Starting on October 1, 2023, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will enact changes to its rates for voluntary grading, inspection, certification, auditing and laboratory services for a variety of agricultural commodities, including fruits and vegetables. read more

There is a general lag abroad with regard to the main campaigns, not only for summer fruits, but also for new potatoes and onions. read more

Even though the flowering of the early stone fruit trees in Lleida was late, the harvest started about a week earlier thanks to the continuous high temperatures in spring, which were accompanied by beneficial rains. The stone fruit season is advancing with strong demand, especially for apricots,
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The Australia Workers Union, ACTU and the Federal Government have been criticized by Australian fruit growers for making changes to the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. Under the PALM scheme, workers from Pacific Island nations and Timor-Leste are employed on farms during fruit picking
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Port of Tauranga Limited has reported strong financial results for the first six months of the 2023 financial year, despite decreases in some cargo volumes. read more

The totally unpredictable weather is affecting all horticultural crops, from north to southern Italy. In the province of Foggia, the cultivation of conventional and organic asparagus, as well as that of tomatoes for the industry and courgettes intended for the frozen food sector (both 20 days
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After a 20-year hiatus, organic citrus from Argentina will be allowed to re-enter the European Union, the National Agency for Agro-Food Hygiene and Quality Service announced this week. Under a market access agreement, the European Union has agreed to allow the use of sodium bicarbonate as a
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With its 250 hectares, scattered between Valsugana, the Non Valley, Bleggio and the hills of the Adige Valley, the cherry tree represents an important crop for Trentino. It is cultivated between 200 and 1,000 metres above sea level and has the characteristics of mountain cherry cultivation,
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture of Tajikistan, the early crop of vegetables and melons exceeded 400,000 tons. It now is amounting to 10% of the planned agricultural production. This includes approximately 270,000 tons of onions, more than 38,000 tons of carrots, 26,000 tons of
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Every day he gets five or six inquiries from India about South African fruit, says Sri Krishna, founding director of Paarl-based Fruitful Global which he set up after 26 years in the trade in India and Singapore. read more

Tears of joy flowed at many of the elegantly laid tables in the Hotel Oderberger in Berlin when the winners came on stage and the great work of the award-winning markets was honoured with emotional words in presentations, through videos, moderator Markus Brock and the laudators.
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Orders for kiwifruit plants to be transplanted in the fall are coming in at La Quercia, which is currently carrying out grafts for club golden kiwifruits as well as growing "free sale" plants such as Hayward. read more

A large irrigation reservoir, built without a licence in Cómpeta in the Axarquía, broke on Sunday. This led to the loss of tens of thousands of litres of water. The incident happened at an avocado farm located in the Las Zorreras-Los Llanos area. For reasons that are unknown and are being
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In order to get a complete picture of what actually moves consumers, including their subconscious thoughts, Prominent has teamed up with Unravel Research, a specialist in neuromarketing. Co-founder Tim Zuidgeest had been working on the
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The harvesting of Fragolà, the brand that identifies mountain strawberries at Kingfruit, started a few days ago. It is a product grown at 1200 meters asl in the Verona province as well as in soilless crops, and it guarantees a constant production with excellent crunchiness, organoleptic quality
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There were indications of a weakness in the market in the second half of 2022, which has manifested fully in 2023-Q1. Revenues declined quite sharply, in the range of 35%-70% Y/Y. read more

Banco Fresco, the fresh food retail chain, yesterday opened its first shop in Milan at Via Moscati 11, a few steps from Corso Sempione, with its new Fresh format. The Milan store is also the first in the new line of proximity supermarkets, designed to support and
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A carrot salad is enough to rebalance your hormones. That's the (wrong) message spread by the new #carrotsalad fad that's all the rage on TikTok and other social media such as Instagram and YouTube. read more

On June 7, 2023, Henk Brinkman passed away at the age of 70. Henk Brinkman was a long-time member of the Royal Brinkman company in 's-Gravenzande for many years. As a 4th generation Brinkman and son of Henk Brinkman Senior, he followed in his footsteps and began his career in the Purchasing
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