Kiwifruit harvest threatened by Bay of Plenty flooding
2023-02-06 00:00
Kiwifruit vines in the Bay of Plenty took a direct hit last week and the total cost won't be revealed until the floods drain away. Kiwifruit have been washed clean in the Papamoa surf, while their vines have been sitting in stagnant flood waters.
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Organic asparagus from Puglia available from mid-March
2023-02-06 00:00
After a year that put all hope and new projects in standby, 2023 seems to have started well for Azienda agricola Pasquariello Giovanni di Carapelle (FG). The first quantities of organic asparagus will become available in late March.
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Year-round blueberry program presented in Berlin
2023-02-06 00:00
Blueberries and avocados are two of Camposol’s key products. In blueberries, the company has developed a sustained supply from Peru, and starting this year, the company will be able to offer 52 weeks of production. Sergio Torres, Senior Vice President North America & Commercial Operations
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Regulatory pressure on trade doubles
2023-02-06 00:00
In 2022, almost 1,000 pieces of legislation affecting trade were passed at local, regional, national and European levels. This is an average of 2.7 legislative developments per day and double the number of 1.3 regulations per day - 476 in total - recorded in the pre-pandemic year 2019,
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The unusual wet weather this Chinese New Year is expected to cause a shortage of produce that could continue until the Muslim festival of Ramadan next month. Yong Peng Vegetable Gardeners Association president Cheng Tai Hoe has stated that farmers in the country are having a tough time meeting
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Apo Conerpo startete Projekt „Pears with love: a case study of sustainable agriculture“
2023-02-06 00:00
This European project aims to highlight the importance of sustainable agriculture. It also aims to raise consumer awareness of the climate and environmental benefits of sustainable agriculture. The project focuses on
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HACCP for fruit and vegetables - Frische Seminar informs at the Frischezentrum Frankfurt
2023-02-06 00:00
HACCP is one of the central tasks when it comes to food hygiene in a company. Both the legislator and the standard setter require the company's internal hazard analysis. In addition, the training of employees on the subject of HACCP is a key factor.
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Port International and Zeiler Hungária provide insights into sustainable cucumber production
2023-02-06 00:00
The direct importer of fresh fruit and vegetables Port International and the Hungarian cucumber producer Zeiler Hungária are linked by a long-standing partnership. What makes the production facility so special and distinguishes the cooperation, report the two managing directors André
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Balanced supply volumes of air-freighted Peruvian mangoes
2023-02-06 00:00
The Fritz Möss company offers - among other things - mangoes from Peru and Brazil, expecting about ten pallets per week. They started selling Peruvian goods in October, Niyazi Sakarya told us. "The supply from Peru is at a balanced level. Since our supplier takes an alternative flight route,
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CIV presents latest apple Desy® and strawberries in Berlin
2023-02-06 00:00
The Association of Italian Nurseries CIV (Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti) will be at FRUIT LOGISTICA with numerous new varieties: apples, pears and environmentally friendly strawberries will be presented at the stand. In particular, we will present our latest apple variety:
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Large in-vitro production of seedlings has been established in the Bukhara region (Uzbekistan)
2023-02-06 00:00
The greenhouse complex of the Uzbek-Turkish joint venture Bukhara-Varnet LLC, located in the Bukhoro-Agro Free Economic Zone, is one of the largest projects in greenhouse production using hydroponics technology in the region. Mainly tomatoes are grown in modern greenhouses with a total area of
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Three new AVA™ strawberry varieties launched
2023-02-06 00:00
Angus Soft Fruits are proud to announce the release of three new strawberry varieties, bred to produce delicious fruit throughout the winter season. Intended for production in the Mediterranean region, trials and tests over the past three years have proved they have something special to offer
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"Being able to do in seconds what takes minutes in other systems, allows customers more agile planning"
2023-02-06 00:00
Fresh4cast has been providing forecasting and planning software for fruit and vegetables for the last ten years. CEO Mihai Ciobanu talks about the journey so far and about the next 10 years.
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The expansion and reinforcement works of the breakwater pier of the Paita Port Terminal, in the Piura region, have been finished. The renewed infrastructure, completed last January, will make it possible to receive larger ships and will contribute to boosting export and import activities in
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ZVG/Fleischer: Developing plant protection instead of banning it
2023-02-06 00:00
The Central Horticultural Association (ZVG) renews its clear criticism of the European proposals for sustainable plant protection on the occasion of the hearing in the Committee for Food and Agriculture of the German Bundestag on plant protection on 6 February 2023.
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Navi Mumbai: Mango supply increases and will grow in days to come
2023-02-06 00:00
The Agriculture Produce Market Committee in Vashi received around 38 boxes of Alphonso mangoes from Ratnagiri on Thursday, with traders claiming this is the maximum supply of mangoes during this season so far.
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Flooding exposes vulnerability of Australia’s supply chains
2023-02-06 00:00
This year’s flooding has exposed how fragile and unsustainable some of Australia’s supply chains are. Road has steadily increased its share of domestic non-bulk trade. In the 1970s, road accounted for 65.5% and now that figure is 79.8%. Rail on the other hand transported 22.8% of domestic
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Vog Products model against food waste
2023-02-06 00:00
Every year 22% of fruit and vegetables are lost during or immediately after harvest. This is reminded by Vog Products on the national day against food waste. The producer organisation is concretely committed to limiting this phenomenon with actions that generate value
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Chilean and Peruvian cherries, blueberries and table grapes have done well in key markets of China, the US and Europe during January 2023. The Chinese Golden week during week 4 was indeed golden for the Chilean cherry industry with a record 415 289 tons equivalent to over 82 million boxes
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Bangladesh to resume potato exports to Russia this year
2023-02-06 00:00
This weekend, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said that Bangladesh will resume exporting potatoes to Russia this year. "Prior to Russia's ban, a huge amount of potatoes used to be exported from the country. As Russia has lifted the ban, the initiative has been taken to export potatoes
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