Nuts, campaign kicks off with Italrugby as testimonial
2024-01-31 00:00
The national rugby team is the testimonial of the promotion campaign for products from the nut supply chain, promoted by Masaf and Ismea in collaboration with the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) and the Ministry of Sport.Present were the Ministers of Agriculture, Francesco
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Kiwi, high prices continue
2024-01-31 00:00
A very cold morning (yesterday, ed.) at the Rimini Agri-Food Centre, also characterised by a low turnout at the market and little trading. There was a drop in demand for strawberries, resulting in lower quotations, while for kiwifruit, medium-high quotations were maintained,
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There's currently more strawberry demand than supply. At Coöperatie Hoogstraten, this winter's area of lit cultivation returned to pre-crisis levels, even expanding slightly. Prices stayed good until the end of the year but have since dropped significantly. "This winter, our lit cultivation
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Reyes Gutiérrez, aiming for 1,000 hectares
2024-01-31 00:00
Its avocado and mango plantations are distributed between southern Spain and neighbouring Portugal: 50 hectares in the Axarquia region of Malaga, 150 in the province of Cadiz and 300 in Setubal (Portugal).
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Many produce items, like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc. can’t be washed and are packed in the field. “This poses a high degree of risk to product safety,” says Helmut Leili with Flavour Shield. “After years of extensive and commercial testing, we have developed a system
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Nova Siri Genetics adds up to 50 million plants
2024-01-31 00:00
In fact, it is the area in Europe where its activity is growing the most, after reaching 50 million plants of the strawberry varieties grown by the producing companies in the current 2023-2024 season.
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Post-Brexit import controls in Britain now in effect
2024-01-31 00:00
Post-Brexit regulations on imports of food, flora and fauna from the EU to the UK have been activated. Health certificates are now necessary for a range of EU goods, from cut flowers to fresh produce such as meat, fruits, and vegetables. While some industry bodies fear potential delays and
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South African apple and pear industry set to bounce back in 2024
2024-01-31 00:00
South African pome fruit producers are looking forward to exports bouncing back. This, on the back of a lower pome fruit export crop due to hail damage in some of the major fruit producing areas during 2023. The 2024 harvest season is already in full swing, a week to 10 days earlier than last
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Regenerative agriculture with Aenor
2024-01-31 00:00
Over the last four years, intense work has been carried out to promote regenerative agriculture with the Epigen Healthy Bite model. A philosophy that permeates each of the tasks they carry out on a daily basis and which is reflected in the quality of their products.
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Elche's winter vegetable harvest falls by 6% due to lack of water and cost increases
2024-01-31 00:00
According to the president of ASAJA Elche, Pedro Valero, despite the atypical high temperatures and lack of rain, Elche expects to produce 19,500,000 kilos of winter vegetables,i.e. only 6% less than the 21,500,000 kg achieved in the previous campaign.
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Interko advances flagship ripening room
2024-01-31 00:00
The engineering team at Interko have cut the energy consumption of its Ultimo rooms by a further 20 per cent, after launching the second generation of its revolutionary Reverso reversible fans, which are exclusive to Interko. Added to that, Ultimo’s design and technology has been cleverly
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“The most powerful campaign ever”
2024-01-31 00:00
The second part of the Eco-friendly Orchards campaign has been launched. So far, communication has been focused on its assets and content, but the label is now also better targeting current consumer concerns.” Sandrine Gaborieau, in charge of communications, details the highlights of this
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Dole Italia is Official Partner of 'White Marble Marathon
2024-01-31 00:00
Sunday 18 February 2024 will see the return of the 21km La Ceiban half-marathon in the city of the same name on the Gulf of Honduras, and Dole Italia, a leader in the production and distribution of premium quality fresh fruit, confirms its valuable support for the race from the Italian territory, tightening
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The man who came from the east
2024-01-31 00:00
Ginés García Benzal (Torre Pacheco, Murcia,1961) speaks Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, some Russian and of course English. Two years ago he returned from the East, from Eastern Europe, and now he can really say that he lives in Murcia because he has been staying in the city for more than two days in a row.
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"There's a good demand and sales, and that's why the price drop in the last week hasn't been greater"
2024-01-31 00:00
The cold of the last few weeks has taken a toll on the zucchini production in Almería, where the harvested volumes are now starting to recover. "There had already been a gap in the production between December and January as a result of the end of the first harvest and the delay in the start of
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Pre-owned processing lines for the sorting of citrus fruits
2024-01-31 00:00
Spain's Fruit Graders has just taken over two production lines from a major Spanish citrus grower - and subsequently put them on sale. The lines include 8-channel sorters and packaging stations.
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Certifications: expensive pre-requisites or new opportunities?
2024-01-31 00:00
In the last twenty years, the number of certifications required in the fruit and vegetable sector has literally exploded. Every stage of the supply chain is certified: at the production level the best known and most widespread is GLOBALG.A.P., in the processing warehouses the acronyms ISO, IFS and BRC are well known to the
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Breaking news: Siege and chaos continue in France as arrests begin
2024-01-31 00:00
Despite the announcement of "specific controls" on distribution and the injection of 230 million euros in new aid by the French government, motorways such as the A4, A6, A10 and A13 remain closed to traffic. There have been 15 arrests of farmers in the
South African countries.
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"A good early campaign is expected from Peru".
2024-01-31 00:00
Compañía Aguacatera del Sur is facing the season with a forecast of 16 million kilos marketed and 30 million euros in turnover. The leitmotiv will be stability. "We are approaching 2024 calmly. We are expecting a good early season in Peru", affirms Óscar Martínez, partner in the company.
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Merger of Cesurca and Asparagus from Granada
2024-01-31 00:00
Slowly but surely. The merger process between the cooperative Centro-Sur (Cesurca) and Espárrago de Granada is now in the final stretch, after a previous stage in which the two parties have been strengthening their ties through a marketing agreement. If everything goes well
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