"The mandarin campaign in the Catania plain is considerably delayed and with many challenges to face". This is what producer Orazio Pulvirenti of the homonymous farm, active in the Palagonia area, which markets The Red Gold branded products, tells IFN. read more

Harrison Mullins, a three-year-old from Rossendale, Lancashire, is an avid fan of broccoli, not for eating but as a companion. He sleeps with a real broccoli every night, replacing the usual teddy bear, and refuses to eat it, considering it his 'best friend'. His obsession includes a broccoli
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US cranberries are harvested in autumn, just in time for the holiday season. The 2023 US cranberry crop is forecast to be 7.62 million barrels, down 5.4 percent from the previous year, but equal to the 2020–22 average. The top-producing state, Wisconsin, typically harvests around 60 percent of
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For the second year in a row, prunes are a real hit in Uzbekistan’s exports. In 2022 exports of prunes from Uzbekistan doubled compared to the previous year, and Uzbekistan became one of the three largest exporters of prunes in the world. In 2022 Uzbek prune exporters have built on last
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The Italian kiwifruit campaign is getting into full swing with the knowledge that there will be no shortage of unknowns, given that we are facing the year with the lowest harvest ever, especially as far as the green-flesh type is concerned. To understand how the
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Yesterday in a plenary vote, the European Parliament rejected the European Commission's proposal for pesticide reform with 299 votes against, 207 in favour and 121 abstentions. With the rejection by the European Parliament in Strasbourg, it now awaits the pronouncement of the
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Is it possible to cultivate the desert? Some people have wondered about this and that is how the idea of the Moroccan-based start-up Sand to Green was born. It opens up the agricultural sector to new frontiers through a mix of innovative technologies and agroforestry; read more

The 2022 French campaign was exceptional, with an abundant harvest of almost 50,000 tons, compared with an average of 40,000 tons (20,000 tons in the Périgord and 20,000 tons in the Grenoble region). This surplus was “difficult to sell on the saturated global market, which led to a drop in
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The European Commission has adopted the 2024 work program for the promotion of agri-food products, which will have a budget of 185.9 million euro that will mainly be used for co-finance promotion programs proposed by entities in the different Member States, as well as the communication campaigns
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As Chile’s cherry harvest ramps up, producers and packers are gaining the benefits of a new AI solution, Spectre for Cherries S.A. Built specifically for the South American cherry industry, the technology is delivering critical cherry size and color data, earlier than ever before. read more

Transitioning to a more sustainable world hinges significantly on consumers making informed choices based on credible green claims. However, the prevalence of greenwashing, where products falsely project environmental responsibility without substantiated evidence, creates a bewildering maze of
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The challenges for Peru’s mango producers and exports are starting to mount with volumes to China and the rest of Asia as well as other markets much lower. They also have to compete with Brazil’s lower mango prices. “For this new 2023-2024 season we plan to do 1,000 pallets. But, this year
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to an unexpected fact – currently the world leader in the growth rate of blueberry exports is a country that is better known for its record breaking hyperinflation rates and poverty. However, this country was once very rich and had a highly developed
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According to Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, peat is currently being imported into Ireland for the mushroom sector, while the harvesting of peat is not permitted here. He called the governmental inaction to resolve the peat supply issues ‘scandalous’. Carthy is a TD for Cavan-Monaghan. He
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WA Farm Direct and N&A Group will start the 2023 season of Ondine series of flat peach and flat nectarine varieties in the Australian market this November. read more

In Ireland, domestic consumption and retail sales remain buoyant. Some dryer weather this week may open a window for some harvesting, however, conditions are still very challenging. Yields are reported to be below average and wastage due to cracks is higher than average. Market prices are
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The current state of this year’s potato harvest in Ireland and the UK has seen significant challenges. A primary concern is the slow progress due to persistent poor weather conditions, with an estimated 20-30% of the national main crop yet to be harvested. Fields in southern and eastern UK are
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Realising a better future in which nature gets closer to people: this is the idea behind the project of Agricooltur®, an Italian company founded in 2018 by Marco Bartolomeo Divià, Alessandro Boniforte,Stefano Ferrero; read more

Vegetable prices are expected to experience a slight increase leading up to the winter period, but First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Taras Vysotskyi, assures that there won't be any record price jumps in the fall or winter. Vysotskyi believes that the ample production volumes of
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The UK has seen exceptionally wet weather in last couple of months, torrential downpours combined at times with high winds. Some areas of the country saw major flooding and infrastructure damage. The storms came as growers were trying to get this year’s potato harvest in. read more