The hazelnut production in Georgia faces challenges in the 2023 season, but there is hope for better quality and quantity than in 2022. Sales of newly harvested hazelnuts in green husk have already started on the local market, but exporters have not started buying yet. The average wholesale
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With ten technically improved models of pallet trucks, pallet stackers and twin stackers, Linde Material Handling (MH) customers can now make loading and unloading processes even more productive. In all model variants, the support platform is
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The event focused on creating connections between professionals in the pumpkin sector and addressing current challenges and opportunities. Production efficiency and net yield are two of the important challenges for the sector to which Enza Zaden seeks to provide answers to.
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Scientists-breeders of the Research Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture, and Winemaking under the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan presented new nectarine varieties “Khosiyat” and “Ifora.” New varieties were bred by employees of the research and experimental
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The hazelnut production in Georgia faces challenges in the 2023 season, but there is hope for better quality and quantity than in 2022. Sales of newly harvested hazelnuts in green husk have already started on the local market, but exporters have not started buying yet. The average wholesale
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Lidl Italia's commitment against food waste continues with the launch of the 'anti-waste bag', a project that restores value to fruit and vegetables that are not aesthetically perfect, but still good and safe, or with damaged packaging. The initiative, which involves all 730
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The study has been published at the same time as the Impact Report on the proposed Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products (SUR). One of the main objectives of the proposed Regulation is to reduce the use of pesticides by 50% and the use of fertilisers.
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A second major storm in two weeks swept through the Balkans this week, bringing high winds, heavy rain and hail as it passed through Slovenia and Croatia before reaching Serbia and Bosnia. read more

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of AgroFresh’s flagship ripening management solution SmartFresh, the original 1-MCP technology that puts the ripening process of fruit “on hold” to delay softening and over-ripening. read more

Three new races of Bremia lactucae have been added to the official list of phytopathogens responsible for lettuce downy mildew, all of which are now covered by Syngenta varieties resistant to the strains. read more

Exporters of Picota cherries – Europe’s only naturally stalkless variety grown exclusively in Spain’s Jerte Valley – welcomed key figures from the UK cherry industry, as well as Spanish chefs, social media influencers and trade press, to Barrafina Coal Drops Yard in London at the end of
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Following successful trials last year, M&S has announced an expansion of its partnership with agri-tech start-up AgriSound to an additional 18 sites across the UK. read more

AILIMPO’s first estimate of the Fino lemon harvest for the 2023/2024 campaign indicates a crop in Spain of 990,000 tons, which represents a 30% increase compared to the previous campaign, and a return to the levels reached in the 2020/2021 season. This first harvest estimate will be
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New Zealand’s exporters are delighted with the news that the country has signed a free trade deal with the EU signed on 9 July, with exports of kiwifruit, apples and onions expected to benefit immediately. read more

In view of the recent detection of a consignment of organic grapefruit from South Africa with residues of an active ingredient that has been banned since 2018 in the European Union due to its hazardous nature, the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) is calling on the European Commission to
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A year and a half after the end of the eruption of the volcano on La Palma, we take stock of the evolution of the sector in terms of production, but also of the expectations for the future and the recovery of the island's production capacity. The sector closed 2022 with 62,638 tonnes.
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ALDI's expansion plans in Spain for 2023 remain unchanged. In the first half of this year, the company opened thirteen new stores, enabling it to surpass the milestone of 400 shops in the country, reaching a total of 408 supermarkets in Spain today. read more

Ibérica de Patatas, one of the main consumer potato marketing companies in Spain, is once again bringing new potatoes from the Madrid region to large-scale retail, a product of great quality and freshness, as it is harvested and available on the shelves the very next day. The
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Despite the context of historic inflation in which we are immersed and which is resulting in a very clear change in consumer habits, all members of the Pink Lady® network maintain their strong commitment to the brand, thanks to which they have achieved a volume of

Pink Lady® in the last few years.
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Zespri has launched a new range of packagingstudied to be in line with the sustainability goals the brand wants to achieve globally by 2025. The growth of the kiwi Zespri SunGold Zespri Sungold read more