At the International Agricultural Show in Paris, the French Apple Pear Association presented trophies to partners committed to French apples, according to 3 categories: catering, wholesaling and distribution. The awards recognize "the players of the agri-food sector who have made it a priority,
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La Scuola allo Stadio,a relevant socio-educational project promoted and organised by Atalanta B.C. Dole Italia, Official Healthy Food Sponsor of the Orbital Club, has restarted.
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Logistics company Kuehne+Nagel has expanded its John F. Kennedy International airport (JFK) facility with a 4,500 sq. ft. stand-alone, GxP-compliant, temperature-controlled area, as well as an additional 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse space. The expansion of their 78,763 sq. ft. warehouse also
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In the video below, a Valencian grower complains about how the arrival of cheap imports from Egypt forces producers like him to throw away their production. "We just have to take the mandarins from the top of the tree to the ground, so we all lose," he stated. read more

The Eleventh International Symposium on Kiwifruit was held in Mt Maunganui recently with the theme of "Diversifying for Future Uncertainty". read more

Intra-Europe container shipping capacity has gone up nearly 18% year-on-year, as the Red Sea crisis results in more feedering and larger ships being assigned to this segment, according to Alphaliner. read more

With a brief squeeze, you know whether an avocado, peach, or tomato is ripe. This is what a soft robot hand also does, for example, during automated harvesting. However, up until now, such a gripper needed sensors in its 'fingers' to determine whether the fruit was ripe enough. Shibo Zou and Bas
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Domestic storage potatoes continued to dominate the market, with French Agata and Dutch Victoria from Frankfurt complementing this segment. Early potatoes from Italy and Cyprus gained slightly in importance, not least due to the price difference. According to the Federal Office for Agriculture
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The start of the California avocado season always creates excitement as the fruit is available for a limited amount of time. "For us, California avocado harvest started this past Monday," says Hayden McIntyre, a third generation Farm Manager, overseeing avocado and citrus operations in
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In the fruit and vegetable market, as in many other sectors, the need to store accounting documents in digital format has become an indispensable priority. This sector, characterised by a complex supply and distribution chain, requires management
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The grape market is a bit slow at the moment but there are some markets which are performing well according to Sam Vasala from Sai World. read more

The event was attended by around 100 technicians from Almeria, and was very well received and appreciated by the sector. The 'Huella Hidrica' project already has experiences in the Murcia and Almeria area, mainly in horticultural, fruit, citrus and grape crops. read more

A large group of farmers from the areas of Berat and Fier have recently united to obtain floor prices in negotiations with collectors and exporters. The agricultural season has begun to yield the first greenhouse crops and cucumbers are now being harvested, but the prices for the growers reached
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