Drivers in Marathon, Florida, are being dealt with in a special way for speeding in school zones. When a driver is caught for minor speeding violations, the police offer them the choice of an onion or a standard traffic fine. This humorous approach started over twenty years ago and is intended
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The regional Ministry of Agriculture reported that the harvest of greenhouse vegetables in the Stavropol Territory increased by 10%. read more

The vast majority of America’s table grapes are grown in the San Joaquin Valley. But this year, a freak summer storm took a big chunk out of that production. One grape grower stated that for every plump, green grape, there’s another one that’s purple and shriveled. read more

In the last three weeks, demand for apples from the Altes Land region has gradually picked up, while demand at the start of the harvest was somewhat subdued, he says. "In terms of demand, we are still not at 100 per cent, but we are seeing brisk demand across all varieties, whether for Elstar,
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As Peru, the world leaders in blueberry production, struggle with the warmer weather and lower volumes, not all producers share the same fate, with new varietal genetics proving the difference. According to Steve Magami, co-founder of Agrovision: “We have reached the peak and have been the top
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Hapag-Lloyd has concluded the first nine months of 2023 with a Group EBITDA of USD 4.5 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) and a Group EBIT of USD 3.0 billion (EUR 2.8 billion). The Group profit stood at USD 3.4 billion (EUR 3.2 billion). These results are significantly below the prior-year level due to
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A moment of transition at the wholesale market in Bergamo, where Federico Fapanni, salesman at Ortobergamo, gave us an overview of the current trends in seasonal fruit, characterised by different origins and varieties that are interbreeding or changing
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The Italian aniculture market is going through a difficult period, marked by significant volume reductions, which are in turn linked to the extreme weather phenomena that occurred during the spring and summer of this year. Harvests below the
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In September 2023, a cyclical decline of 0.3% in value and 0.6% in volume is estimated for retail sales. Both food sales (-0.2% in value and -0.6% in volume) and non-food sales (-0.5% and -0.6% respectively) are decreasing. read more

Lineage, a prominent temperature-controlled industrial REITs and integrated solutions provider, officially opened its state-of-the-art facility in Harnes, France. The new facility has a footprint of approximately 17.000 square meters – equivalent to over three football fields – and
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In Egypt, grapes are one of the most widely grown fruit crops, second to citrus. There are many varieties of table grapes produced in Egypt. Joining the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants in 2019, Egypt was provided better opportunities to access new varieties
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The wet weather and correspondingly difficult harvesting conditions have considerably delayed this year's potato harvest in the Magdeburger Börde. "October was wetter than ever before, which is why we are lagging behind somewhat. As a result, there are still around 30 hectares in the ground on
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You could not miss Boer Gijs's yellow Sonnenglanz apples at the recent Zuid-Nederland fruit and vegetable trade show. "Many people think it's an overripe Golden Delicious, but when they taste it, they're immediately won over," Norbert Jongerius says, laughing. He and his brother Pierre have been
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Convenience alternatives to fresh fruit and vegetables have been proliferating in the various retail channels for several years now. But not all of them are convincing, often redundant or lacking in innovative or perceptibly distinctive features. Nevertheless, every now and then
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The annual Subtrop (the umbrella body for the avocado, mango and litchi industries) symposium took place in White River today, at which Bernd Julicher of Agrilink explained why the USA, and specifically its Asian and Mexican communities, render the country so attractive to South African litchi
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The Sicilian pomegranate season is almost drawing to a close and, as Sicilian producer Michelangelo Bevilacqua, owner of the Tenute Michelangelo company in the Acate (Ragusa) area with six hectares dedicated to the fruit, tells IFN, it has been a season with two faces. "The
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Aspiag Service Srl, the Despar brand concessionaire for Triveneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, together with Swan&Koi SB has launched a campaign to relaunch the fruit and vegetable sector in its stores; read more

In September, Peru exported 696 tons of lemon for US$951,000, i.e. 64% less volume and 53% less value than in the same month last year. read more

On December 7th, 2023, the French melon sector will gather at the CTIFL center in Balandran for the French National Melon Day. Operators have not met at CTIFL since 2006, when the last melon day was held. This year, 150 participants are expected to attend “the large-scale national meeting,”
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A report released by ABARES this week has highlighted that weeds and pests are costing farmers $5.3 billion a year through management and production loss. read more