In a move to address environmental concerns, US Ambassador Ken Salazar, during a visit to Michoacan, Mexico's primary avocado production region, emphasized the need for regulatory measures against avocados cultivated on unauthorized orchards.
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Indian ultraviolet tech boosts Vitamin D content in mushrooms
2024-02-27 00:00
Innovations in horticulture, including vitamin D-enriched mushrooms, are set to be highlighted at India's National Horticulture Fair. Scientists from the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research have leveraged UVB radiation to boost the vitamin D content in mushrooms, exploiting the
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Xylella on cherry trees and vines: growing concern
2024-02-27 00:00
On the recent discovery in Apulia of the Xylella subspecies that attacks cherry trees and vines (see related article), Corrado Vigo, a long-standing agronomist with a long list of positions in the National Council of the Order of Agronomists and in
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Appetite for fair trade banana category grows
2024-02-27 00:00
Appetite for Fairtrade bananas continues to grow in Canada. As Fairtrade America and Fairtrade Canada recently reported, over the past six years, volumes of Fairtrade bananas in Canada have increased by 466 percent (compared to 15 percent for Fairtrade bananas in Canada).
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Linflowers introduces renewed flower box
2024-02-27 00:00
By providing flower boxes and sleeves, Argos offers a range of packaging and protective materials to Linflowers. "From the very first moment, there has been a close collaboration between us," explains Sander de Hoog, account manager at Argos.
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Katie Jo Dumford joins EHR's customer service team
2024-02-27 00:00
Katie Jo Dumford has joined the Eason Horticultural Resources (EHR) Customer Service Team.
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'The traits of a product can make a difference to the supply chain'
2024-02-27 00:00
A calendar covering almost 12 months of the year, with table tomatoes as well as yellow and red lamuyo peppers; among the tomato segments: the smooth round (the so-called cluster tomato), cherry, date, oblong and midi plum. It is precisely on this last item that 'The Gold Seal',
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Full-red Flash Gala pivotal to the South African apple campaign
2024-02-27 00:00
On Beaulieu Farm in Grabouw, one of the first farms to plant the Gala mutation Flash Gala nine years ago, topfruit farmer (and discoverer of Flash Gala's forebear, Corder Gala) Derek Corder says the South African industry continues to establish new orchards of the Bigbucks cultivar (right), of
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Onubafruit confirmed its position as the leading producer of small fruit in Spain, even though in 2023 it recorded volumes down by 11% compared to the previous year: the Huelva-based cooperative continues to lead the country's ranking, despite its production dropping from 90,000 to 80,000
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In January 2024 inflation rebounded slightly, rising to 0.8% from 0.6 in December 2023. The moderate acceleration in the pace of price growth reflects the trend in the prices of regulated energy goods, whose decline on a trend basis in January was mitigated
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Amid continuing protests by farmers in several Member States, including Spain, the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers yesterday began discussions on the proposal to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) presented by the European Commission last week.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 26 February
2024-02-27 00:00
27The Tarocco orange campaign is drawing to a close, while strawberry production in Basilicata is getting into full swing. Good volumes but rather firm demand for peppers and courgettes. Radicchio continues to have high prices. More demand is expected for artichokes
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Morocco was the EU's second-largest tomato supplier in 2023
2024-02-27 00:00
In 2023, Morocco positioned itself as the European Union's second-largest supplier of tomatoes, only after the Netherlands. According to a report by Hortoinfo based on data from Euroestacom (ICEX-Eurostat), in the last five years, Morocco's market share increased by 18.86%. In the same period,
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Fruchtwelt Bodensee increases industry cohesion through professional dialogue and discourse
2024-02-27 00:00
A diverse and high-quality offering from 350 exhibiting companies, a competent and informative program of the Lake Constance Fruit Growing Days, and a respectful exchange of opinions; this was Fruchtwelt Bodensee 2024: Thus, the fruit and agriculture trade fair in Friedrichshafen attracted
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Valfrutta Fresco charts a course for pepper development
2024-02-27 00:00
In the usual surveys in the large-scale retail trade, a growing attention by retailers is noted in the pepper assortments, with increasingly broader and deeper offers. A process made possible thanks to the innovation introduced by producers, including Valfrutta
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From waste to growth: recycled plastic in horticulture
2024-02-27 00:00
In the horticultural sector, sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity. Desch is making great strides in this area, especially in the use of recycled materials. In this article, Twan van Oss, Sales Manager for Germany and Austria at Desch, explains more about the transformation of
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New management team at Nijssen
2024-02-27 00:00
As of February 1, 2024, Nijssen has appointed a new management team with the following members: Frank van der Heijden: Managing Director Melanie van de Graaf: HR and Facility Manager Martin Thelen: Sales Manager Quinte Peddie: Service Manager Eef Eijskoot: Manager Finance & Control Marco
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Lemons: campaign in full swing but difficulties are not lacking
2024-02-27 00:00
The Limorè brand lemon campaign is in the central phase of harvesting and marketing the product, but difficulties are always just around the corner, according to Pietro Buongiorno, president of the Rocca Imperiale Consortium of Associated Lemon Producers.
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Torres launches its new campaign: "The taste that has to be".
2024-02-27 00:00
"Adverse weather has resulted in lower yields and a delay in Brix for d'Angen plums".
2024-02-27 00:00
After a difficult cherry season, the Chilean exporter Olivar Export is enthusiastic about sending D'Agen or Sugar Plums to China. Matías Fernández, commercial director of Olivar Export, points out: "Although the fervour of the Chinese market for the D'Agen plums
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