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European apple stocks in May were 17.4% lower than in 2022 according to WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, who released the apple and pear stock figures for 1 May 2023. The figures show that in Europe apple stocks decreased by 17.4% compared to 2022 to reach 1 270 523 T, while pear
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Leading grower-shipper-packer CMI Orchards has reported the popularity of Envy apples is surging in the US. read more

WA Farm Direct has been rewarded for its performance and dedication to apple exports. read more

Assomela's 'Know Apple' campaign, now in its final phase, aims to educate employees in the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade and, consequently, end consumers, about the apple product, sustainable production methods, the characteristics
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Whereas Belgian organic apples are still having a tough time toward the end of the season, organic pears are already in particularly high demand. "We have never had to commit so much volume so early for next season," says Gunther De Vadder of the Belgian Fruit Auction (BFV). read more

“It’s a very important program for us. It has enabled our industry to grow and if we did not have access to these workers who do great jobs and want to work here, we could not have large orchards in the apple industry.” So says Cathy McKay, chair of the Ontario Apple Growers and a grower
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This year in the Granda region, pear production will collapse by up to 80% and 50% of cherries have already been lost, but the peach and apple sectors are also in difficulty. This is the alarm launched by Coldiretti Cuneo, according to which the main cause is to be found in the
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Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. read more

For about four and a half years, experts from the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ, the Global Nature Fund (GNF) and the Lake Constance Foundation developed and tested effective approaches to this using bananas and pineapples from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic as examples,
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Gala apples are in demand. “We see Gala movement going really well and will lead to strong summer pricing for them,” says Michael Van Meekeren of Van Meekeren Farms. “On pricing, some varieties are higher than average and probably influenced by the shorter volumes out of Washington, for
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The South Tyrolean apple industry is now preparing for the final phase of the 2022/23 marketing season. "We had a relatively small yield overall, which is why some varieties will be cleared relatively early," said Michael Sparer, who works as a fruit broker in the global apple market. "In Red
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The apple production season in the northern hemisphere has just started, but many production areas are facing big challenges. Producing areas such as Germany and Poland had to increase product prices due to rising labor and agricultural materials costs. Even so, many exporters are still
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There is little pineapple available because only a little has been planted in countries like Costa Rica. The reason? The prices paid to producers have been low for several years, out of line with costs, and farmers have grown tired of not making a profit. read more

T&G Global has opened its new state-of-the-art, highly automated apple packhouse in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.  read more

The interest in fresh and processed pineapple is constantly increasing. PND, a company specializing in machinery for fruit processing and in the development of advanced systems for fresh-cut and processed product businesses, provides answers for this segment. read more

The future of the fruit industry is already happening in Chile, where apples are being picked by flying robots driven by Artificial Intelligence read more

T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere at its Whakatū site in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The highly automated facility, with 1.7 hectares of roof space, will be able to pack more than 125 million kilograms of apples per season once
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A group of researchers from universities in Thailand and Malaysia have collaborated to develop a unique film that is good for the environment and can decompose naturally. This film was created using leftover pineapple stems, which helps reduce the use of harmful plastic films. This new film has
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The commitment of fruit growers in the Lake Constance region to the promotion of insects, birds and other wildlife species is showing lasting success, as the Lake Constance Foundation announced. According to the statement, the most recent count of wild bees in low-trunk apple orchards has confirmed this: The population of the important
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Recently, several Belgian companies, including leading fruit and vegetable marketer BelOrta, took part in a business mission to Senegal led by Princess Astrid. BelOrta mainly explored new opportunities in the West African country for the sale of
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