UK based manufacturer of potato handling equipment, Haith, will kick start the new year by putting the spotlight on three new innovations at Potato Expo 2024. read more

Delays at the port of Cape Town have held back two vessels loaded with grapes, stonefruit, pomefruit and the last blueberries of the season. read more

California table grape growers lost a lot of fruit this past season due to a hurricane that hit the state in the midst of harvest. Fruit that was mature at the time the hurricane hit, was affected most and much of it rotted away. “In the Maricopa region in the southern part of the state, we
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“The 2023 harvest year proved complicated, but we kept pace thanks to our two new raspberry varieties, Easy Star and Easy Rock,” said Luca Molari, who owns the Italian breeder and plant nursery G-Berries with his brother Matteo. “And this year, we will increase the production
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To celebrate the important milestone of 150 years, the Edmund Machha Foundation has devised an exhibition in collaboration with the Autonomous Province of Trento, which will open its doors to the general public on Saturday 13 January in the underground archaeological space of the Sas, in Piazza Cesare Battisti,
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"I would describe the fiscal year 2023 as satisfactory to very good," says Lorenz Boll, Managing Director of OGS Obst- und Gemüsevertrieb Südbaden. "The cultivation of summer products, namely strawberries, cherries and asparagus, has increased in our company. The farms have invested more,
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The mandarin season in Georgia typically starts in November and concludes in February. During this time, the plan is to harvest around 55,000 tons of these fruits. read more

Britain might be heading for a new salad crisis; costs for the healthy veg option have soared 50 per cent in the past month and some experts are now warning the public to expect shortages in supermarkets. It comes as countries supplying out-of-season veg have been hit hard by freak weather
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The topic of seasonality of fruit and vegetables is certainly a subject of debate among operators and consumers alike. On the one hand, people are preaching a return to the 'old-fashioned way', where only what was produced at that particular time of year was brought to the table, while -
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‘Freshly Forward, from Foundation to Future’ – this is the theme Rijk Zwaan has chosen to encapsulate its roadmap for tackling today’s challenges, together with its partners. read more

It is a tradition in Greece to hang an onion outside the door. This is done after coming back from the New Year’s Day church service. It is considered to bring good luck and signifies a new beginning to life. The onions represent fertility and growth. Among the ancient Greeks, it was also
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The year 2024 opened with an important new partnership in Italian modern distribution: as of 1 January, Apulia Distribuzione, a 30-year-old company with roots in Apulia, Calabria, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily, with a 2023 turnover of 930 million euros, became part of
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"Trade has picked up," began Edwin Janssen, a trader at Bud Holland in late November, referring to the run-up to the usually busy December. This Dutch company specializes in exotic fruit and vegetable imports and exports. He adds that exotic sales always start somewhat later in the Netherlands. read more

"Grape sales were a bit slow the week before Christmas, but last week wasn't bad at all, both nationally and internationally," says Jaap den Boer of the Dutch company Olympic Fruit. "Over the past few weeks, somewhat more white grapes have arrived, particularly from Namibia. The South African
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AD Ports Group, a large global facilitator of logistics, industry, and trade, announces that Noatum Terminals, the terminals operations business of Noatum Group, has acquired 100% ownership of APM Terminals Castellón in Spain for a total purchase consideration (Enterprise Value - EV) of EUR 10
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In the first year since the Albanese Labor Government brought the Australia-India free trade agreement into force, trade with one of the world's fastest growing economies has surged. read more

In recent weeks, potato prices across Bangladesh have seen a significant increase. This surge comes after a brief period of reduced costs, leaving consumers grappling with the sudden price hike. The primary reason behind this upward trend is the crop damage caused by heavy rains due to Cyclone
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Whole Foods Market has always defended the health of pollinators through its commitment to organic farming that avoids the use of synthetic pesticides, but now the US chain has announced a new policy on fresh fruit and vegetables and florals to protect pollinators.
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A report launched today at the 2024 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) firmly states that the practice of farmers subsidising consumers’ appetite for cheap food cannot continue. After years of ‘permacrisis’ fuelled by Brexit, the Ukrainian conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and inflation running
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As heavy rainfall puts Britain’s produce at risk, Labour has pledged to protect farms from flooding. Yields have collapsed, leaving consumers across the country facing acute shortages of potatoes, sprouts, carrots, parsnips, broccoli and cauliflower following the flooding in recent months.
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