The new Patatas Meléndez factory is already a reality.
2023-05-02 00:00
The company has inaugurated its new automated factory, in which it has invested more than 36 million euros and whose advances are focused on maximising potato quality, company efficiency and sustainability.
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Every June and December sees the beginning of a new durian production season in Malaysia. Durian sellers usually sell out the durians of the previous season before the new season.
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Sole365 (Selex) receives CX Store Award for fruit and vegetables
2023-05-02 00:00
CX Store Award is the annual award given to the store with the most satisfied customers. For the second year in a row, the Sole365 (Megamark-Selex) store is awarded for the fruit and vegetable department. "I am convinced that behind the renewal of this award, for the second
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Buenas perspectivas para Top Seeds
2023-05-02 00:00
Top Seeds' genetics, with heavy, heavy-calibre peppers, continue to bear fruit. This year, the 'highlight' will be a new red California variety for early and medium sowings. At the same time, they continue to promote two other winning options from their R€npimiento range that
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Edeka head office starts cooperation with the University of Hamburg in the business administration department
2023-05-02 00:00
In future, the Hamburg Edeka headquarters will support the range of studies in research and teaching at the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Hamburg. Together with the professorship "Information Systems and Digital Innovation", Edeka enables the
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European fyh will enter the UK without a phytosanitary certificate.
2023-05-02 00:00
The British government has corrected its initial position and has revised and categorised fruit and vegetables in a segment that will not require phytosanitary control. The new stance has been assessed very positively by Nigel Jenney, CEO of FPC, who points out that "customs costs will be much lower than they were in the past.
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"The world's potato needs are very high".
2023-05-02 00:00
A man of consensus, a strong advocate and believer in acting as a whole, Moya took over the presidency of the CNIPT at the end of 2022.
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More than 400 schoolchildren take part in BASF's Kids' Lab
2023-05-02 00:00
More than 400 5th and 6th grade students from schools in El Ejido, Almería, as well as Torre-Pacheco and Cartagena (Region of Murcia), have participated in a new edition of BASF's Kids' Lab, through its vegetable seeds business, which operates in the market under the name of "Kids' Lab".
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What's new in the ION range
2023-05-02 00:00
HM.CLAUSE varieties continue to spread across the Almeria crops with the new additions to its ION range. Its already well known California generation with resistance to powdery mildew and/or nematodes, offers numerous advantages in all cycles, as you have been able to see throughout the year.
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South African onions’ winning streak continues
2023-05-02 00:00
The record onion prices for the previous six months is a just recompense for South African farmers after a couple of difficult years.
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Appointments not to be missed at Macfrut 2023
2023-05-02 00:00
In the record-breaking year for Macfrut, which will be held at Rimini Fiera from 3 to 5 May 2023, there are several interesting appointments throughout the three days. We try to summarise them on this page by highlighting the two that we are personally involved in. If you pass by the fair, you will
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A new era begins for the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables, which, according to its articles of association, provides for the renewal of management positions after two terms of office.
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Watermelons, the mystery of provenance
2023-05-02 00:00
The transition from Senegal to Spain is faster than you think. Or at least that is what happens with watermelons. Over the past few days, watermelons of the same type have appeared in the same case in some Spanish retail outlets - at least
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SweeTango, the 2023 campaign will be presented at Macfrut
2023-05-02 00:00
Fresh and satisfying, just like the season that represents it. The SweeTango™ apple is one of the most distinctive new varieties and is distributed in Italy by the Melinda consortia, the leading company grouping 16 cooperatives in Val di Non and Val di Sole, VIP, the association of
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More resources dedicated to the agri-environmental sector, for young farmers and investments. And more efficiency in water saving and irrigation networks. These are some of the key aspects of the new Rural Development 2023-2027 presented at the Region's headquarters in Bologna.
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Sicilian new potatoes - production deficit due to climate change
2023-05-02 00:00
The Sicilian new potato season started a few weeks ago. Davide Prietto Batturi's company from Syracuse is among the businesses that specialize in this product. The area is known as "Terre Rosse" (i.e. Red Land), named after the red color of its soil, which is very fertile and well-known all over
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Miguel Ángel Gómez, the curious technologist
2023-05-02 00:00
In 2007 he decided to automate his home himself and since then he has changed his home automation protocol three times, so he shows me on his mobile phone how he opens the door for an Amazon delivery man and how he drops off a package, controlling everything from a camera in the peephole of his home.
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Latest introductions when it comes to solar driers
2023-05-02 00:00
There is increasing curiosity about the drying of produce with small/medium systems that use solar power. This year, G-teK will attend Macfrut (A1 - 168) to present the latest innovations when it comes to natural-effect solar driers.
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Thanks to great weather, Greece will have a large production of cherries this year, says Theodorou Kostas, owner of Theodorou Fruits: “This year, we are expecting big volumes of cherries in Greece. This is especially true after the mid-early varieties. Overall it means we’ll have a larger
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Ralf Dümmel and Kaufland bring fruit innovation to the shops
2023-05-02 00:00
Spices for fruit? What sounds like an unusual idea, Kaufland customers will find in all shops nationwide from Thursday. Behind the product "Fruping" are spice mixtures with ingredients such as chilli and hibiscus blossoms. "An innovative product like Fruping deserves
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