Autonomous Agri Systems (AAS) has introduced a “robot as a service” (RaaS) option for sowing, weeding and band-spraying. Users of RaaS operations will pay a fee based on the task, the equipment required and the area covered. The service is comprehensive, and includes supplying the equipment,
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Almost four weeks after the major fire, the Hamm-based company Manss is back in business - and even intends to make big plans soon. "We were able to react extremely quickly. Every single employee has pulled together in an exemplary manner, so that we can now look to the future with optimism
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Italian bureaucracy, as we know, does not shine in terms of simplicity or efficiency. Thus it happens that many companies lose access to contributions to which they are entitled due to errors in the application procedures. While waiting for the procedures to become more understandable, there are realities, such asQGS, which,
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The calibers of garlic that are most requested by supermarkets are in limited supply, making the season difficult, according to Agata Czyzewska-Ziarnik, purchase specialist of Polish garlic trader Falcon Garlic: “At the moment, we feel the fluctuations in the garlic market and, as such, 2023
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Awaiting the re-launch of Fico with the opening of Gran Tour Italia, scheduled for next spring, Farinetti entrusts the CELS Group, a leading company in the world for unique and spectacular sets and events, with the creation of a 10,000 square metre Christmas theme park. A rich programme
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Bolivia's Ministry of Rural Development and Land aims to strengthen the country's pineapple production with the MD2 variety, which is in high demand in the international market. It will do so through its Improvement of the Production of Pineapple for Export and the National Market Intervention
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The focus is on citrus fruit: oranges and clementines are selling at high prices. Quotations in general remain high, a trend that is particularly noticeable for pears, plums and grapes; read more

This month, Industrial Auctions is organizing an online auction on behalf of Kartoffelverarbeitungs GmbH in Hirschfeld (DE). The offer consists of infeed bunkers, peelers, washing machines, sorting and batching machines, slicers, multihead weighers, metal detectors and many more. These are from
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The year 2022 marks a new record for Italy's agri-food trade, both for imports, which reach a record value of almost 63 billion euro (+29.3%), and for exports, which after having exceeded 50 billion euro in 2021, in the last year are approaching the threshold of 60
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Kissabels are one of the most popular fruits on the Italian markets - thanks to the deep red colour of their flesh, their crunchiness and unique taste - and their arrival this season is a real success. read more

Some 1,150 representatives from the corrugated board industry and its suppliers heard about the latest innovations and process optimisation at the FEFCO Technical Seminar in Lyon on October 25-27, where ideas, policies and new technologies in the sector were debated. read more

Colombian passion and German care: these are the two cornerstones of the Cata's brand of the Freiburg-based start-up NativosFood. The founding couple Adam Sikora and Catalina Montoya specialise in the production and distribution of plantain crisps and other innovative foods from South America.
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In the fall of 2023, Ukrainians are experiencing fluctuations in prices for vegetables. The conclusion of the harvesting season has led to a shortage of certain vegetables, resulting in price increases. Popular are onions, garlic, and beets. The final batches of salad vegetables are yet
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It has been a month since the start of the Spanish smooth-skinned avocado season, which has so far again been yielding very interesting results. "We are having a good year with quite high prices," said Emilio Tejerina, of Frutas Tejerina. "There has been a normal production, with fewer problems,
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Lower production in Greece and Turkey has resulted in a spike in demand for Greek pears, says Greek pear exporter Paris Karastergios, of Karastergiou Bros: “Due to the fact that the total volume of pears was smaller than last year, there was a vivid demand over the past weeks. This demand did
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The Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, Alexey Bogdanov, pledged a "worthy, affordable price for domestic apples" this season. Bogdanov claims self-sufficiency in apples in Belarus this year, planning to allocate 23.4 thousand tons to stabilization funds for the inter-season period.
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A meeting recently held by the European Commission's Fruit and Vegetable Markets Observatory's tomato subgroup took stock of the last summer campaign, in which Spain produced 475,051 tons of tomatoes. This figure represents a 6% decrease over 2022. read more

From January to September 2023, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 12.540 billion tons, translating to a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, while the container throughput of Chinese ports was 230.7 million TEUs, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.2%. read more

NSW Farmers says it’s clear the Federal Government will use water buybacks as a devastating sledgehammer to complete the Basin Plan. read more