops
Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture admits it would be difficult to find out how Taiwan’s mango pineapples reached China. Regardless, to combat this type of theft in the future, the

This could be the toughest season ever for industrial fruit (part 1) - strawberries
The past year was marked by an astonishing course of buying many types of fruit for industrial use. We are talking about both concentrate and frozen food production. Prices for some fruits reached

Austrian and Slovakian farmers scramble to protect crops from frosty nights
As some of their plants and trees sprouted far too early, Austrian farmers are now scrambling to protect their harvest. The recent cold weather is freezing the trees' sensitive buds and farmers

Late frost, the centre-north still suffers
As we had anticipated (click here to read the article), unfortunately, the temperatures have also dropped below zero over the last two nights, frightening growers in the centre-north, especially

Haskelberg and IG Deccan enter avocado propagation partnership
Israel’s Haskelberg has teamed up with IG Deccan to bring high-quality avocado genetics to India. The two nurseries have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate and propagate

Prices for greenhouse cucumbers went up again in Ukraine on the eve of the holidays
Before the Easter holidays, Ukrainian greenhouse plants once again increase selling prices for cucumbers, EastFruit project analysts report. In addition to the pre-holiday rush, prices in this

Germany: First stalks are pricked - harvest quantity increases daily
The start of the asparagus season marks the beginning of spring and a culinary highlight in German kitchens. The fine vegetable is only on the market in Germany for a few months - from mid/end

Bad weather, from Lazio to Romagna the damage is extensive
The bad weather with violent thunderstorms accompanied by hail has hit the peninsula in a leopard-like pattern, from the capital to the Veneto and Romagna, with serious damage to arable crops and

Plastics Europe Germany: Transformation to a fossil-free circular economy important basis on the way to climate neutrality
At the first Plastics Europe Germany Innovation Press Conference, companies presented practical examples of circularity in the form of input presentations. It had become clear in the process: It

The Italian medicinal plant paradox
If there is a world still unexplored, it is the universe of medicinal plants. A mapping by Unimont surveyed more than 1,600 varieties of wild plants, while a survey among Assoerbe members found