Fieldwork Robotics Ltd., developers of selective, adaptive and modular harvesting robots is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a £515k grant from the Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to accelerate its £1.1m BerryBot Project. read more

Overall, the fruit farmers from the Alte Land are quite happy with an average harvest of very high quality, which they have been able to sell, and continue to sell, at good prices. "The stores were empty, the apple juice was used up, the trees in the orchards and home gardens bore few fruits,
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Augusto Valderrama, the head of the Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA), participated in the shipment of the first container of the year. The Agro Tropical Sostenible company, based in Rio Grande, province of Cocle, exported 1,400 boxes of watermelon to the European market. read more

Farmers could be set to benefit from government grants of up to £25,000 through the Farming Recovery Fund Defra has said. read more

The Valencian Association of Agricultural Producers (AVA-ASAJA) has issued a message aiming to prevent panic in the citrus sector in the face of the imports of Egyptian oranges into the European market. The agricultural organization said that the news published in the media and the fewer number
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The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) is sending out a message of calm to the citrus sector as a result of the imports of oranges from Egypt to the European market. The agricultural organisation confirms that the news that is appearing in the media in this respect has been
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Apples continue to be by far the most harvested tree fruit in Germany. However, the apple harvest in 2023 fell short of the usual 1 million ton mark achieved in recent years. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), based on final harvest results, approximately 941,200 tons of
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The IFS, International Food Standard, is a European standard developed mainly by the associations of distributors in France, Germany and Italy, and which is currently very popular in most of the European Union. This standard makes it possible to establish a
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Constipation is defined as difficulty passing stools regularly or experiencing hard, dry stools. It may be accompanied by abdominal discomfort and, in some cases, bloating. The causes of constipation are varied and include a diet low in fibre, lack of
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We start the year with the usual surveys of large-scale retail shops, and this week we visited the Interspar shop in Parma, a 2,500 m2 shop that has been open for seven years. The structure is beautiful and modern, very bright, with the fruit and vegetable department located in
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Robots controlled by AI are revolutionising strawberry harvesting in the Czech Republic, showcasing a sustainable approach to agriculture with fewer resources and no chemical products. Fravebot, a robot deployed on the Raěček family farm in Brno, Czech Republic, monitors and harvests
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A tip-off has led Judiciary Police to a warehouse in Palmela, in the Lisboa Region, where a consignment of melons from Brazil was found to be packed with cocaine. According to reports, the cocaine was hidden within the melons in little sachets. The melon’s where made to look whole again with
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A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S and Hapag-Lloyd AG have denied any deal with Houthi rebels in Yemen to facilitate the safe movement of vessels through the Red Sea. Container company stocks were hit by a report in a Danish publication that said meetings between Houthi rebels and shipowners had taken
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We do not yet know whether there will be a boom in cashierless supermarkets this year. Although the assumptions seem to be there, as Esselunga and Pam Panorama have also announced investments in this direction; read more

In the bustling central market of Balti, Moldova, prices for select fruits and vegetables have seen modest increases over the past three weeks. Avocado prices have risen by 50 cents, reaching 6.67 euros, while zucchinis and aubergines now cost 2.8 euros and 3.6 euros per kilogram,
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Feijoas are native to Southern Brazil but are well-loved in New Zealand and common in many gardens. In March, Matt Low and Melissa Burleigh-Low will introduce the unique taste of New Zealand’s favourite fruit to the world at Womad in New Plymouth’s Brooklands Park. The couple took over a
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A rather challenging production and marketing year for German chicory is on the horizon. "The Europe-wide root harvest is significantly below average. There's simply not enough produce. It is partly caused by the dry and cold spring. The harvest, which already started late, has been delayed due
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The Portuguese carrot season is shaping up to be a positive one, says Valter Coelho, general manager for Portuguese fresh produce exporter Valfresh: “We’re now starting our new prime carrots season. The quality here in Portugal in general is much better compared to previous years. The winter
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The Consorzio di tutela del Radicchio Rosso di Treviso IGP (Consortium for the Protection of Red Radicchio from Treviso PGI) does not agree. When asked to let a group of American producers visit their farms, they responded in unison in the negative; read more

According to Jaysankar Subramanian, professor of tree fruit breeding and biotechnology at University of Guelph’s Vineland Research and Innovation Centre campus, the unseasonably mild weather in December should not affect Niagara’s peaches and other tender fruit crops if there is a return to
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