EarlyBirds has announced a collaboration project with Zespri. This project will support Zespri in realizing its vision for sustainable operations and carbon footprint reduction across the kiwifruit supply chain. read more

Creating an indestructible and stainless 'Bolognese' courgette. Or at least resilient to the diseases that most limit its production, primarily fungal diseases and virosis, so as to increase the competitiveness of the fresh market courgette sector by focusing on the
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The South African citrus industry has raised doubts about the accuracy and reliability of the testing procedures followed by the EU Member States' laboratories. For example, there have been erroneous reports of contamination by harmful organisms and parasites not
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Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached ALDI and LIDL Netherlands for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the
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The new crop of limes is just starting to come on. “The December crops look good,” says Eddie Caram of New Limeco. “Last year the crop started earlier than this year. Last year it started in November.” read more

The Department of Agriculture in the Philippines has imported 21,000 metric tons (MT) of onions to address increased demand during the holiday season. read more

The leader of the Ukrainian fresh apple market, Sady Dnipra Company, which is known in many countries around the world for exporting premium quality fresh apples under the UApple brand has shared their insights with EastFruit about the varieties they consider most promising. read more

We are witnessing cold mornings in which winter vegetables are beginning to show positive trends. Yesterday, we went to the Bologna agri-food centre (Caab) to check the trend for these products, and we can testify to a discrete demand. For broccoli and cauliflower we see
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Maurizio Martina, former Deputy Director-General of the FAO, was appointed Deputy Director-General. read more

More than 400 farmers have already set up an online farm store with the help of Bremen-based company "Friedhold". There is now the "Support your Farmer" app, which end customers, i.e. consumers, can use to order goods for collection. A delivery service for parts of Bremen's city center has
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From year to year, Spain takes market share in Europe with its lemons and it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Italian product to compete with such a tough player. Meanwhile, in Sicily, the season begins with the early-blooming Syracuse lemon femminello. Tell
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With the automatic weighing and banding machine by Freshtech Solutions, the entire production process of weighing, bundling, and banding is automated in one machine. This is suitable for packaging various products such as zucchini, pointed pepper, leek, asparagus, carrot, and rhubarb. read more

Blue Diamond Growers, headquartered in Sacramento are one of the globe's largest almond cooperatives, disclosed a significant 21% reduction in net sales for the fiscal year 2022-23, plummeting to $1.3 billion from the previous year's $1.6 billion. The cooperative's President and CEO, Kai
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The 58th Autumn Conference of German Vegetable Growers ended with a closing event at Gärtnerei Böck & Co. in Neufarn. Managing Director Wilhelm Böck and Managing Director Johanna Wolff invited guests to enjoy food and drink as well as a tour of the company. The Böck family business, now
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On December 4, all ports in the Chennai region of India ceased operations as a precautionary measure in response to the approaching Cyclone Michaung. The cyclone is forecast to make landfall on the Chennai coastline today. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the cyclone was
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Mission Produce, Inc. announced the rollout of the second part of its ‘Discover the Mission Advantage’ campaign to highlight its diversified global sourcing strategy, starting at the New York Produce Show. Mission Produce holds long-standing relationships with growers around the world, is
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What is now an empty plot of 11 hectares will be turned into a new greenhouse for Moroccan tomato cultivation by Agro Care at the beginning of next year. Construction is currently in full swing. The Dutch tomato growers opt for the construction of a Canary-type greenhouse, as many are found in
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South Africa hopes the requisite protocols will be in place by February next year to start exporting avocados to China. read more

As the Polish trucker blockade of Ukrainian haulers approaches its one-month mark, the economic toll on Ukraine's businesses is mounting. Since November 6, approximately 2,500 trucks have been stranded at the Ukrainian border with Poland, as Polish truckers protest, demanding the European Union
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For one Turkish apple exporter, the Gala is already out of stock, as there was a lot of demand for this apple variety according to Mehmet Çakmak, sales and marketing manager for Turkish fresh produce exporter Ani Tarim: read more