This year, we have once again chosen Mercamadrid, Europe's largest food business centre, as the venue for both events, continuing the close collaboration that has united us for years with this entity. read more

Rising compost and energy prices, the dry summer, and high inflation are having a noticeable impact on the cultivated mushroom sector. "In Poland, circumstances have already driven several, mainly smaller, farms, into insolvency. In Germany and the Netherlands, growers are facing the same
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A wave of bans on exports of fresh vegetables in the countries of Central Asia continues. Tajikistan has decided to also ban exports to prevent local prices from soaring even more. Market participants learned about the export ban from the press conference of the Minister of Agriculture of
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The Department of Agriculture has collaborated with the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) to improve queen pineapple productivity and quality by adapting the Site-Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM) technology. The project will be led by DA-Bicol Region, following the success of
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The organisers of SICampo, an event to be held at IFEMA MADRID from 4 to 7 May, have held a meeting with the professional agricultural organisations ASAJA, COAG and UPA, together with Agri-food Cooperatives, to provide detailed information on the show. The show is progressing as follows
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Based on preliminary figures, Hapag Lloyd closed its 175th anniversary with EBITDA of 20.5 billion US dollars (19.4 billion euros). EBIT grew to 18.5 billion US dollars (17.5 billion euros). According to the company, higher freight rates contributed significantly to this. read more

Soon it will be Valentine's Day again, which also stimulates the creativity of a lot of entrepreneurs. Products are presented in beautiful, captivating, and, of course, romantic packaging. read more

Horticultural experts from around the globe are gathering in Stellenbosch from this week for the 10th International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops . read more

The president of the Vega Baja Artichoke Association, Antonio Ángel Hurtado collected the award from the chef María José Sanromán and thanked the Valencian Academy of Gastronomy for this distinction. read more

It has been so in practice for a while but at the festive opening of Fa. P.N. Slagter's new warehouse, it was made official: this Dutch company's future has been passed to the third 'cauliflower growers' hands. Fa P.N. Slagter held a two-day event in North Holland. On Friday, business partners
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The Polish company Citronex, one of the largest importers and distributors of bananas in Europe is developing their activities in Romania. The investment of 50Ha greenhouse for tomato production was confirmed on January 17th by local authorities in Dumbrăveni, Sibiu County. read more

Table grape farmers in the Lower Orange River region are facing another challenge amid higher stages of rolling blackouts. Blackouts at stages 4 to 6 mean areas are without power for nearly half of the day. Growers say the blackouts are making it difficult for them to maintain the cold chain,
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

The Port of Bilbao sees these three features as crucial in the logistical operations for the fruit and vegetable sector and also offers them to shippers and logistics companies. At FRUIT LOGISTICA, the Port Authority intends to showcase these advantages. At stand A-61 in
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In the last days of January, the fruit and vegetable products of Almeria have been reaching very good prices at the province's auctions, like La Union's, where most vegetables have easily exceeded the Euro per kilo (in the case of striped eggplant, their price on January 26 stood at 2.75 € /
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Linkener Renovables and the Associació Catalana de Comunitats de Regants (ACATCOR) are organising a conference to inform irrigators and groups in the agricultural sector about the conditions and legislative changes in the new Community Agricultural Policy (CAP) that affect the irrigation sector.
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The National Police have arrested two people who assaulted a driver of a citrus truck in Orihuela, threatened him with a knife, and stole 3,000 euro that he was carrying to pay for the fruits he was going to collect. read more

According EastFruit analysts, in January 2023, the weighted average wholesale price for high-quality apples of Gala variety increased only slightly – by about 0.5 MDL/kg (US $0.02/kg). So far, the increase does not reach the price level that is comfortable for the agricultural producers,
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The fresh vegetables business, which was sold for US$293m subject to certain adjustments, includes the processing and sale of whole produce such as iceberg, romaine lettuce, leaf lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, celery, asparagus, artichokes, according to Dole,
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Alberto Duque, COAG's national potato director, spoke about the change in trend observed in the potato market since Spain continues to receive potatoes from France (Europe's leading potato exporter) but has been exporting potatoes to France for two campaigns, as its potato snack chips
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