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Southern Salads Ltd ceases trading after post-Brexit cashflow crisis
2024-03-04 00:00
Ian Vickers and Chris Stevens, partners at FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators to Southern Salads Ltd, a Tonbridge-based supplier of fresh salads to the UK's supermarkets, restaurants, and travel chains, which has ceased trading, affecting approximately 260 employees. The
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Lower demand for Egyptian citrus fruits in Europe, Asia does not absorb the high price levels
2024-03-04 00:00
Sourcing citrus fruits from Egypt and shipping them to Asia has been a real challenge this year, according to managing director Mariya Dermendzhieva of the Bulgarian company Triland. "I would call this Egyptian citrus season 'the campaign of long-term partnership and
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Zespri has launched an innovative packaging, Fruit Pillbox, designed to promote daily fruit consumption in Singapore. This innovative packaging, inspired by a pillbox, features seven compartments, one for each day of the week, containing a Zespri SunGold kiwifruit. The initiative aims to
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Until mid-February, potato prices had dropped for the first time since October 2023, ranging from 16-22 UAH/kg (0.43-0.59 USD/kg), marking an 11% decrease from the previous week. By early March, at the "Shuvar" wholesale market, potatoes are priced at 0.34-0.42 EUR/kg, representing a 30%
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Looking back at fruit and vegetable production in 2022
2024-03-04 00:00
The EU produces a wide range of fresh vegetables and fruit. Fresh vegetables were cultivated on 2.0 million hectares of land across the EU in 2022, on which 59.8 million tonnes of crops were harvested. The three most commonly grown fresh vegetables – in quantity terms – were tomatoes (15.4
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Fourth 'evolved' range, innovative fruit and vegetable snacks, fresh juices subjected to high-pressure treatments. Product and process innovation is at home at Macfrut (Rimini Expo Centre 8-10 May 2024) protagonist in the first edition of the Innovation Hub For Healthy Food,
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MyPlant & Garden 2024: an ongoing natural evolution
2024-03-04 00:00
"Meten is weten," goes the Dutch saying: to measure is to know. But really, what is the measure of beauty? How can the pleasure one derives from it be quantified? And can beauty favor the involvement of the industry, governments, and citizens alike towards making the built environment more
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"From a horticultural and business point of view, the switch to HR tomatoes was a must for us".
2024-03-04 00:00
In week 8, the first mini cucumbers and snake cucumbers could be harvested in the Sippel greenhouse in Nuremberg's Knoblauchsland. "Gas prices have tripled in some cases, which led us to plant a little later on our premises. The same
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Turkish sultanas, significant year-on-year price increase
2024-03-04 00:00
"The upward trend that has characterised the Turkish dehydrated grape market since August 2023 has not stopped. The price of sultana No. 9, destined for Europe, rose by 12 per cent between January and February 2024 alone, touching new all-time highs: over 2,900 dollars/tonne.
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Cauliflowers lend color to Malkangiri farmers' lives
2024-03-04 00:00
In Malkangiri, under the guidance of Khairaput agriculture officials, two tribal farmers from Madakapadar and Badadural villages have embarked on an innovative venture in vegetable cultivation. Utilizing colored cauliflower varieties over a two-acre spread, these farmers have leveraged support
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The Senegalese watermelon campaign kicks-off
2024-03-04 00:00
Senegalese watermelons have arrived on the market in large quantities and with exceptional quality, assures Mohamed Mbengue, from Union Agri des Niayes. "The Senegalese watermelon campaign began this year on February 20 and will continue until May 10. We're happy to report that quality is
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Two out of every five apples consumed in Spain are imported.
2024-03-04 00:00
At the height of the consumption of apples and pears and in coordination with the second year of the nationwide campaign promoted by Afrucat's members "take care of yourself like an apple takes care of you", the association is once again flooding the networks with the message "Look at the origin". This campaign
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Innovation and strategy drive organic
2024-03-04 00:00
After the lull recorded in 2022, the organic market continued to remain stable in 2023 and we see the same trends continuing in the first two months of the new year. Providing IFN with the picture of the situation is Paolo Pari, director of Almaverde Bio, with whom we
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In order to meet agricultural electricity demands, State Grid Changle County Power Supply in Weifang, Shandong province, organized an innovation workshop, headed by Zhang Aiguo and Ge Yuting to develop an intelligent temperature control system for greenhouse usage. Working together with the
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Customer perspectives on fruit & vegetable supply chains in 2024
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, the A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group asked experts to predict some of the challenges the fruit and vegetable industry is expected to face in 2024. The consensus was that supply chain disruptions and climate change would pose the biggest hurdles for businesses in the sector. At the recently
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Flowers booming in the Polish retail?
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, Poland was the country where the level of import stayed on the same level as in 2021. The export numbers for 2023 show that Poland remains the 5th export destination for ornamentals from the Netherlands with a difference to Italy (4th place) of only 10 mln euro. The increase is
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For the last three weeks, green asparagus of Spanish origin has been finding it difficult to gain a foothold on French shelves. According to several French operators, the marketing of Spanish green asparagus is currently proving "very difficult". Some chains of
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The start of the Belgian asparagus season has not been going as many traders had hoped. There's always great anticipation for this quintessential seasonal product, but for now, prices remain at a very high level. "We are currently working with purchase prices that simply do not allow for
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Congested market for cauliflowers and broccoli
2024-03-04 00:00
"Every day, for more than a week, we have been selling at 20% below cost price. We are therefore making a loss, so much so that milling part of the crops becomes the quickest and most effective solution at the moment. So begins Filippo Billanzuoli
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German table potatoes continued to dominate the market in Germany, with French Agata and Dutch Victoria from Frankfurt completing this segment. New potatoes from Italy and Cyprus gained slightly in importance, not least because of the difference
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