The leading trade show for the global fruit and vegetable business has opened in Berlin for its most international edition ever today (8 February), with around 2,600 exhibitors from 92 countries and all parts of the fresh produce value chain. read more

Business group Logistics UK is urging government to prioritise the needs of the logistics industry, as Parliament continues to debate the Retained EU Law bill. read more

Investors attending Britain’s first ever food industry investment summit in London have called for government action to transform the way we grow, manufacture and eat food, to tackle Britain’s public health crisis and the food industry’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. read more

Maersk has said that the previous year proved to be an “exceptionally strong” one for the company, as it reported on the best financial result in its history. read more

The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) has released a new State of the Industry Report which showcases data, insights and outlooks to help the fresh produce industry as it prepares and plans for the challenges and opportunities of 2023. read more

Difficult weather conditions in the northeast and south of Brazil meant that fruit exports did not reach their potential in 2022. President of national fruit association Abrafrutas, Guilherme Coelho, reported exports were down by 12% in value and 15% in volume between January and September
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Experts from GLOBALG.A.P. unveiled a comprehensive range of new sustainable solutions at the horticulture trade fair IPM ESSEN, the world’s leading trade fair for horticulture. Climate change and sustainability were major themes at this year’s trade fair, setting the stage for
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Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States, has announced the launch of its Rescued Organics programme in all 130 stores in California. read more

WayBeyond has launched a new tool to help growers maintain optimal plant growth without any guesswork. read more

Mission Produce has announced a joint venture with South African farming company ZZ2 Boerdery (ZZ2) private equity firm Criterion Africa Partners (CAP) to develop avocado production in South Africa.  read more

Texas citrus continues to be on the slimmer side of supplies. “Oranges have been tight all season due to strong demand,” says April Flowers of Lone Star Citrus, noting it has mostly small sizes peaking on 113s. “We are about 65 percent through our grapefruit crop and are peaking on mostly
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Vietnamese fresh fruits, including tamarind, jackfruit, lychee, plum, passion fruit and starfruit, have earned a lion’s share in the Australian market. According to the International Trade Centre (ITC), in the first 11 months of 2022, Australia imported 8.2 million USD worth of fruits under HS
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Hazel Technologies is teaming up with Sysco and Avocados from Mexico for a second year to help ensure the produce inside the collaboration’s annual, direct-to-consumer, Gametime Guac Box meal kit, stays optimally fresh from the time it ships to kick off of the Big Game. read more

Faced with global challenges due to a growing population and climate change, among others, farmers need a solution to feed the planet through healthy and safe solutions. Today, Rovensa Group, a global leader of agricultural inputs for sustainable agriculture, answers that need with Rovensa Next,
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More than 1,500 households in the semi-arid Mwenezi and Chiredzi districts in southern Masvingo have been brought into a program to boost incomes by a non-governmental organization spearheading paprika farming, with a processing plant accelerating development of Rutenga into a town. read more

The different contact groups created within the framework of the Spanish-Franco-Italian-Portuguese Joint Committee will start their 2023 meetings on February 14 with the meeting of the strawberry group, which will be held in Huelva. The meetings of garlic, tomato, peach-nectarine, apple, and
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In the past two years, Zimbabwe's horticulture sector has experienced remarkable growth. Fruchthandel magazine reports on this in its current issue. Various companies from the African country are again represented in Berlin. read more

Potato retail sales increased in dollar sales by 14.4% but decreased in volume sales by -1.5% from January – December 2022 compared to 2021. Despite a slight decrease in volume sales, volume sales remain 3.7% above pre-pandemic levels. read more

Global greenhouse seeds developer Harmoniz is making its debut after concluding the legal processes of the merger of TomatoTech, a seed breeding company, and Nirit Seeds, developers of some of the most successful hybrid vegetable seeds in the market. The rebranded company leverages the
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With the tighter supply of tomatoes, the composition of the supply campaigns of the food retail trade in Germany also changed. In particular, the cool weather in Spain limited harvest volumes and caused prices to rise. read more