While plants can’t walk, they can certainly travel. Some species have travelled vast distances over millennia, moving by different and varied modes. read more

In this way, Don Gregorio closes the melon cycle with the same Sakata genetics throughout the 12 months of the year. Joaquin Navarro, the company's Development Manager, affirms that "we are sure that it will be a very successful variety because, in addition, it has the capacity to
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Jordi Portolés, in addition to being Manager of the multinational in Spain, with headquarters in Almeria, is Secretary of the IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association). He came to support the interest that the prompt approval of the regulation would have for the Almeria countryside.
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The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Horticulture, Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced the opening of the 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector. read more

Degrees of innovation in the mushroom industry vary greatly around the world. In North America for instance, selling mushrooms in a blue container is the standard and product containing dirt is completely acceptable. “Mushroom growers in this part of the world have been able to get away with
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All fruit and vegetable market operators are warned that unidentified individuals are making attempts to establish contacts with producing companies, including those overseas, to request purchases and supplies of products, qualifying themselves as representatives of EUROFRUT S.p.A. based at the
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In the final stretch of the brassica export campaign, Campo de Lorca (Cricket) is taking stock and expects to finish normally and recovering some productivity in medium and high areas. "The good temperatures have meant that there has been a lot of quality and we have received the news that the
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The Secretary General of the German Farmers' Association, Bernhard Krüsken, considers the decision of the EU Commission to close the infringement proceedings against Germany concerning the EU Nitrates Directive as long overdue. read more

In week 21, the first tunnel raspberries of this year's season could be harvested at Obsthof Spinner in Oberkirch. "We started a few days later than last year, but the stands and budding are all very nice. Overall, we are expecting quite a bountiful yield of both raspberries and strawberries
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The Scottish strawberry season got off to a later start this year, as did the whole UK crop. This was due to the low light levels and colder weather, but picking is now in full swing at Angus Soft Fruit’s Arbroath farms. read more

Joining the many crops that are late this year coast to coast, the domestic cantaloupe crop is seeing a delayed start as well. “Typically we start around the first or second week of May. This year we didn’t start packing until May 23,” says Justin Bootz with Legend Produce
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The arrival of June is the starting signal for the pest Trips parvispinus to increase its presence in greenhouse horticultural crops. This pest is already visible since last April, especially in cucumber and pepper crops, where it can cause
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The season for Schrobenhausen asparagus has been going well so far, but is now slowly coming to an end. "We have heard from some farms in the area that they will stop harvesting in the course of the next two weeks. This is due to the fact that here in Bavaria after Whitsun the two-week vacations
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He is leaving, but not quite yet: Before his final retirement, Prof. Dr Wilhelm Jelkmann will attend one last open day at "his location" on 25 June. And he would also like to greet the Federal Minister of Agriculture in person on
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As the 2022-2023 citrus campaign comes to an end, La Unió Llauradora expressed "its concern about the continued loss of harvest production in the Valencian Community over the last three campaigns and most likely also for the 2023-2024 campaign." read more

Since the entry into force of the Association Agreement between the EU and Morocco in 2013, the country has gone from selling 365,695 tons of tomatoes to 557,225 tons in 2022, according to Eurostat data. Meanwhile, the volumes exported by Spain have fallen below the volume it exported in
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Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the newest rail freight company in the United States, added 1,000 53-foot reefer containers for its Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) intermodal service. This means the company’s fleet is more than doubling. read more

Agromark, a Spanish export company that produces and markets fruit and vegetables, needed a packaging solution for efficient transport that would guarantee the quality of its products at all times. These requirements were particularly important for the
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Tanker, the long cucumber variety from Nunhems, BASF's horticultural brand, has just turned its transplanting calendar upside down. Although it is recommended for planting from 20th September to 15th October, "this year it has also shown an exceptional performance in
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Benedetta Ricci Iamino, Head of the Cherry Category at TOMRA Food explains to Fruit Today magazine how, thanks to their machinery, larger volumes of cherries can be processed in the same period of time, without affecting quality. read more