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Lusia: wholesale prices recorded on 26 February
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Slight Increase in vegetable yield
2024-02-28 00:00
In 2023, approximately 5,970 agricultural operations in Germany harvested a total of 3.9 million tons of vegetables. This was an increase of just over 4% from 2022 and 2% more than the average for the years 2017 to 2022. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the area cultivated
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Growing European demand for Brazil’s sweet potatoes
2024-02-28 00:00
Demand for sweet potatoes from Brazil has grown in Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter Agricola Plantar: "Due to the challenges with drought in Europe, with Spain and Portugal, who are both sweet potato producers, and recent heavy rains in Honduras, which is also an important
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UK's largest blueberry producer goes for AI grading
2024-02-28 00:00
Hall Hunter has recently purchased a new Elifab Berry Class 12 lane sorting machine along with two automatic tub fillers from Elifab's partner Mat Exakta. The new blueberry sorting and packing line will soon be installed to be fully operational.
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Costa Group appoints Marc Werner as new CEO
2024-02-28 00:00
Costa Group, a fresh produce company in Australia appointed Marc Werner as its new CEO, effective 1 March 2024. Werner commenced with Costa in August 2022 in the role of Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Deputy CEO in July 2023.
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Battling Broad Mite in spring crops
2024-02-28 00:00
Broad Mites (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) seem to be a regular occurrence nowadays in spring crops, especially Reiger begonias and New Guinea impatiens. Other crops that are commonly affected include torenia, exacum, ipomea and gerbera. Broad mite are often difficult to detect and control. Read on
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Sollum Technologies expands its sales team in North America
2024-02-28 00:00
Sollum Technologies is expanding its sales team in North America. The company aims to meet the growing demand for supplemental lighting in controlled environment agriculture with an intuitive and fully customizable "dynamic" LED lighting solution.
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'The potato market seems to be at an impasse'
2024-02-28 00:00
On the potato market, traders are not laying their cards on the table, according to Jan Van Luchene of the Belgian company Bruwier Potatoes. "Since the new year, the market has been on a significant upward trend and, in a rapidly growing situation, sellers delay selling
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Oranges recalled in France for exceeding permitted pesticide levels
2024-02-28 00:00
A massive recall of oranges is underway at E. Leclerc supermarkets in France after pesticide levels above EU limits were detected. The alert was issued by the official government portal RappelConso at the end of last week.
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The Netherlands enters market by purchasing cucumbers from Almería to fulfill retail contracts
2024-02-28 00:00
The winter cucumber harvest is coming to a close in the Spanish province of Almeria. "Across the region, from Guainos, one of the last towns in Almeria, to Motril, the harvests are nearly complete, and there will be a brief gap of a couple of weeks until the new plantings begin," says Juan
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Potatoes, consumers demand sustainability and provenance
2024-02-28 00:00
What are the drivers when buying potatoes? How important are sustainability, price, origin, supply chain? This question was answered by a survey in a number of large supermarkets and retail outlets on the peninsula conducted last November by Potatoes Forever. In its second year of activity,
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Dümmen Orange and Lanzhou New District Agricultural Science and Technology Development announce cooperation
2024-02-28 00:00
Dümmen Orange and Lanzhou New District Agricultural Science and Technology Development from Lanzhou, China, have announced their collaboration in the field of technology resources. This collaboration focuses specifically on the development, production and marketing of Dümmen Orange's roses in
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Founding members of the world's largest shipping network will extend operational cooperation for at least 5 additional years from 2027. Since 2017, OCEAN Alliance has enabled the four partners to deliver services to their respective customers with fast transit times, competitive sailing
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Belarusian entrepreneur cultivates tulips ahead of March 8th
2024-02-28 00:00
In Belarus, the 24-year-old Alexey turned his passion for tulips into a thriving business. What started with a few flowers in his grandmother's shed has blossomed into three fully equipped greenhouses. While cultivating tulips may seem simple, Alexey emphasizes that the real challenge lies in
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Poland considers extending ban on Ukrainian agricultural imports
2024-02-28 00:00
In response to concerns over the impact of Ukrainian agricultural products on the Polish market, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that Warsaw is contemplating an expansion of the current embargo on imports from Ukraine. This consideration arises amidst discussions for a more effective
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Fruit Growers Tasmania is calling on the major parties and independent candidates to heed industry's plea for greater recognition of the cost pressures that are impacting businesses.
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"Brussels is still not listening to farmers".
2024-02-28 00:00
The European Parliament (EP) approved the controversial Nature Restoration Act by a narrow vote (329 votes in favour, 275 against and 24 abstentions), which aims to rehabilitate at least 20% of the European Union's land and marine areas by 2030 and all of the
European Union's land and marine areas by 2030.
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Chile reaches new record in domestic avocado consumption
2024-02-28 00:00
A study carried out by iQonsulting reveals a remarkable increase in avocado consumption in Chile since 2000, when each person consumed just 2 kilograms of the fruit. The growing demand has turned the national market into one that is as competitive as others around the world, which has led to an increase in the consumption of avocado in Chile.
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Fennel 'ni', advance for asparagus with very limited volumes
2024-02-28 00:00
After an oblong tomato campaign that ended with positive results in October last year, until March 2024 the calendar continues with fennel, in the areas of the province of Foggia, where the Carden & Leon Corporation, an agricultural cooperative joint-stock company of
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Missione in Azerbaijan per Macfrut
2024-02-28 00:00
An ever closer alliance between Macfrut and Azerbaijan. After the start of the international activity of the 41st edition of the fair (Rimini Expo Centre 8-10 May 2024), which started last September from Baku, a new mission took place a few days ago, which saw the participation of a
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