The total closure for irrigation of the Segarra-Garrigues Canal (Lleida) last Saturday, 29 April, affects some 2,000 farmers, who, faced with "an unprecedented situation" of lack of water, have practically written off the current fruit and cereal campaign as lost, the president of the Segarra-Garrigues Canal told EFE.
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Sormac presents the DMA-90, its new potato slicer for halves and quarters with many new features. Its innovative alignment system and the continuous processing achieve a more uniform cutting result, with less maintenance and more capacity. This, together with other improvements, means that
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The Spanish lemon Verna season has kicked off as the Fino lemon season has ended according to the Lemon and Grapefruit Interprofessional Association (AILIMPO). read more

Nigeria’s Raw Materials Research and Development Council has stated that it has developed a cardiovascular drug from oyster mushrooms. According to Engr. Florence Madueguna, the Project officer at the Professor Hussaini Ibrahim Technology and Innovation Center, the drug known is known as
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Assomela, the association representing apple producers in Italy, once again confirms its presence at Macfrut, the international fruit and vegetable fair to be held in Rimini from Wednesday 3 to Friday 5 May. There will be four members from Trentino-Alto Adigedi Assomela
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Since the implementation of the company's new strategic plan began in mid-2021, La Unión has continued to work on projects and actions focused on Profitability, Innovation, Development and Farmers. Focusing on values such as trust and looking for
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In the elegant Ridotto of the Municipal Theatre of Ferrara, packed to capacity, CSO Italy, with president Paolo Bruni, director Elisa Macchie and the entire staff, celebrated its 25th anniversary a few days ago, receiving the applause and support of authorities, associations and
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The Taiwanese Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the hepatitis A virus in bags of frozen berries imported from Chile and sold at Costco supermarkets. More than 17,000 kilograms of the product had already been sold to the public in bags of 1.81 kg each. The supermarket company removed the
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The Embassy of Ecuador in the Netherlands is proud to announce the appointment of Juan Carlos Yépez Franco as its new Head of Commercial - Pro Ecuador in advance of delivering several significant networking events focused on sustainable trade. read more

All that glitters is not gold. Although pepper has experienced golden years in the province of Almeria with the 'sorpasso' to tomato, it could stagnate and even slightly recede in surface area in the coming season. This is what some seed companies are telling Fruit Today. The
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Flown-in fruit is a luxury item that, in these times of inflation, is having an increasingly tough time. Yet in 2018, Ana Lucia Alameda, originally from Peru, established her export company Ricas, which specializes in air freight fruit. Two years ago, she began marketing this under the company
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The spotlight will be on nuts and fruit and vegetable geographical indications at this edition of Macfrut: hazelnuts, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pistachios, locust beans as well as some of the sector's excellent PDO and PGI products will be the focus of a series of initiatives by
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Neighbourhood and administration. They are a combination that is increasingly present in big cities. After Esselunga's 'Le eccellenze', it is the turn of Erbert, also in the Milanese metropolis. It is a different format, based on healthy eating and a practical and
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The 1st "Agro Expo" has ended. This two-day event dedicated to greenhouse cultivation in the Sicilian coastal area between Licata (AG) and Portopalo (SR) was organized in Scoglitti (RG) in the company owned by the Gangarossa family. read more

EastFruit reviews Georgian trade data with seed potatoes. As reported earlier by EastFruit, many local farmers have switched to onions for the new season as in the last season the onions from the June harvest were more profitable than the potatoes from the same period. Despite the latter, seed
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The choice of an early, medium or late cycle is a strategic decision that the farmer makes on the basis of several factors. The most important of these are: profitability (sales price/production costs ratio) and work planning (if other crops are available).
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According to the latest State of the Crops report shared by the Agricultural and Fisheries Information website of the Junta de Andalucía, during the week of April 17 to 23, greenhouse producers in the Poniente Almeriense were delaying the uprooting of the single-crop pepper plantations as long
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In the Netherlands, 4Fruit Company received the first Spanish Galia melons on Friday. There are plenty of watermelons available, but the yellow and Piel de Sapo melon supply is still limited. Pieter de Ruiter says prices are still at a nice level, though there could be slightly more demand.
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Growup® (click here to download the beochure) is Xeda Italia's project born from the know-how of the technical team in collaboration with Terrasmart for the design and implementation of Agriculture 4.0 solutions applying the most advanced and innovative monitoring technologies for the
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“Today the sector is in a critical situation because these two years of crisis, first the pandemic then the war within European borders, have meant that costs are quite high, that the sector has lost competitiveness. The only way that our company sees to be able to make up for these high
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