Germany: Mark Hübner to lead Knuspr & Gurkerl as new CEO, aiming for Rohlik Group growth to €10bln by 2030 read more

According to EastFruit analysts, global prices for apple juice concentrate continue to rise, stimulating processors to increase procurement prices for industrial apples. This, in turn, leads to an increased shortage of apples of low and medium quality in the markets of Eastern Europe. It should
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Swiss textile company Bananatex has developed a biodegradable lightweight jersey fabric by extracting fibres from the stalks of Abacá banana plants. The material is the latest version of a fabric made from the banana plant that Bananatex first launched in 2018. Bananatex developed the fabric by
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Engaging Italian consumers with sampling in the name of energy and extraordinary taste? Yes You Kanzi®! The apple marketed in Italy by VOG and VIP kicked off the marketing campaign with two dynamic and energetic initiatives in line with the brand: the
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The Moroccan avocado campaign is underway with some volumes affected as a result of storm Bernard, although the impact on the country's total volume won't be very representative. read more

Late last week, the dollar fell to a six-week low after data showed the world’s largest economy created fewer jobs than expected last month. This supports expectations that the Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady again at its December meeting. The dollar index, a gauge of
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Oasthouse Ventures (OHV) Limited has unveiled plans to develop a 40-hectare greenhouse project named 'Rivenhall Greenhouse' on previously quarried land to the east of Braintree, Essex. OHV is partnering with Wren Renewables as the landlord and the Indaver Integrated Waste Management Facility,
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Eating out has returned to pre-pandemic levels around the world, despite soaring inflation. Consumers are choosing to eat out at a restaurant half the time they do not prepare food at home, according to the global report Turning Tables: From dine-in to doorstep - a new report.
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Bet or revolution for European horticulture? Obviously it is still too early to tell but, for sure, the Zucchiolo is the vegetable of the moment that is sparking the imagination of the fruit and vegetable sector. Cultivated in Spain but with a South American ancestry where it is known
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Club apple projects are growing and yielding increasingly positive results. Among these is that ofCrimson Snow, which brings together top companies such as Rivoira and Sanifrutta in Piedmont, Consorzio Vog and Fratelli Clementi in Bolzano. We talk about this with Jürgen Braun,ad ofKiku Variety
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The proposed Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste, if approved in its current formulation, would have serious negative effects on national production chains and consumers, as well as being contrary to the sustainability goals it claims to aim for
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Seasonal favorites like pomegranates, persimmons, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pineapples, potatoes, carrots, and celery were front and center. As were football party staples such as avocados, jalapeno and serrano peppers, onions, Roma tomatoes, cilantro, baby carrots, and cucumbers were well
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Research is running on vegetable rennet cheeses in response to a steadily growing demand, registering +11% between 2020 and 2022; a success also due to the fact that the price increase for these products was only 1%. read more

German apples can now be exported to India. This marks the positive outcome of a long and intensive market liberalisation process. For a long time, local apples were not allowed to be exported to India, but apples from other neighbouring European countries were. The Federal Association of Fruit
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Emilia-Romagna's granary is losing ground: cultivated areas will decrease in 2024, from 250 to 220 thousand hectares in total. The regional Confagricoltura (Farmers' Confederation) estimates a more pronounced drop for durum wheat than for soft wheat, in the order of -15-20%, configuring a decidedly downward scenario.
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There is little we can do about it, the apple sector is the flagship of Italian fruit-growing, as demonstrated by its achievements over the years: export leadership, some of the best known brands in the sector, effective aggregation, school-leading new variety management, and we can
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This year's Swiss potato harvest has been disappointing. Growers are expecting a drop of about a third compared with recent years. However, yields are still difficult to estimate at the moment. According to Ruedi Fischer, President of the Swiss Potato Growers' Association (USPPT), the final
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Out of stock supermarkets are once again a thing in the UK, and images of them are being shared on social media. According to some, there is a simple reason why stock-outs happen more than they used to: Brexit. Leaving the EU has seriously stymied the UK’s food importation and distribution sector. read more

‘Tis the season for persimmons and supplies are steady out of California for the fruit. “We are about seven days behind due to a wet and cool spring but I think supplies are good for the upcoming season,” says Justin Bedwell of Bari Produce. While Bari Produce’s grower base is in
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