A new digital forecasting tool to maximize planning and profitability for soft fruit growers has secured a £2.8 mln investment. FruitCast, which has been trialed on leading soft fruit farms in the UK over the last two years, will launch in 2024 thanks to the capital raised from private
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Spanish customs officials and National Police have confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date: 9.5 tons hidden in a banana freight container originating from Ecuador. The drugs were found on Wednesday in the southwestern port of Algeciras in a refrigerated container among a cargo
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DP World today signed a concession agreement with the Deendayal Port Authority to develop, operate and maintain a new 2.19 million TEU per annum mega-container terminal at Kandla in Gujarat on India’s western coast. read more

Afghanistan successfully exported 2,000 cartons of fresh grapes to Russia through the Haritan port. This marks the first time that such an export has taken place, as reported by the Chamber of Commerce of the northern Balkh province. read more

While conveying information on the fruit's peel is nothing new for kiwis, melons and watermelons, the same cannot be said for fruits considered more delicate, such as stone fruits. This is the case of Ondine nectarines, which, in France, who is using a very special form of communication. read more

"The current plum season is certainly better than that of 2022, when producer prices were recorded as low as €0.20 per kilo," said Maria Cuppone, a stone fruit grower and fruit and vegetables operator from the southern Italian province of Matera. "The demand has increased tremendously in
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Recent data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia reveals the country's thriving export of peaches and nectarines from May 1 to August 22, 2023. read more

On March 31, 2023, two agreements were signed to allow the export of almonds and kakis to China. The signing took place within the framework of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez's visit to China and will allow Spanish companies with registered plots to ship raw shelled almonds to China. read more

Greenyard’s Like-for-Like (LfL) Net sales amounted to € 1 281,3m in the first quarter of the current financial year, growing 10,3% from € 1 161,2m last year in the same period. read more

The zucchini campaign is about to start in Almeria, where the total acreage devoted to this vegetable has been reduced compared to the previous year. read more

This spring was a nearly optimal pear growing season in the Pacific Northwest, with moderate weather and not too many extremely hot days. As a result, the region is looking forward to a solid organic pear crop this season. “Average sizes might be just a bit smaller than normal, but overall
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Luonnosta Finland Oy and Phil Rayner are excited to announce the establishment of Luonnosta UK Ltd. Luonnosta’s strategy for several years has been to develop international business and strengthen networks worldwide. Now the time was right to take the operations to the next level with a
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The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, has welcomed the agreement with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Wang Yi (on behalf of Chinese Agriculture Minister Tang Ranijan) for the export of avocado to the
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Peru’s blueberry exports to China during the ongoing campaign have fallen significantly compared to the same period last year, informs Fructidor. read more

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The Fruittrade event held in Santiago del Chile ended on August 24th, 2023 and attracted operators from Chile, South America and all over the world. read more

Officials of the Panama Canal Authority warned yesterday that water-conserving measures will be in place for at least the next 10 months. Faced with an unprecedented drought this year, combined with the onset of the El Niño weather phenomenon, administrators at the Panama Canal have cut the
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Because of climate change, extreme weather events are likely to escalate in the future, with a high frequency of spring frost events as well. These are increasingly dangerous, because they occur after fall and spring months characterized by temperatures above the seasonal average which reawaken
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A cold air mass from the Atlantic is bringing changes to the weather and putting an end to the latest heat wave, and to temperatures that have inevitably resulted in significant stress for fruit crops, including the later peach varieties from the Spanish region of Aragon. read more

Fruit and vegetables have always been used by all the media as a symbol of price increases and speculation, while only for some time now has climate change repeatedly decimated their supply, pushing up prices and, on the other hand, quality
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