The recent heavy rain over the Western Cape varied enormously: around Wellington and Stellenbosch, farms received normal rainfall without any real damage, whereas pockets of incredibly high intensity rain caused localized flooding and damage in other areas like Franschhoek and Montagu. read more

The collaboration between Fresh Del Monte and the globally successful brand Miraculous continues with the aim of encouraging children to consume more fruit and vegetables every day. The new, limited edition promotion, available from October, includes packs
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"The inauguration of this plant not only represents an investment that has now become imperative, given the expansion of the business in recent years, but is above all a starting point for the future of our family business, which, with the entry of the new
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Halloween, the most eagerly awaited festival of autumn, is approaching, and L'Insalata dell'Orto wants to enrich this festivity, so eagerly awaited by the little ones, with a limited edition of its 'Put a flower' snack line. The new entry in the Veneto-based company's innovative range, dedicated to flowers
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Pricing of yellow dragon fruit shipping from Ecuador to the U.S. will likely strengthen again next week after China’s Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as the Moon Festival) has finished, an event that starts today. read more

COEXPHAL, the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Producers' Organisations of Almeria, today held its 46th Ordinary General Assembly where Juan Antonio González Real was re-elected as president. read more

From mid-October, ALDI SÜD will be selling its first own apple variety under the name "ALDIamo". Customers were able to vote for this in the spring of this year. The apple will be available exclusively, in all 2,000 ALDI SÜD shops. read more

According to an official of the Department of Agriculture, the export of Philippine avocados to South Korea will begin on September 30. DA-Bureau of Plant Industry director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said that the fruit will be initially sourced out from DA-BPI-accredited orchards and packing
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Bimi® is climbing up the vegetable market, with a growth of more than 16% in the last 6 months in Europe. read more

Today, on the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction, Halls is proud to announce its acquisition of a stake in the French start-up Infuseo. read more

Despar Italia, the consortium company that brings together six food distribution companies and affiliated retailers under the Despar brand, joins the 'Anti-Inflation Quarterly' through Federdistribuzione, the federation of modern distribution companies with which it is associated,
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The South African table grape industry expects 2023/2024 season volumes inspected for export to increase by approximately 12% in comparison to the actual inspected volumes of the 2022/2023 season. read more

The IV Gamma is one of the categories most in crisis in this 2023 and this is shown by the pitiless data, with volumes and values in loss. Among the channels, the one struggling the most in this category is certainly the discount store which, since the beginning of the year, has been losing consumption in double figures, with a worsening
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The call of the homeland is always very strong and, often, the reasons that make people return to their roots are the most unexpected. The Scrimizzi family, established in Brianza for over half a century but with strong Sicilian roots, knows something about this.
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Problems at South Africa’s ports and a declining rail service are an annual problem for the country’s exporters, and it seems that these problems will continue in the coming season. read more

Global logistics giant DP World today (28 September) announced its latest milestone at London Gateway with the arrival of the first vessel under a new South America shipping service, boosting the UK’s global connectivity. read more

NFU Cymru is calling on governments to provide long-term funding arrangements that accurately reflect the modern-day cost to Welsh farmers of producing food, enhancing the environment and combatting climate change. read more

The UK harvests 5.31 million tonnes of potatoes annually, worth £703m at farm gate, so ensuring crops are free of metal contaminants is essential to any thriving grower. read more

Cosmic Crisp apple sales have boomed in the past year, according to Nielsen data released by Proprietary Variety Management (PVM). read more