Montosa, the Spanish company that specializes in avocado and IV range products, is presenting the new design of its Native brand at PLMA's World of Private Label 2023 fair, which will be held in Amsterdam from May 23-24. The company will be in stand S16, Hall 7. read more

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"The last three years, worsened also by covid-19 and the climate change, have been very complicated for plantains, with missing investments in plantations in Ecuador and Colombia. First and foremost, the investments in agrochemicals, due to rising prices," explains Giorgio Donnarumma, sales
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After four years of intensive commitment, Knut Schmidtke will leave the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL at the end of 2023 for personal reasons. read more

The transition from the winter to the summer season is certainly challenging for a department manager in the large-scale retail trade, because in a short time the assortment is overturned and it is easy to make mistakes when setting up the fruit and vegetable counter; read more

Hundreds of people involved in ensuring Australians have access to their favourite yellow fruit have met in Cairns for the 2023 Australian Banana Industry Congress. read more

Amidst increasing supply from the Southern Hemisphere, key world markets of the US, Europe and Asia are showing a strong demand for citrus from Peru, especially seedless easy peelers. This is according to Lavesh Mirpuri, Commercial Manager at Consorcio de Productores de Fruta (CPF), a Peruvian
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Zerbinati has officially joined the Register of Historical Trademarks of National Interest, a recognition awarded by the Ministry of Economic Development aimed at enhancing and protecting historical Italian companies in the territory and intended only for companies that
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Fresh products (bread, charcuterie, eggs, meat, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables) will account for 43% of annual food spending by Spanish households in 2022 (2 out of every 5 euros spent), with a total investment of 35,625 million euros. This is shown by the
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Ecoculture Biosciences continues to innovate and develop new tools to help farmers around the world improve the health of their crops and achieve greater future benefits, and recently presented two new technologies at Infoagro Exhibition: a
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Although falling prices and over-supply are concerning, the World Macadamia Organisation (WMO) assured macadamia growers across the globe that their nuts still have a lot to offer, with the right industry support. read more

According to CivicScience’s latest data, the battle for the top spot in the race for the most appreciated fast food French Fries isn’t particularly close: McDonald’s is a runaway winner with 50% of the vote among adults who eat fast food. read more

Total revenue increased 1%, or $18.9m, to $1.989bn compared to the first quarter of 2022. According to the company, this was mainly due to a strong performance in the Fresh Fruit and Diversified EMEA segments. Sales in Fresh Fruit increased by 6.5% or
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The season for cherries in the Northern Hemisphere is off to a positive start, depending on the country, whilst in other markets it has just come to a close. In the Netherlands, the cherry season kicked off with high-quality Spanish cherries, while the supply and demand remain balanced. The
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These days, the red, juicy fruits from Lower Saxony are increasingly on sale. Most of the produce currently still comes from protected cultivation. According to information from the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture (LWK), excellent qualities from greenhouses and
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Morocco's agricultural export season is nearing its end, closing in July with the watermelon and grape calendars, and the last volumes of vegetables nearly sold out. It has been a memorably complicated season, but for Mustapha Mohattan, commercial director of the exporter Fructimoor, "the
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The debate on pesticides published in our newspaper in recent days (click here to read more) has stimulated various comments from experts in the field. Yesterday we reported on Professor Stefano Maini's intervention (click here ), today we leave room for Professor
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In the Netherlands, the late spring affected BerryBrothers' soft fruit production. "Last year, we started harvesting greenhouse redcurrants as early as the beginning of May. Now, we won't start until early next week, so two weeks later," begins Nijs van Zuilen. "The farm workers were especially
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This summer, there will be a lack of apricots, cherry plums, and early sweet cherries. The harvest of plums, cherries, and late sweet cherries is also uncertain as it depends on the weather in the second half of May. read more

"On April 21, our first batch of lychees arrived in the Netherlands by air. Up to now, we have exported 4 batches of lychees to Europe this year. Since early May, lychees exported to Australia, the United States, Canada, Panama and other places have been shipped one after another," said Mr. Lin
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