DP World, the Emirati multinational logistics company, has teamed up with the Port of London Authority (PLA) to hold this year’s British Ports Association (BPA) annual conference at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge on 17-19 October. read more

Registrations to attend the two-day event, which will take place at the world-famous ExCeL Centre in London on 21 & 22 September, have already doubled. And with over 10 weeks remaining, London Packaging Week is again proving to be the hottest ticket in town. read more

Snack-sized apple brand Rockit, Taiwan-based fruit importer United Produce Company, Vietnamese food retailer WinCommerce, and Tatsuo Horiuchi of Japanese distributor Farmind Corporation have won the prestigious Asia Fruit Awards 2023.   read more

Mushrooms can save plants from extreme weather events, according to research coordinated by the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the Catholic University of Piacenza and Cremona, carried out in collaboration with theLeibniz Center for Agricultural
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High temperatures experienced this week may subdue consumption slightly. However, with Irish schools all open normal routines should balance it out. New season Rooster continues to trickle into the marketplace as crops become fit. Prices in the region of €600-€650 across the bridge in tonne
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Innovation in the Italian fruit plant and vine nursery sector is the focus of four Open Days (free participation) organised by Macfrut and Civi Italia. Kicking off on Friday 22 September in Puglia and closing in Romagna on Tuesday 17 October. The export value is 40%. read more

It has been a complicated season for Persian limes so far. First of all, hot weather has made it challenging to meet preferred specs like bigger size limes, as well as limes with a perfect color, and shape. “Although the quality of limes is down in all growing regions in Mexico, Cuitlahuac in
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Supplies of Mamey Sapote out of Florida are just starting to come into volume. Dennis Sever of Exotic Growers says that the exotic item is in production year-round with a few gap periods--one in February and a second in April. Peak production right now will go until November. read more

"It seems the sky's the limit. There are no issues on the demand side," is how Christophe Vermeulen interprets the current processed potatoes market. He is the CEO of Belgapom, the Belgian potato trade and processing industry's trade association. "Between 1990 and 2020, processing in Belgium
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Apple and pear growers across Australia are set to increase their bottom line through the launch of a new program that has profitability at the core of everything it does. read more

The harvest of summer fruits and vegetables in Greece proceeded at a faster pace compared to last year. The volumes of fresh produce exports decreased by 9.3% compared to the corresponding period in 2022. read more

Ukrainian farmers are concerned about the situation in the carrot market: prices have fallen to an all-time low, according to EastFruit project analysts. At the moment, trading and purchasing activity in the carrot market remains inactive. read more

"Efficiency is a word that comes up repeatedly regarding potato sorting," begins Kees Kelders, responsible for sales at the Austrian company Insort, which focuses on developing customized grading technology for the food processing sector. Jokingly, he cites making two kilograms of French fries
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"Carbon farming should be seen as a new frontier for combating climate change, within which the agricultural sector is a major player due to its obvious impacts on production and income and its strong mitigation potential." thus
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The South African citrus campaign has been particularly challenging so far. "A lot of Blackspot has appeared in lemons and oranges in particular, due to rainfall during the flowering period. Across the range, we're also seeing a high proportion of large calibers. Small-caliber juice oranges, on
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Mushrooms can save plants from extreme weather events, according to research coordinated by the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences at the Catholic University of Piacenza and Cremona, carried out in collaboration with theLeibniz Center for Agricultural
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Lidl has opened its largest regional distribution centre in the world. It is located in Luton (UK), has 110,000 square metres and is three times the size of the warehouses built by Lidl to date, according to the discounter. read more

The marketing campaign for Jingoldproduced kiwifruit in the Southern Hemisphere is drawing to a close, where the Italian kiwifruit specialist - one of the leading players in this fruit globally - has been investing heavily in recent years, with the aim of increasing supplies and
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The post-harvest operation located in Tauranga is dropping its green kiwifruit packing prices in a bid to boost the New Zealand industry once again. The 21% drop has been made possible thanks to Mount Pack & Cool’s (Mpac) foresight and investment programme spanning five years. read more

From today until 9 September, Sana, the international organic and natural products exhibition, returns to Bologna. 650 companies in the sector will participate in the event, organised by BolognaFiere in collaboration with FederBio, AssoBio and Cosmetica Italia. The event, now in its
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