After Apifood, Vergers Cancel, Boyer and Le Vieux Pointet from France entering the Lovita® project, as well as Fruites Font from Spain in 2021, it is now Portugal's turn to join the club with stone fruit specialist producer-distributor Timóteo. This partnership was announced on October 5th at
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Star of the autumn season, French table grapes, whose production is mainly concentrated in southeastern France (the Vaucluse department accounts for 65% of the national production), ended up with volumes “slightly lower than initially forecast, due to the hot summer,” explains Alexandra
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In Austria, potatoes were planted on about 20,400 hectares this year. This means a loss of 15 percent of the cultivated area over the last three years. In terms of yield, there was also a loss of 10 to 15 per cent. This makes imports necessary. The starch content is satisfactory, at 20 per cent.
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Despite the encouraging signs of openness shown by the Agriculture Commission in July, the Environment Commission of the European Parliament not only approved the proposal for a regulation on the reduction of packaging waste, effectively banning the use of single-use packaging for
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More than 2,500 private individuals and farmers already deliver their nuts to the Nussland cracker in Dollbach, Lower Austria, year after year. "This year the frequency will certainly be lower," Nussland boss Julia Taubinger says regretfully about the meagre harvest in an interview with NÖN.
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Organic citrus in California might see a slightly later start to its season. For Creekside Organics, which partnered with Capay Organic in January 2021, it’s in the midst of converting more than 100 acres of land from conventional land to organic land in Porterville, California along with the
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An 86.6 million euro investment plan involving 7 Italian plants of the Group plus the headquarters, with the possibility of intercepting funds from the PNRR and other state allocations, as well as a significant use of own resources. A plan built on a number of strategic assets:
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Salvo Laudani, marketing manager of Oranfrizer Unifrutti Europe will speak today at 6pm at Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 61 Milan, during the conference dedicated to generativity. read more

Despite the cost of living crisis, the price of a bunch of bananas in British supermarkets is no higher today than it was three decades ago. Every country in the world with cheaper prices than the UK has its own producers of the fruit. read more

The harvest of Kissabel, the red-fleshed and red-skinned apple, has just ended in Italy. The expansion of the national production to one thousand tonnes and the good quality of the harvest will carry the marketing season through to Christmas. Increased sales in large-scale retail trade Apple packaging
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This action is part of the campaign called "Terrifyingly delicious", an initiative of Love Klabaza, which unites pumpkin farmers in Spain and Portugal to promote pumpkin consumption. In addition, the most terrifying decorated pumpkin will be awarded a prize through a competition on
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The Avocado Society of Kenya in collaboration with other regional and international organizations in the fruit and vegetable value-chain in Africa and beyond are pleased to announce to the third International Africa Avocado Congress (2024 Avocado Fruits & Vegetables Africa). read more

The marketing of German potted herbs is currently running on a fairly quiet course. "It's very quiet at the moment," says Helmut Beiermeister, who offers his self-produced goods at the Stuttgart wholesale market. "Prices are not where they should be in view of the sharp rise in production costs,
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The Calabrian clementine season, although slow, is about to get into full swing; the productions of the Piana di Sibari are grappling with an abnormally hot weather that has recorded daytime peaks of 35 degrees and at night the temperature has not dropped below 20 degrees; read more

Washington expects a large apple crop this season, resulting in a production increase for both organic and conventional fruit. “The organic apple crop is much larger than last season,” says Chris Ford with Viva Tierra Organic. “It should translate into lots of retail promotions, which is
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According to The Australian Grower, apple growing in the country is gradually dying out. Australian farmers complain that the business is becoming unprofitable as apple prices have remained stable for nearly 20 years while production costs have risen at an incredibly high rate. Farmers accuse
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Vellsam Materias Bioactivas, a pioneering company in the research, design and production of biotechnological solutions with the aim of improving the way food is grown in much of the world, is sponsoring the 1st International Green Gastronomy Congress 'Vestial'

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Within the framework of its 2023 Action Plan, Ailimpo is carrying out a series of actions to improve transparency in the citrus plant material sector to avoid the problems that the lack of truthful and verified information can cause. read more

Everyone knows cold temperatures are what mostly stimulate the consumption of citrus fruit, though the trend of these first few days seems positive for the first clementines. read more

The key factor contributing to a positive trade balance in the agricultural sector over the past 8 months, from January to August, has been the rise in prices of fruit and vegetable products. This is evident from the processed data provided by the Incofruit Hellas Exporters Association,
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