The Italian roasted melon, with its characteristic round-oval shape, has always been among the most sought-after by consumers: BASF Vegetable Seeds presents Magverik F1, the Nunhems-branded cantaloupe with medium size and long shelf life in post-harvest. A variety that responds in a way
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There are still vegetables that are planted and harvested by hand and grown on small plots of rarely more than a hectare. An example is the Margherita White Onion with Protected Geographical Indication, grown in the southern Italian region of Apulia. The onion is protected by a consortium and
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Flooded crops are experiencing what is known as root asphyxia, the phenomenon whereby water from rain or irrigation stops at the surface of the soil, almost completely occupying the empty spaces in the soil
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Montosa (Málaga), a company specialising in avocado and convenience products, will participate in the "World of Private Label" PLMA 2023 trade fair, which will take place in Amsterdam on 23-24 May, according to the company. There, it will present the new design of its Native® brand, which features
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The intense plan of promotional-communication and marketing activities that Wonderful® has activated as 'Official Pistachio of the Giro d'Italia 2023' has been in full swing for days now. read more

Emilia-Romagna is slowly trying to recover from the long trail of damage caused by the floods. We would like to show our closeness to all those families who have suffered losses, to the evacuees, to the workers engaged in saving lives and to all those volunteers who represent the
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When possible, Danes prefer local, sustainably produced food. Add Copenhagen's luxury restaurants to that, and you have the ideal breeding ground for a company like Funga Farm: a small-scale urban farm that grows organic, fresh, high-quality specialty mushrooms and supplies them exclusively to
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The availability of Spanish watermelons is now at full capacity. Plenty of produce is available for export from the early growing regions. With increasing presence in the trade, demand for the summer fruit is picking up. read more

Eskom hopes to meet the massive generation capacity shortfall expected for electricity demand this winter. Executive Bheki Nxumalo stated that despite all their efforts to ensure additional generation is supplied to the grid, the country would be entering this winter 3,000 megawatts less than
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Catalonia continues to be severely affected by drought. One of the consequences of the water shortage was the closure at the end of April of the Urgell Canal (Lleida), which only supplies water for the population and emergency irrigation for fruit trees. A cultivated area is affected
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Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 1% to $1,719.95 per 40ft container this week, and has dropped by 78% when compared with the same week last year.     read more

The USDA Subjective Almond Forecast, published on 12th April, estimated the 2023 Californian almond crop at 2.50 billion pounds, down 3% from last season but above existing industry estimates. The USDA pegged yields at 1,810 lb/acre, compared with the Wonderful yield estimate of 1,731 lb/acre
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As other Polish apple exporters are wrapping up their season, there is still no rest to be had at Appolonia. According to Jakub Krawczyk, export manager of Appolonia, there have been more sales this year, but the stocks are still sufficient: “The current apple stocks at our company are almost
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A trade fair that focuses on the supply chain and also reaches the end consumer, Macfrut 2023 was able to speak beyond the insiders and did so also thanks to the commitment of the manufacturing companies present. One of these is Ortonatura, which with its Melanzì brand
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A direct, containerised shipping service linking Pakistan and Russia is scheduled to commence operations later this month. The service will be creating enhanced trade access for Pakistani products in the Russian market. read more

There are numerous comments from trade associations on the flood that so tragically hit Emilia-Romagna. We report those of Cso Italy, Coldiretti, Confael and Confeuro; read more

The trend for the main references at the Vittoria Fruit and Vegetable Market marks a slight but gradual decline in prices. Prices have been declining for about ten days now, but without discouraging the operators excessively because we have to consider that we are in mid to late May. A more
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Not to be missed, Bejo debuted at Infoagro with its latest novelties for the province of Almeria: the French cucumber Bejo 3670, highlighting its strong plant, dark colour and thorns, giving an excellent post-harvest, and the green bean Gloria, standing out for its dark green colour and excellent post-harvest, and the green bean Gloria, with its dark green colour.
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Registered nutritionist Gabi Zaromskyte claims that she eats the skin on a lot of fruit and vegetables, because of the benefits it has for her gut. According to Zaromskyte, the skins of potatoes, carrots and kiwi fruit all “feed different gut microbe species compared to the flesh”. That’s
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The first edition of Organic Week, a national organic promotion initiative that AssoBio, in cooperation with FederBio, ISMEA and FIPE (Italian Federation of Public Establishments), has organised for this 2023, is about to kick off. The Organic Week, which this year will be in its first
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