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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Coop butiker & Stormarknader has joined forces with Swegreen to introduce in-store vertical farming units at three Coop locations. read more

Fruit juice production has restarted at the Conserve Italia plant in Barbiano di Cotignola, in the province of Ravenna, which was badly hit by the floods of 16 and 17 May. "After twenty-six days spent cleaning up and restoring production departments and warehouses damaged by
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The reduction in the area under potato cultivation in Spain can be analysed in many ways, but from a labour point of view alone, it means the loss of 48,375 permanent jobs over the last 30 years. read more

On June 14, 2023, specialists of the phytosanitary department of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Zabaikalsky Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor" detected one case of ToBRFV during the examination of imported products in a batch of fresh hot pepper. The volume of contaminated products
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The value of home-produced vegetables increased by 4.8% to just under £1.8 billion in 2022, and the volume of home production decreased by 5.8% to 2.4 million tonnes. There was an increase of 7.5% in the value of field vegetables, at £1.4 billion (£98 million increase), while the value of
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Consumption and retails sales are at levels to be expected during the hot temperatures experienced. Irrigation of early Rooster crops continues to take place in areas. More early Queens are being dug this week. Demand for early potatoes is buoyant, with yields reported to be only average so far.
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The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop; since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional drought and heatwave events that will result on smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes. As
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This large area allows for a staggered harvest, which starts earlier than in the Seville area and ends much later, including the summer crops of La Mancha. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023, a sharp increase in potato production is expected in Turkey, which is among the top 15 world’s largest exporters of these tubers. read more

Further strengthening its supply in California, Oppy is pleased to introduce new acreage under the Ocean Spray label. read more

Italian fruit and vegetable exports have recovered strongly in the first quarter of 2023: compared to 2022, volumes have increased by 6.5 % and values by 10.7 %. Vegetables and pulses (+20.8 %) and citrus fruits (+15.6 %) are particularly noteworthy, fresh fruit also recorded
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Supplies of peaches and nectarines in Canada are slimmer. “There’s a lot less fruit out there,” says Guy Milette with Courchesne Larose. read more

Qatar Airways Cargo, along with its ground handling partner Qatar Aviation Services (QAS) Cargo has announced its latest achievement – the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Perishable Logistics (CEIV Fresh) certification. read more

According to the latest estimate of the national nuts table, Spain will produce 120,633 tons of grain almonds in the 2023 campaign. This is 49% above the average of the last three years and is mainly due to the entry into production of more than 16,000 new hectares. read more

In recent weeks, the Fruit and Vegetable Monitor has investigated which purchasing strategies Italians have deployed over the past year as a result of the mostly negative change in their purchasing power (to read the article on changes in purchasing power
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Consumers want to eat locally grown blueberries. Sekoya's varieties can revitalise local production and bridge the gap to out-of-season supply, says Hans Liekens, value chain and retail manager at Sekoya. read more

Gary Abbott recently caught up Ireland's first autonomous field robot, the FarmDroid FD20, working in Co Kilkenny, weeding a crop of beet it had sown earlier in the spring. Nine months ago, we brought you the news that IAM Agricultural Machinery, Irish importers of Strautmann, Hardi and Bomford
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Spring was a long time coming in the Netherlands, but the somewhat grayer weather was good for citrus sales, says Gijsbert van Leeuwen, responsible for procurement at Olympic Fruit. "It wasn't really strawberry weather. Citrus, on the other hand - also because there was less supply from Spain -
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