The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has released the Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season in Berlin. According to the forecast, which consolidates the data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, apple production is set
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On Friday afternoon, as Fruit Logistica closed its doors (click here to read more), all the attention of the agricultural sector shifted to Rome, where the government, in the space of a few hours, summoned both the main trade unions in the sector and the spokesman of one of the
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In 2023, a year after initiating exports to China, Kenya's avocado exports to the country surged nearly tenfold. According to Chinese data, the Asian nation imported 4,324 tonnes of Kenyan avocados last year, compared to 443 tonnes in 2022. Philip Mutooni, Chief Executive of the Avocado
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Tomra Food is riding the Ai wave and at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, illustrated its sorting, grading and packaging technologies with three new solutions based on artificial intelligence. A revolution also in food sorting Tomra Food Neon for pre-sorting blueberries read more

"The organic fruit market's supply and demand are well balanced. There's a little shortage. That's good," begins Robert Elshof of the Dutch company Elshof Organic Fruit - which grows and markets organic top fruit - interpreting the market in mid-January. "The harvest was considerably smaller
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TOMRA Food unveiled its new streamlined and optimised organisational structure in Berlin, presented its sorting, sizing and packaging solutions, and launched three new AI-based sorting and sizing solutions. read more

Some of Moldova’s canning factories have resumed to accept last year’s apples at the prices they were in autumn 2024. The deliveries in January and February are not very large, only a few dozen tons per day, according to AgroExpert . However, the activity is expected to increase from March
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Antonio Muñoz Armero, the founder of the AMC Group holding company, has died at the age of 93. Muñoz was a towering presence in Spanish agriculture, turning the company he inherited from his father into a holding group made up of more than 70 companies with annual sales of €1.3bn. read more

The Ukrainian carrot market in Ukraine is facing a slump in prices, according to EastFruit analysts. read more

According to EastFruit , Egypt broke its own record of table grape exports to the Saudi Arabian market in 2023, as it shipped more than the entire previous year in just the first 10 months. Saudi Arabia had become the top importer of grapes from Egypt in 2022 , and it further consolidated its
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Zucchiolo, the new vegetable product from Unica Fresh in Spain, has won this year’s Fruit Logistica Innovation Award. read more

The Planetary Health Diet (PHD) was developed by the EAT-Lancet Commission in response to the question of how around ten billion people can be fed in 2050 within the Earth's ecological limits. As a basis, the scientists determined a diet in which
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In week 6, the special offer price is 0.69 euros per unit for primarily Italian products. This is higher than the average consumer price a week earlier. With 16 promotions, there is slightly more advertising for kohlrabi in food retail than in the previous week. This is clearly
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the bush berry harvest in 2023 will correspond to the average harvest volume of the last six years despite the year-on-year decline. read more

On average, every European produces almost 190 kg of packaging waste. To reduce this amount, the European Union recently adopted new regulations. Among other things, they stipulate that around 20% less plastic packaging will be produced by 2040. This is to be achieved, among other things
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The IFPA Produce Executive Program, developed by Streamwise Learning’s Institute of Food and Grocery Management, has been a space for fresh produce executives to hone their skills and collaborate with industry heavyweights since 2002  read more

Festive demand has fuelled an increase Japanese produce imports via Singapore’s Changi Airport ahead of Lunar New Year.  read more

The Board of Directors of D.IT - Distribuzione Italiana Soc. Coop. and the Board of Directors of Realco Soc. Coop. announce that Donatella Prampolini Manzini (photo at top) has resigned as President and Director of both companies; read more

Uncuore di bue - Italian - homogeneous in both shape and colour and with an intense and constant flavour during the 9 months of marketing (which will become 12). Last but not least, an above-average shelf life; read more