In it, farmers from all over Germany explain how they see themselves and what measures they are taking to help solve future issues on their farms and in sector organisations. In the coming weeks and months, the topics to be addressed will include
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According to the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV), this is an outstanding key to success. read more

Sysco GB, the UK’s largest foodservice wholesaler, has announced a £15m investment in its Brakes Scotland Newhouse depot, creating around 100 new jobs as it expands the site by more than 25 per cent. read more

Farmers and senior academics shared how to ensure tomorrow’s agricultural research has real on-farm impact at the Future Agricultural Researchers conference (FAR’23), the UK’s first ever conference for agricultural PhD students of all disciplines, which took place in Exeter on 14 November. read more

In outdoor cultivation, frost has damaged O+G, affecting not only currently grown winter vegetables such as spinach, beetroot, cabbage varieties and broccoli, but also citrus fruits that are ripe and in the middle of harvest, as well as bees, which were able to stay for a long time due to the previous warm days.
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It is time to move forward from discussions to implementing actions at scale to tackle the climate crisis. read more

The ports of Paita and Pisco were in second and third place. However, the port of Pisco reported record figures in week 47. According to Fresh Fruit Peru, a total of 5,445 tonnes of agricultural products were exported in the week in question. This represents an increase of 138 % in the
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The results confirm the assumption that consumers have cut back on their O+G purchases overall, the report continues. Around 20% of those surveyed stated that they had reduced the amount they bought - especially when it came to frozen or tinned goods. However, the picture was not so bleak for loose
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According to the company, the state-of-the-art technology is currently only available in one Tesco Express shop in London's Fulham district. Customers simply have to take their items to the scan-free checkout and press "Get Started". This would be followed by a
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Chilean producers expect a bumper avocado crop in 2023/24, due to favourable climatic conditions and abundant rainfall in the winter. FAS/Santiago estimates that avocado production will total 200,000 tons, a 21.2% rise from 2022/23. Area planted will total 32,710 hectares, up 1%. Exports for the
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The ToBRFV virus is a global problem for the tomato sector. In Morocco, losses of this year’s crop are estimated at between 15 and 20% of production due to the blight. The virus can cause a significant reduction in crop yield, as well as a deterioration in fruit quality. Producers are facing a
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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) and its Australian agriculture subsidiary AustOn Corporation (AustOn) have announced a new strategic partnership with leading Australian grower-packer-marketer Montague. read more

New Zealand’s Ardgour Valley Orchards has officially launched its export programme for a series of new specialty apricot varieties bred by Plant & Food Research. read more

Brussels has given the final green light for an EU-New Zealand trade deal that, while mutually lowering barriers for both markets, highlights the recent failure of EU-Australia negotiations. The European Council, representing the EU's 27 member countries, said it adopted the New Zealand pact,
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An important assist for Italian producers comes from Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, which is back in the field with its new catalogue for processing tomatoes to consolidate its market position in one of the most important sectors in the Made in Italy agri-food panorama and does so thanks to
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SanLucarp aims decisively at greater commercial development in our country, to be implemented not only by expanding the range of products available - berries, strawberries, citrus, seedless grapes, stone fruit, exotic - but also with category projects, multi-product islands with only branded references. By
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The berry industry has seen rapid growth, but the future can be a fragile thing. With input costs for growers rising, weather extremes affecting the whole chain, and inflation impacting consumers' expenses, the market is challenging. However, with input costs stabilizing and the consumers'
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On the occasion of the recent Black Friday, as we reported on gdoweek, Amazon reintroduced its physical pop-up store in Milan at 1 Via De Cristoforis, near Piazza Gae Aulenti, open until 26 November for a temporary offer on several categories and with distinctive spaces.
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The new season of Australian nectarines arrived in the Chinese market in early November, about 7-10 days earlier than in previous years. It is understood that the Australian production area is hot and dry this year with little rain, which is conducive to nectarine cultivation. "The current
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Continuing its commitment to drive innovation and advance new technologies in agriculture, McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights. A newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, Presia is the result of a decade of collaboration to develop digital technologies,
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