The 2023 Tesco Agri T-Jam start-up pitch competition, now in its sixth year, is open for applications. read more

Israeli agtech start-up BetterSeeds distinguishes itself by its focus on a burning issue of the day that affects all crops – heat stress and drought, as a direct result of climate change. read more

Northern Ireland potato grower Wilson Country plans to start harvesting its Comber Earlies next week, with first arrivals hitting Tesco NI stores from 7 June. read more

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Cricket is approaching rising costs prudently by lowering output of less profitable products. The firm has reduced broccoli and cauliflower production by between 5-10% due to the dry season and strong summer heat. Cricket’s planned supply for this season is 50,000 tons of broccoli and
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Announced last September, Mission Produce plans to open a state-of-the-art ripening, packing and forward distribution centre (FDC) in the UK in the spring of 2023. Featuring the company’s cutting-edge “Mission Control” ripening room technology, the facility is designed to serve both retail
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Specialising in vegetables, the Agri-Souss exporting group includes Comaprim, Sofprim, Cofima, Cooperative Toupkal and Salad Time, together representing more than 90,000 tons of exported vegetables, mostly tomatoes. “Specialties account for over 50% of our tomato area,” said Charifa
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LEAF Education, the UK’s leading agri-education charity, has announced the return of Farming Fortnight – which will see hundreds of schools take part in a two-week campaign promoting farming and food production. read more

The major production company Amplus celebrated in 2022 30 years and keeps enjoying a growing demand for Polish produce. The group produces on a large scale berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries), tomato, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, lettuces are the main varieties produced. It also
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The Nadorcott variety, marketed under the “Nadorine” brand, is expected to reach about 250,000 tons of marketing volumes this season, after a record 350,000 tons were produced and 296,000 tons exported in the 2021/22 campaign. The export figure represents a 73% increase from five years ago,
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International women’s networking platform Global Women Fresh (GWF) has named its new Board of Directors for 2023/24. read more

The 2023 APAL Awards for Excellence were held in Melbourne on 1 June acknowledging some of the Australian apple and pear industry’s great contributors and achievements. read more

The finalists for the IFPA-Produce Plus Marketer of the Year Award (MOYA), sponsored by Seeka, will showcase their innovative campaigns at Hort Connections 2023 on 6 June. read more

As you know, these awards are organised by Fruit Today magazine with the sponsorship of Euro Pool System and Proexport and the collaboration of Fruit Attraction and Fepex. read more

Egypt is gearing up to boost exports of dates and to take the crown of the largest global exporter away from the current leader Israel. read more

The causes of this situation are the weather conditions in the main producing areas: in Italy due to heavy flooding in the Emilia Romagna region and in Spain due to water restrictions in Catalonia and Aragon, regions that provide more than 80% of the world's water supply.
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Fruit and vegetable exports to overseas markets like the Middle East, Singapore, and Hong Kong are picking up nicely. That is according to Ruud Krul of the Dutch company Freshclusive. "It's more attractive to ship trade again due to the tariff drop. That works in our favor," he begins. read more

In grocery stores brimming with brightly colored fruits and vegetables, it may not occur to many shoppers the complexity farmers navigate to consistently deliver high-quality produce each week. read more

While Peakopia brings many different fruit and vegetable varieties to market, green beans are the company’s main product. “We offer two types, light and dark, and they are grown year-round in three different regions of Mexico. We’ve been working with the same grower for years,” says
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