Key Technology, a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, introduces new features for its rotary sizing and grading systems. This family, which includes the Precision Size Grader (PSG), Rotary Size Grader (RSG) and Sliver Sizer Remover (SSR), enables vegetable, potato
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Heavy rainfall has been recorded in Belgium since last week. West Flanders in particular has been severely hit by the weather. Some people have already been evacuated due to the floods. The rain is also taking a toll on vegetable cultivation. "Fortunately, we have already harvested all the
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The late arrival of spring caused a decrease in Turkey’s production and export of apples, pears, and table grapes in MY 2023/24. Table grape producers are having a difficult time fighting mildew disease, which was caused by delayed rainfall. Commercial growers continue to make on-farm
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The government of Morocco is taking further measures to restrict watermelon production in an effort to conserve dwindling water resources. In the province of Zagora, a key area for watermelon cultivation, the governor has issued a decision limiting the maximum areas allowed for watermelon
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Dutch fresh produce marketing company The Greenery has appointed David Markowski as its new CEO. Markowski already held several executive roles in the group as of November 2019 and takes over from Steven Martina, who left
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Despite the colder weather and rains, apple harvesting in some Moldovan farms is still under way, according to EastFruit. Considering the information obtained to date on the apple yields, experts from fruit growers’ organizations in Moldova are inclined to conclude that the initial
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The average price of peaches in Europe is up this week, while this differs in the individual countries. Prices in Greece remain stable but in Spain they have seen a slight increase and in France the increase is more noticeable. read more

Vietnam has just welcomed a new potato variety HCIP210 developed through a public-private partnership. This breakthrough is part of the TAP5 project entitled “The collaborative breeding of five tropically adapted potato varieties”, an initiative that has been combining the strengths of
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With the first cucumbers grown under lights on the market, the cucumber price continued to rise. The VBT average price for week 45 came to 81.7 euro cents each. A price almost twice the five-year average. Tomato and pepper prices are also above that five-year average, although here, there has
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The majority of the early grapes now harvested in Namibia and South Africa’s northern regions feed into South African retail programmes. read more

The harvest volume of onions in Bavaria this year is average to below average, Richard Grob, authorised signatory at Kartoffel-Centrum Bayern GmbH, tells us when asked. "You can see a clear balancing act between unirrigated and irrigated areas. Legislation does not make irrigation any easier in
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Cherry production in the Southern Hemisphere has seen big increases in recent years. Notably, cherry exports from Chile have seen significant growth, with volumes increasing from 10 million boxes a decade ago to 83 million boxes last year. The Chilean Cherry Committee estimates a further
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Bulltec srl, in collaboration with Sapore di Romagna, has designed a new system for the filling of punnets with a guaranteed minimum weight suitable for high-value delicate fruits such as apricots, premium plums and kiwifruit. It is also suitable for the new ready-to-eat lines, increasingly
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According to the forecast of Moldovan fruit growers’ organizations, in November exports of fresh plums are unlikely to exceed 10 thousand tons. According to the Customs Service of Moldova, in October 2023 exports reached to almost 23 thousand tons. In July-October 2023 Moldova exported almost
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Of the world's best-known and most popular exotic fruits, the mango is certainly the most refined and sought-after (editor's note: the most widely consumed exotic fruits are, of course, bananas and pineapples). A noble fruit with very ancient origins (the first evidence dates back more than 4,000 years in
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'The Future is THIS', was the phrase I heard most often from the many participants who flocked to last week's event organised at the Mazzoni farm. The meeting was, in fact, dedicated to automated harvesting by drones in a Pink Lady apple orchard.
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Apo Scaligera, a co-operative with more than 20 years of history and 160 member farms, is one of the most important realities of the Veronese fruit and vegetable scene and just a few days ago presented the 'Apo Pro' project to operators (click here to read more).
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Namibia has started its table grape export season, with the first shipments of this year's Southern African harvest en route to international markets. Fueled by favorable weather conditions and the introduction of new grape varieties, Namibia anticipates a robust export season, targeting a
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to an amazingly sharp increase in imports of palm dates to Uzbekistan in the recent years. From 2017 to 2022 Uzbekistan increased date imports from 825 tons to 8.7 thousand tons, i.e. more than 10 times! Considering that this product is not produced in
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Sakata has celebrated the first anniversary of the Pandi Club with a meeting in Murcia of all the ambassadors who are part of this project, which brings together nutritionists from all over Spain with a common goal: to promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables among children in order to make them more aware of their nutritional needs.
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