The Italian persimmon season is now in full swing and fortunately the quantities available are limited, because with these still summery temperatures, which certainly do not encourage consumption, one would risk serious trouble in a normal year. read more

UK: Morrisons boss says worst of inflation behind us but price rises to come for vegetables and salad items read more

Fluorescent apples, not a new variety, were the protagonists of the night trials carried out by the Romagna-based company Martignani, which, with its sprayers, aims to reduce product loss through drift and improve the distribution of the technical medium on the plant; read more

Global Star Group has announced that it has gained GCC Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) certification from the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (Zatca), the main regulating authority in Saudi Arabia for customs and taxes. read more

Pro-Force says it has become the first UK Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) operator to complete Stronger Together’s Responsible Recruitment Progress Assessment (RRPA) audit process, established to protect seasonal labourers working in UK horticulture. read more

Sun World International has appointed Bernardo Calvo as president and chief operating officer, reporting to CEO David Marguleas. read more

Assured Food Standards (AFS), which licenses farmed foods’ Red Tractor quality mark, announced yesterday (31 October) that it will not progress with the implementation of any new environmental standards or additional modules until the NFU has completed the first of two proposed independent
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Jazz apples have added to their trophy cabinet by collecting the top prize at the National Fruit Show (NFS) for the second year running. read more

Argentina has carried out its first shipment of organic citrus to the European Union for 20 years after the reopening of the market last May. The 60.5-tonne consignment of organic lemons, certified by plant health service Senasa, departed from the port of Buenos Aires and arrived in Europe
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Chile expects to ship 95.4m (5kg) cartons of cherries during the 2023/24 season, according to the first estimate released by the Chilean Cherry Committee on Tuesday. read more

Fresh Del Monte saw year-on-year net sales drop in the third quarter (Q3) of the year, hurt by lower sales across its fresh and value-added product segment. read more

As the South African citrus season in the US ends, the focus has now shifted to the 20th US-sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA) in Johannesburg this week. read more

In addition to the FLIA, the FLIA Technology will be awarded for the first time in 2024 for outstanding innovations in the field of Machinery & Technology. read more

Category associations UnaPera and OI Pera are pushing to obtain resources and reassurances from politicians on the future of pear cultivation in the country. read more

The decrease in volume was particularly marked for fruits (-11.5%), according to Fepex data. The drop in the vegetable category was smaller (-2.7%) to 3.4 million tons. read more

Indian ag-tech start-up Superplum has announced the launch of its new fresh produce traceability system to connect consumers with farmers. read more

Global Pac Technologies, a New Zealand-based company, started marketing the Aporo produce packing robot in 2018 on behalf of New Zealand inventor and manufacturer Robotics Plus and have just hit a major milestone, having packed one billion pieces of fruit. read more

New Zealand: Wonky Box eyes South Island expansion read more

Yesterday, orange juice prices rose to the highest since future contracts started trading in New York in 1966. The reason for this rise was the limited production outlook in the United States, Brazil and Mexico, which boosted investors' interest in the product. read more

As a crop, pumpkins are ubiquitous year-round, growing on every continent except for Antarctica. But the fleshy orange fruit is actually native to North America, originally growing in Mexico. Once small and bitter, they were selectively bred to achieve their sweeter taste and larger size. Their
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