"The market is ready for optical sorting"
2023-03-28 00:00
This year is the Dutch company Remach's fifth anniversary. "We initially wanted to trade used machines. But after a few months, we decided to focus entirely on selling new sorting, washing, and packaging machines. We sell them for products like potatoes, onions, carrots, red beets, and other
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“French consumers love heirloom tomatoes”
2023-03-28 00:00
Black krim, oxheart, and pineapple tomatoes: blue, pink, green, in all shapes and sizes. The Laparra Agency started its campaign of heirloom tomatoes in February. The company has been working in this range for several years already, producing them in the Rhone Valley and Provence region.
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New agreement for Italian agri-voltaics
2023-03-28 00:00
The agreement destined to significantly impact Italian agri-voltaics 4.0 was presented in Rimini at 'Key Energy', the innovative international trade fair dedicated to the energy transition towards clean energy generation sources.
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"Beauregard, Bellevue, and Covington available year-round"
2023-03-28 00:00
In the Netherlands, The Greenery imports Beauregard, Bellevue, and Covington sweet potatoes from America and Egypt. These varieties are all available year-round in sizes M (6 and 18kg), L1 and L2 (6kg), and XL (6 and 18kg).
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HORTYFRUTA declares "red alert" for aubergines
2023-03-28 00:00
On 22nd March, the Board of Directors of the Andalusian Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetables, HORTYFRUTA, held a meeting in view of the performance of crops such as aubergine, courgette and cucumber. Finally, the market situation for aubergine has not
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Difference between green, red and yellow peppers
2023-03-28 00:00
In this article, we will explore the differences between the three most common colours of peppers: green, red and yellow.Types of peppers by colour
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Harvest season for Hass avocado has begun in Kenya
2023-03-28 00:00
According to the report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030, avocados will become the most traded fruit by 2030. Avocado has the lowest production rate among tropical
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The Moroccan tomato industry is increasingly relying on seawater desalination plants
2023-03-28 00:00
While the tomato industry in Morocco is facing many hardships this season, drought is not the biggest one thanks to the Chtouka Ait Baha desalination plant. The facility became operational in 2022 and was welcomed as a "blessing" by a region distressed by the creeping aridity of its water table.
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"Food retailers have overcome the inhibition to offer new dates"
2023-03-28 00:00
Dates have always been an integral part of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, as the fast is traditionally broken with the fruit. In keeping with this, the NaraFood company offers a wide variety of organic dates from around the world. To showcase more specialist varieties from countries such
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US robotic company focuses on strawberries and tree crops
2023-03-28 00:00
After successfully developing a robotic harvester for strawberries, advanced.farm co-founder Kyle Cobb and his team are already seeking out other crops that could benefit from this type of automation.
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T&G Global: New Zealand apple season has started
2023-03-28 00:00
BayWa Global Produce subsidiary T&G Global started this year's New Zealand apple season with the harvest of the early variety Poppi™ and Royal Gala. Fruit of the premium JAZZ™ and Envy™ brands will soon be exported to customers and consumers in Asia and Europe.
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First Scottish strawberries already in the retailers
2023-03-28 00:00
The first of this season’s Scottish strawberries were picked last week at Seahills Farm just north of Arbroath. Owned by Peter J Stirling, the farm is one of the biggest strawberry producers in Scotland. The strawberries are grown in over 10 hectares of heated tunnels.
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Oppy adds North Carolina to its blueberry program
2023-03-28 00:00
Bridging the gap between Mexico and the Pacific Northwest blueberry seasons, Oppy, a grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce from around the world has cemented its position as a year-round blueberry supplier by adding North Carolina to its mix.
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Strongly fluctuating interest in greenhouse radish
2023-03-28 00:00
As of this week, Gemüsebau Seischab from the German area known as 'Knoblauchsland' or 'garlic country' can harvest the first radish from its greenhouse. "We raise the product ourselves in Paper Pots and plant the seedlings in the greenhouses in week 1. Currently, radish is sold mainly at the
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South African growers regroup after last year’s blueberry crucible
2023-03-28 00:00
The start of the new blueberry harvest is a few months ahead and South African blueberry farmers are regrouping and looking ahead at new strategies. Managing director of Rainbow Superfood Tiaan Rossouw says he’s been pleasantly surprised by what he’s hearing within an industry that, he says,
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"Sadly, Easter's too early for open-field asaparagus"
2023-03-28 00:00
It will be a while before the large Belgian asparagus volumes arrive. Lately, there have been more and more reports about their arrival, but grower Leo Henckens does not expect the open-field asparagus to genuinely start until mid-April. "It's a shame that Easter's so early this year. That's
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Why do Ukrainian apple growers uproot orchards while rising domestic prices are provoking imports?
2023-03-28 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, Ukrainian growers can uproot record orchard areas in the 2022/23 season. Meanwhile, the developments in the fresh apple market in Ukraine are becoming very dynamic and may lead to a sharp increase in the price of fruit No.1 soon. Let’s figure out why, with
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Bring! Shopping Trend Study 2023: German consumers focus on prices and sustainability
2023-03-28 00:00
Inflation and the rapid rise in prices for food and many other products are the most important factor currently determining the shopping behaviour of Germans. This is according to the Shopping Trend Study 2023 of the leading shopping list app Bring! The basis was a survey
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Destatis: 19,500 tonnes of asparagus were imported in 2022 - almost 29 percent less than in 2021
2023-03-28 00:00
A not inconsiderable part of the asparagus consumed in Germany during the asparagus season does not come from domestic fields, but from abroad. Last year, 19,500 t of the asparagus were imported fresh or chilled into Germany - almost 29 % less than in the previous year, according to the asparagus trade association.
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“Walnut season is coming to an end now, consumption is slowing down”
2023-03-28 00:00
As the end of the Portuguese walnut season is coming up, demand is slowing down, says Sebastião Lorena, head of sales and marketing at Portuguese walnut exporter Nogam: “The walnut season has progressed as expected, with the lowering of demand and movement in expectation for the new crop. The
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