In recognition of his services to BayWa AG, the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Manfred Nüssel, has now been appointed Honorary Chairman of the BayWa Supervisory Board. He is the first to receive this distinction. As a member of the Supervisory Board for 40 years, the 75-year old has
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The avocado sector in the Spanish province of Huelva, which is home to about 1,800 hectares of crops, has suffered a strong setback due to the drought. Local media reports that some producers have already decided to abandon their farms after a massive 70% drop in the production. read more

Limoneira Company, a diversified citrus growing, packing, selling and marketing company with related agribusiness activities and real estate development operations, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2023. read more

As some Polish apple exporters are getting rid of the final stock, others are fully focused on the new upcoming season already. Jan Nowakoski, manager of Polish apple distributor Genesis Fresh, states that the weather conditions have been positive for the new crops: “So far, we’ve had quite
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Isabelina, a new mandarin variety from the Citrus Genetic Improvement Program of the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering of the Catholic University (UC), is an early, easy-to-peel, intense-orange, seedless fruit. read more

7 June is World Food Safety Day. Against this backdrop, the Managing Director of Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH (QS), Dr Alexander Hinrichs, discussed on 6 June in Berlin together with Georg Abel (Federal Executive Director, Verbraucher Initiative e.V.), Dr Silke Bollmohr
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The shortage of skilled workers and managers is becoming increasingly noticeable in the fruit industry. Companies are therefore well advised to invest in the further qualification of their employees. In the second half of 2023, the Frische Seminar offers a broad range of topics for the
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The trend in the domestic consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables was still negative in the first quarter of this year, with purchases by Italian households standing still at 1.27 million tons, equivalent to a decrease over the same period in 2022 of 8%. January, February and March all
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What started as a campaign supported by 150,000 people in Germany encouraging supermarkets to stop buying Spanish strawberries could become a more serious problem. Following this boycott attempt to avoid contributing to the drying up of the wetland Doñana, a group of German MPs is visiting
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The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) and the Federal Committee for Fruit and Vegetables (Bundesausschuss Obst und Gemüse, BOG) have developed a concept for a uniform federal-state subsidy for multi-peril insurance in order to better protect horticultural businesses against weather risks. read more

The flood hit Daniele Neri's company hard. His nursery in San Michele di Ravenna remained under water for a few days and 150 thousand scions dried in little time. read more

Michigan asparagus looks to have two more weeks left of its season. “We’re on the wind-down,” says Trish Taylor, marketing manager for Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. “Particularly with the temperatures right now. It’s pretty warm and Southwest Michigan has already wrapped. We are
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Calavo Growers, Inc., a global avocado-industry provider of convenient, ready-to-eat fresh food, today reported its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended April 30, 2023. read more

To further reduce CO2 emissions, Kaufland is working with the AgriTech company Klim. Together, they support farmers in switching to regenerative agriculture, because regenerative practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions and even actively store carbon
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Cesena Fiera closes with yet another positive balance sheet: in 2022 revenues exceeded 6 million euro, with numbers once again above pre-Covid levels (5.3 million). A photovoltaic plant for energy autonomy read more

Conad launches a new logistics project of 100% electric point-of-sale deliveries in Rome, in cooperation with Enel X Way, an Enel company dedicated to electric mobility, and in Palermo.
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The first quarter of 2023 shows a substantial stability in agricultural value added, after the drop recorded in the latter part of 2022, but the future outlook is heavily conditioned by the weather and climate course that had its most damaging expression in the events
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There are recognitions that come unexpectedly and lift one's spirits, especially when coming from difficult times. One of these is the entry in the register of historic brands of national interest, which recently concerned the Zerbinati company, founded in 1970 by Ferdinando
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EastFruit analyst note that consumer price levels drop to the National Bank’s target range in Georgia. After rising fast since 2019, the retail price growth has finally cooled down. read more

Small children don't like kohlrabi! Radishes taste "bad" - parents may know these statements only too well. The "Vegetable beds for kids" project is different. For 15 years, the Edeka Foundation has been equipping kindergartens and day-care centres with raised vegetable beds. Here they learn
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