GB Potatoes has appointed Scott Walker, the former CEO of NFU Scotland, as its new part-time CEO. read more

Zespri’s last charter vessel of the 2023 kiwifruit season has departed the Port of Tauranga. read more

Moroccan tomato producer Azura Group has donated a whopping €1.5 million to relief efforts in the wake of the devasting earthquake that hit the country on 8 September. read more

Moroccan tomato producer Azura Group has donated a whopping €1.5 million to relief efforts in the wake of the devasting earthquake that hit the country on 8 September. read more

AP Moller–Maersk and CMA CGM have announced that they have joined forces on several areas relating to decarbonisation, in full compliance with all laws and regulations. read more

TV farmer Jimmy Doherty is fronting a campaign to ask agricultural workers to keep safety in mind when working on the farm. read more

Sunswap has teamed up with Staples Vegetables to supply 100 per cent of the brassica grower’s new transport refrigeration units in 2024. read more

Costa Group has announced it will accept an A$1.5bn (US$960m) acquisition offer from a consortium led by private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP). read more

While not without its challenges, there have been signs of improvement for the Australian citrus industry over the 2023 season. read more

Coles announced it will be replacing single-use plastic bags with certified compostable bags in the fresh produce section of all its South Australian stores. read more

The land is thirsty; in the Ravenna area, 70% of the agricultural land is difficult to work and there are still ten thousand hectares of fields to be cultivated waiting to be cleared of a blanket of silt and various residues, given the high restoration costs budgeted (an average of over 1000
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This year, Jersey Potato exporters were able to negotiate a better price from UK supermarkets this, which helped cover their rising costs somewhat better. However, blight and poor weather meant it was still a difficult season. read more

Innovation has always been at the forefront of Mann Packing. “It makes us stand out,” says Chip Obracay, Vice President of National Sales. “We’ve always prided ourselves on quality and innovation, even before the company was acquired by Fresh Del Monte back in 2018.” Broccolini® is
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The Canary Islands are still against a proposed solution from Madrid aimed at alleviating the current potato shortage on the islands. The shortage stems from a combination of factors, including a poor local harvest during the early growing season, and a phytosanitary blockade preventing the
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The global onion market is currently in a tumultuous situation in many markets, for the most part due to the unpredictable weather in production countries. In the Netherlands, despite high prices, concerns linger about the quality of Dutch sowing onions and unpaid invoices from the previous
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Over the past few months we have previewed the restyling of New Factor's packaging (click here to read more) and now that the company's project has come to life with a dedicated investment in machinery, we tell you about it in detail with Francesco Perego, sales director of
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Food waste is first and foremost identified as a waste of money in the household: from Italy to the United States, from Spain to Germany, from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands, citizens of the world identify food waste as a 'crash' for their economies. They are the first
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The Bright Red Kaki campaign is already starting in Spain, where the harvest is expected to be significantly lower than the first forecasts due to the impact of adverse weather and pests. Kaki, along with citrus fruits, is expected to replace stone fruit in supermarkets. read more

There has been an uproar over the news, recently published in several national newspapers, about the so-called 'fridge tax' currently in vogue in the capital's supermarkets. read more

Loackerinvests in hazelnuts produced in Tuscany, in Maremma to be precise. read more