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Despite the challenging market environment, Edeka Nord can look back on a respectable financial year 2022. Edeka Nord's consolidated sales were around 3.73 billion euros. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine in particular affected us and the entire industry in 2022. In this challenging
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OneThird, an AI-based food tech company that combats the annual waste of one-third of all food produced, announced the deployment of its AI-powered scanning technology in Bakker Barendrecht's supply chain. The company, which is part of Greenyard, is
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With a small-scale production line, or pilot line, the new innovation centre offers the opportunity to innovate products using different potato varieties, cutting techniques, fry shapes and flavours. And it also provides Lamb Weston EMEA with the opportunity to
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With the Ovindoli variety (click here to read more) from Seminis-Vegetables by Bayer, the dream of growing cauliflower in June has become a pleasant reality. This is a typical autumn cauliflower variety with a cycle of 90-95 days after transplanting which, thanks to its
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A succession of cold fronts has caused severe flooding in the Western Cape and rain is expected until next week Wednesday, after which citrus growers will wait a further two or three days for orchards to dry out before harvesting can resume. read more

So atypical that the start-ups have been carried out in the afternoon, something completely unusual in a province where workers are used to working at six in the morning to avoid the strong midday heat. read more

Varietal innovation in the horticultural production sector is crucial if companies wish to stay current. The effort made to remain in domestic and foreign markets is certainly aided by seed companies that each year release new varieties, genetically updated, able to meet the challenges of the
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The universe of melons and watermelons is constantly evolving and, every year, researchers and seed companies try to improve the references both from an agronomic and organoleptic point of view. In recent years, there has been a strong focus on resistances and product morphology with
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Last week, a Pomodayp was held at the Meloni farm in Uta (CA), a familiar but important event for the stakeholders of the fresh tomato chain in Sardinia. More than 100 guests, including the main operators in the sector including nurserymen,
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The Dutch Growers United Cooperative began ten years ago with 35 growers who, together, had 270 hectares. Today, it has 32 growers with 650 hectares. Over the last decade, the cooperative has evolved into a joint stock cooperative and launched two new packaging companies. In this interview,
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The vegetable market is moving at two speeds. Some references are falling sharply in quotations, such as the cluster tomato which is suffering from Dutch competition. There is instead a settlement for tomatoes, courgettes and aubergines. Peppers are showing interesting quotations, but also
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For most, it will be a year to forget for cherries. The campaign was undermined by bad weather, especially the more precocious and medium varieties, but demand is holding up despite unprecedented prices. To take stock from Emilia-Romagna, we spoke with Cristian
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German nursery Köster, which supplies perennials mainly to garden centres, has been testing forms of 'serving' the retail customer for years. Whereas a dozen years ago, colourful labels were what caught the eye, they have now become a minimalist
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The multinational Kellogg intends to double its production capacity for Pringels potatoes in Brazil, just five years after starting local production. The Brazilian market, with a population of more than 215 million consumers and a rising pyramid
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Spanish apricots dominated and were most likely flanked by Italians. Unloadings from France complemented. From Turkey came, on the one hand Matador; on the other hand the first sugar apricots also arrived, which cost € 25 per 10 kg in Hamburg and € 4 per kg in Berlin. Overall, availability
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Patatas Mélendez set up a spectacular tasting counter in the garden area next to the Valencia Conference Centre, where the event was held. During the evening cocktail, the company offered a tasting of its entire range of potatoes, with a special emphasis on its brand
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to the continued increase in the efficiency of the banana trade in Uzbekistan, which allows them to reduce wholesale prices relative to other countries. In particular, the wholesale prices of bananas in Uzbekistan are now even lower than in Georgia and Moldova.
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What began, in 1948, as a small company in an equally small Dutch village called Noorden has grown into a global player and market leader: Van der Peet Logistics and Transport Solutions, which, in fact, turns 75 today, June 15. "We play an important role in the food chain," begins Henk van der Peet. read more

The University of California, Riverside’s (UCR's) avocado scion breeding program began in the 1950’s and continues today under the guidance of Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia, Professor of Extension, Subtropical Horticulture. It has been a model avocado varietal breeding program worldwide and maintains
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