In 2023, Plátano de Canarias reached the highest sales volume in its history in Spain, with a total of 440 million kilograms sold. However, this milestone is overshadowed by the challenges facing the production sector. The low prices obtained
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The company is also a pioneer in the implementation of regenerative agriculture on its farms, a model of natural, sustainable and biodiversity-friendly cultivation. One of the best examples of this methodology is its 'El Cerro' farm in Seville, with 250 hectares

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The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has released the Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season in Berlin. According to the forecast, which consolidates the data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, apple production is set
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An exciting Fruit Logistica for Tomra Food, which presented three new solutions based on artificial intelligence. Lots of novelties, but the mission still remains customer proximity thanks to the new organisational structure. The latest element of the new structure is the creation
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The Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa (CGA) welcomes the announcement that a leading global liner shipping company, Hapag-Lloyd, is now offering its services in exporting citrus from the ports in Durban and Gqeberha. The new service will be active by the end of May, in time for the
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Freshly voted 'Flavor of the Year 2024' in the “Responsible Taste” and “Organic and Virtuous” categories, the Candine apple has been the focus of a powerful campaign to establish itself on the French market. Blue Whale aims to “reverse the trend of declining consumption among young
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Home of apples confirms itself as a reference point in the apple category, with an increasingly efficient organisation, a specialisation in the product and an assortment of varieties and brands capable of nourishing the fruit and vegetable department all year round. This is how
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Forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food predict that production for the current processing tomato season will remain largely unchanged with respect to the previous year's. There will be a small increase in cultivable area, mainly in Extremadura. There will be a small increase in the cultivable area, mainly in Extremadura,
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The Real ChampiON has been recognised with the Flavour of the Year 2024 award. The distinction is the result of an evaluation by a panel of real consumers and is endorsed by the external specialist laboratory ALS Global- 5senses. read more

Yellareddypet-based Shyamanthula Anil, a 40-year-old artist, made a scale model of the Ram temple in Ayodhya with pumpkin and carrots on the eve of the consecration of the temple on Monday. read more

Emergent Cold LatAm now offers the largest temperature-controlled food storage capacity in Central America and the Caribbean. Emergent Cold Latin America is inaugurating the expansion of its temperature-controlled food storage and logistics facilities in Panama, as part of a US$ 15 million
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According to a monthly survey, the total number of apples in storage on February 1, 2024, was 137 million bushels, 33 percent more than last February’s total of 103 million bushels and 23 percent more than the five-year average for that date. read more

To measure the success of a trade fair one can use quantitative parameters, which are more objective, or qualitative, which are more subjective, or a mix of these. With regard to the former, Fruit Logistica - both in terms of exhibitors and visitors - confirms its undisputed leadership in the
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Colombia Avocados’ Hass avocado shipments have had a growing presence in the U.S. over the last five years. That growth is highlighted by the shipment of 1,496 tons of Colombian Hass avocados to the U.S., a 56 percent year-over-year increase during the lead-up to the Big Game. read more

Last Thursday 8 February saw the launch of the 'Low&Bloat' campaign in the more than 300 Todis shops, an Italian supermarket brand owned by Iges Srl, a subsidiary of the Pac2000A Conad cooperative, a major price repositioning campaign on 250
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From tomorrow (Tuesday 13 February, ed.) until 16 February in Nuremberg, Germany, Biofach, the most important international trade fair dedicated to organic food, will take place. In previous years there have been around 50,000 visitors and over 3,000 exhibitors.
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Planet Farms, a leading technology company in the vertical farming sector, is proceeding with its development programme by focusing on its new-generation plant in Cirimido, whose construction work will see a major acceleration in the coming months, with
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Tomra Food has unveiled its new organizational structure, showcased its sorting, grading, and packing solutions, and launched three new AI-powered sorting and grading solutions. read more

Fruit Logistica 2024 is done and dusted. Three days of networking, walking around and, in our case, taking pictures, has come to an end. Exhibitors were generally positive. Protests and strikes in and around Berlin certainly did not make traveling any easier, but people still managed to find
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The arrival of ITAJAI EXPRESS operated by Hapag-Lloyd at Modern Terminals on 4 February marked another record for Hong Kong; the ship brought 1,941 active reefer containers to Hong Kong. This is the highest number of Chilean cherry containers discharged from a single vessel call, surpassing last
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