After an excellent growing season with high yields and excellent quality, the first Jingold kiwis from the southern hemisphere are returning to the European market. read more

Developing new biological solutions to offer growers effective means of controlling pests, especially in citrus and kaki crops, is one of the goals that the Anecoop cooperative group has set itself in partnership with Koppert, a leading company in the production and marketing of beneficial
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The first small volume of Peruvian avocados arrived in the US in May. Starting this month and continuing through October or even November, promotable volume will be available. “In recent years, the Peruvian season has been extending and is now stretching into early November,” says Xavier
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As of 1 July, Luca Zaglio will be the new General Director of Melinda-La Trentina-Apot. This was announced by the presidents Ernesto Seppi (Consorzio Melinda), Rodolfo Brochetti (La Trentina) and Ennio Magnani (APOT, i.e. Associazione Produttori Ortofrutticoli Trentini - Association of the Fruit and
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California has experienced favourable weather during the flowering season and growers are seeing good sizes during fruit set. Although production looks promising, the California Prune Board expects supplies to be
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Ammar's story begins in the Iraqi capital, where he was born and raised. As a young boy, his curiosity was ignited by two seemingly unrelated events: witnessing the age-old traditions of farming around him and an encounter with technology imported from a far-off land. His father's trip to Japan
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Take a look at the new orchard announcement by Robert Binkiewicz (Agrosimex) from 13.06.2023 this time on recommendations for apple, pear but also stone species. read more

New Zealand’s apple production has suffered 3 consecutive years of decline after peaking in 2019/20. From 2020/21 through 2021/22, losses were mostly due to a COVID‐19‐related labor shortage. Immigration restrictions caused a severe shortage in seasonal labor, preventing orchards from
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New berry communication from Dr Krzysztof Gasparski (PROCAM) dated 13.06.2023. In the material recommendations for strawberry, raspberry and currant plantations. read more

Luca Zaglio, the new general manager of Melinda-La Trentina-Apot, takes office as of 1 July 2023. He replaces Paolo Gerevini, who is leaving the post after almost seven years and will in turn take on the role of general manager of MelindaLab, which deals with
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“We are currently experiencing extreme tension regarding the French supply of potatoes from the last harvest,” explains Francisco Moya, director of the Vitalis network and president of CNIPT. “The market is completely devoid of potatoes from the last harvest, we have reached the end of the
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Asaja Almería reports that "as we already saw happen a few weeks ago with watermelon, melon prices are currently insignificant" since there is "no demand" for the product on offer. "However, in the shelves of the province of Almeria itself, the consumer price exceeds the one received by the
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For the control of cherry vinegar flies on strawberries, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product SpinTor (active ingredient: spinosad). read more

The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) slipped again on 9 June as weak utilisation on the Transpacific saw liner operators cutting rates on both the US West Coast and East Coast routes, erasing all of the gains made in the previous two weeks. read more

EastFruit highlights that Georgia has exported almost all of its hazelnuts. Product has been practically the country’s only major export product from fruits, nuts, and vegetables in the last 12 months. Numbers from this season were significantly worse than the previous one. However, there were
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California experienced favourable weather during prune bloom, and growers are observing good sizes on fruit-set, reports the California Prune Board. read more

The worst drought for 70 years has hit the Panama Canal, forcing strict new regulations that slash the capacity of some containerships by 40 per cent and will likely increase the price of UK-US goods, warns the international delivery expert ParcelHero. read more

The NFU is taking to social media to launch this year’s #YourHarvest campaign and celebrate the British arable sector’s significant contribution to the nation’s economy and food production. read more

Anecoop has teamed up with Koppert to promote the use of integrated pest control measures among its member cooperatives. The two entities met this week at Anecoop’s headquarters in Valencia to sign a collaboration agreement whereby Koppert will train cooperatives on biological pest
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Trap-Eye, the automated and accurate sticky trap monitoring system from Dutch group Biobest, has won the Greentech Innovation Award read more