After last spring's postponement, which was also due to the flooding that so severely affected our territories, the agri-voltaic conference is being held again with a more specific focus on the Electric Orchard 'Fruit growing must change, the Electric Orchard is the new
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Domestic food storage potatoes were evidently predominant. Availability had not changed significantly and was sufficient to satisfy interest. Due to cost factors, there were occasional slight increases in price. Only Munich reported slight discounts on domestic offers. In the area of early food
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The Spanish 'Tropical', the driving force behind Andalusian and Spanish agriculture, is going through one of the most complex moments in its history. Its producers are faced with the paradox of having some of the most promising raw materials on the European markets at the moment, but with the problem of not being able to find the right products for the market.
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"Currently, we are supplying frozen berries, plum puree in barrels from Serbia, and fruit distillates from Bosnia to the EU. The prices for the frozen fruits have fallen dramatically, especially for raspberries. In the last two years, raspberry prices were so high that they were partly sorted
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Bayer is exhibiting at Fieragricola, the international agricultural exhibition scheduled at Veronafiere until 3 February 2024; read more

Francesco Canella has passed away, and a great entrepreneur who built his success on gastronomy, fruit and vegetables and meat. I used to call him 'the wizard of fresh food', but his passion combined with that of his brothers Settimo and Pietro for what is 'alive' in grocery shops did not
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Since January 25, all Egyptair cargo flights carrying strawberries, raspberries, beans, peas, broccoli, and spring onions for the Tulpin Group have been landing at Brussels airport. The Ostend airport, where that Belgian company and its transport company Ostendfresh usually operate, is
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In February FreshPlaza will be focusing on the grape sector. Are you a grower, importer or supplier of grapes? If so we would love to hear from you. read more

Over the past six years, Fairtrade banana volumes have increased by 466 percent in Canada and 15 percent in the United States. “Today, we estimate that one in three organic bananas in Canada are Fairtrade, while the total Fairtrade market share of conventional and organic combined is estimated
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The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Andalusian Regional Government, Carmen Crespo, has participated in a lunch-colloquium with the Association of Businessmen and Professionals CTI of Marbella, where she highlighted that "we will make available to the province of Malaga
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Solidtec B.V. introduces a completely new palletizing machine based on new techniques and designs: the ST8. This machine is engineered in answer to the requests from the market for a smaller and efficient palletizing system. read more

A global market, yet one strongly oriented towards CIS nations. Omar Papi, CEO of Futura srl, which deals with fruit and vegetable graders, illustrates his company's strategies for the Italian and foreign markets, inviting guests over to the stand at Fruit Logistica. read more

The Commission has today proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products. This is done in line with EU commitments to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. read more

The significance of mandarins has evidently grown: In addition to Spanish Clemenvilla, Clemenova, and Tango, Nadorcott has also been received. Offers from Spain were not always convincing in terms of quality, resulting in occasional price reductions. Israeli Orri, on the other hand, had no
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The zero-emission orchard of Made in Nature, the project promoted by Cso Italy and financed by the European Union for the promotion of fresh and processed organic fruit and vegetables in Italy, France, Germany and Denmark, is expanding. In the second year another 90 trees were planted to
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The current packaging landscape might not be stable, but that isn’t a negative thing as growth is on the horizon, says Marta Paprocka, marketing manager for Polish packaging manufacturer Silbo: “The packaging industry is in exploration mode, and exploration leads to growth. This process is
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At the end of January 2024 in Chisinau the retail price for the highest quality “Moldova” grapes with large dense berries and green branches is close to 45-55 MDL/kg (US $2.53-3.10/kg), which is almost three times as high as wholesale price for this product, according to EastFruit. Stores
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The International Air Transport Association released data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo demand rebounded in 2023 with a particularly strong fourth quarter performance despite economic uncertainties. Full-year demand reached a level just slightly below 2022 and 2019. read more

The European Union has recently heightened official controls on several farm products imported from Vietnam, signaling the necessity for producers and exporters to adhere to import market regulations and boost competitiveness for sustainable exports. From early February, Vietnamese durians,
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