British retailer M&S has announced a strong half-year financial performance, reporting a 75.3 per cent rise in profit before tax and a 14.7 per cent increase in food sales for the 26 weeks to 30 September 2023 compared to the prior-year period. read more

The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has announced a change of format for the launch of its Descriptive List for peas and beans to encourage pulse growers to attend. read more

El Niño is having a major impact on Peru’s mango export season. Warm winter temperatures have resulted in very low levels of flowering, severely curtailing production volumes. read more

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Symbol group Spar UK has announced three new director appointments at its Central Office in Harrow. read more

Syngenta has launched a new resource to combat the spread of Tomato Leaf Curl New Delhi Virus (ToLCNDV). The ToLCNDV Information Centre is a one-stop location providing key details about resistant varieties and agronomic insights to target this damaging pest. read more

Fairtrade International has unveiled a new initiative to deliver decent incomes for workers on Fairtrade-certified banana plantations across the world. The organisation’s sustainable offering to achieve living wages, living incomes and resilient banana supply chains is being launched at Fruit
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The 30th anniversary of Costa Rica’s Banana Environmental Commission (CAB) saw a setting out of new green pledges. The establishment of the CAB in 1992 marked Costa Rica out as a pioneer in sustainable production. The voluntary code – a public/private alliance between producers, workers and
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The USDA has published its initial crop forecast for the 2023/24 Florida citrus season, with numbers up in all categories. Total orange volumes are predicted to increase to 20.5m boxes from the 15.85m boxes packed in 2022/23, a campaign badly affected by hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Non-Valencia
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China has a 3,000-year-long history of eating pears. It is the world’s largest pear-consuming and producing country with per capita consumption of fresh pears exceeding 12kg, far above the world’s average according to 2020 FAO data. read more

The inaugural Australian Citrus Congress will focus on building a profitable future for the sector. Hosted by Citrus Australia at the Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort on 5-7 March 2024, the event will bring together experts from across the global citrus industry. read more

Yorkshire turkey farmer John Wright has come up with a unique solution to entertain his turkeys. John, who raises 1,200 turkeys at Holmes Farm, gives the turkeys extra carrots and pumpkins to keep them from getting bored, the Yorkshire Post reports. With vegetables as play material, they are now
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A tourist from Azerbaijan got in a whole lot of trouble when he stepped into a Lisbon restaurant, hoping to order some fruit juice to drink. But his request alarmed the server so much that the police became involved. Not only that: the entire incident prompted a terror alert. read more

After the House of Lords dubbed the future of the UK horticulture sector as ‘bleak’, the Soil Association is calling for the government to double domestic fruit and vegetable production through nature-friendly farming. The warning was issued in a report published Monday 6 November by the
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In the current social context, personal health and the health of the planet are increasingly 'hot' topics, and often go hand in hand. Among the valuable actions to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for people and the environment, is the habit of buying and consuming
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There is a particular buzz for broccoli, with demand rising steadily over the past week. This market dynamic is not only conditioned by falling temperatures: to understand what is happening in Italy, we have to look to Spain. read more

Food prices in the European Union have continued to increase in 2023, but according to the latest Eurostat analysis, potato prices have shown a ‘staggering rise’. Eurostat claims there had been ‘substantial increases’ in food prices throughout 2022 but latest data for the second and
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In a warehouse in Tetouan, Spain, miles away from any farmland, arugula and aromatic basil are cultivated indoors. It has been a few months since Isifarmer landed in an old gymnasium, which has been transformed into a vertical farm seeking urban farmers to further develop its model. read more

This year's chicory root harvest got off to a rather slow start, according to grower Joseph Münch from Grafschaft-Gelsdorf. "The wet May meant we couldn't prepare any dams, which is why the whole thing was delayed until the beginning of June. After that, we had a long dry phase, during which
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While the market for kohlrabi is manned by historical varieties with an old genetic matrix, Ivs Takii has researched and introduced new cultivars with specific characteristics and resistances that adequately respond to the latest market trends. Of great prominence and commercial importance, a
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