The Spanish government has decided to cut water brought from the Tagus River to irrigate crops in the southeast of the country. Spain is one of the EU’s biggest fruit and vegetable producers, but as it faces the realities of climate change - with three-quarters of the country at risk of
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Specialised production brings with it an excessive use of means and cultivation practices that stress the soil and lead to a biological decline, with repercussions on crop productivity. Modern market logics encourage these cultivation choices that, on the sidelines
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ID Logistics takes over the operations of the Auchan distribution centre in Lędziny, Poland read more

The 2023 edition of medFEL ended on the 27th of April, after two days of exchanges, meetings, conferences and of course the traditional harvest forecasts. But this year, the highly anticipated event of the fruit and vegetable sector was back to a level closer to 2019 (200 exhibitors). After two
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The European Commission has presented a programme for a sustainable food system with the "Farm to Fork" strategy as part of the European Green Deal and intends to ambitiously develop the EU legal framework this year. A new report by the European Environment Agency
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At the beginning of April, frosts of between minus 3 and minus 8°C were recorded in Hungarian apricot orchards. There were also reports of cold temperatures during the relatively early flowering period, which started in early to mid-March. But it was the damage caused by the transported
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The company said net sales decreased year-on-year, while net profit increased. According to the statement, net sales declined by 1% (-US$8.4 million) to US$1.128 billion due to lower unit selling prices for avocados, lower volumes in the
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Texas is looking at approximately 25 percent of a full peach crop this season. “We’re not going to have a very strong crop of Texas peaches. Mostly our early, low-chill clingstones have good settings but once we get into the freestones, it’s pretty weak,” says Jamey Vogel of Vogel
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The balance of the first year of the campaign of the second edition of Made in Nature, the three-year communication and information project by Cso Italy and co-financed by the European Union, supported by Brio, Canova, Ceradini, Conserve Italia, OrogeleVeritas Bio Frutta, is positive. "Made in Nature
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Opera and the brand of the year 2023 for the 'Think Fresh Brand Award'. The consortium, which specialises in pears, won the fourth edition of the award dedicated to the brand that, over the past year, has achieved the greatest increase in top-of-mind and spontaneous awareness among
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The BGL currently firmly rejects the de facto doubling of tolls due to the lack of a climate-reducing effect and assumes a noticeable increase in costs for the end consumer. "Consumers will have to pay 7.62 billion euros per year in addition to the existing inflation.
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The persistent cold weather in the Mediterranean region has also significantly slowed down vegetation in the southern Italian stone fruit growing regions - Puglia and Sicily. "We are about 14 days behind the normal schedule for all stone fruits," says Peter Haas, managing director of the
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Arrivals of imported soft citrus begin this week, starting with fruit from Peru. Andres Haloua of World Fresh Produce Inc. says Peru, which expects an overall volume similar to last year, has begun shipping the Primosole and Satsumas varieties, while Uruguay has also begun to ship, and that
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The apricot campaign at Lozupone Import-Export will start in mid-May. The company, which specializes in the cultivation of table grapes in Puglia, introduced the crop a few years ago. There are multiple varieties available, both early and late. read more

Just in time for the start of May, Landgard member farms in the West begin harvesting the first strawberries from tunnel cultivation with soil culture in week 18. "The harvest of the first special early varieties in the greenhouse started in week 11. Larger quantities of the popular variety Elsanta
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Pfalzmarkt eG invited media representatives to its new Hall 4 in Mutterstadt for the official start of the 2023 fresh vegetable season. This new hub for fresh fruit and vegetables was first put into operation at the beginning of 2022 to once again accelerate fresh produce logistics to food
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The supply chain came together again yesterday in Rimini for Think Fresh - Operation Re-Marketing. At the Grand Hotel, where the event is traditionally organised, the day opened with a welcome coffee for the 300 delegates from the different links of the supply chain; read more

The Salon International de l'Agriculture au Maroc (SIAM) is currently being held in Morocco. All the agricultural sectors are represented at this prominent trade show. read more

DiMuto, a global Agri-FinTech company, strengthens its presence in Latin America with the latest financing of Colombian fresh produce exporter Montana Fruits. The deal will first see DiMuto leverage its AI-powered financing solution to finance Montana Fruits’ exports to Europe, before
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President Mauro Grossi: "CIV at the International Nursery and Varietal Innovation Exhibition in Rimini to present the fruit of the Apple and Strawberry Genetic Improvement Research programme and to meet sector operators and European and international partners. read more