Gautier Semences has held its annual 'Tomato Discovery Days' in Santa María del Águila (El Ejido, Almería) to show its entire 2023/24 portfolio. An event that is also the first to be held by the company in Almeria with its new visual identity, recalled Fruit Today.
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Small but definitive changes in the crop and in the handling of the fruit once it has been harvested have made it possible for the 2022-2023 national pomegranate campaign to be a historic one for Peris. read more

According to official statistics, 112 varieties of medicinal plants in Uzbekistan are registered for use in scientific medicine, of which 70 are used in the pharmaceutical industry. In recent years, the areas of their cultivation in Uzbekistan have significantly expanded and the number of
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2022/23 EU monthly orange imports came in at 48,570 tons for the month of February, some 20,000 tons more than the month before. The majority of these imports came from Egypt (44,441 tons). 3,590 tons came from ‘other sources’, with Morocco coming in a distant third (539 tons). read more

Discounter Penny planning to expand store portfolio in Romania read more

Portugal's Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) stated that it had carried out more than 960 controls in the second half of 2022 and that it had started a new operation in March of this year. read more

In 2015, the Heitsch family ventured further into the processing of their own products. Starting with hand-peeled potatoes for regional restaurateurs, other forms of processing have developed into a flourishing business sector. Today, up to 100 tons of field-fresh vegetables are processed
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Since the second half of February, onion prices on the Moldovan wholesale market have been rising at 1 MDL/kg per week, that is, plus 6-8% to the average price of the previous week. Wholesale onions cost on average 17 MDL/kg ($0.91/kg) last week. This is probably the highest price both in
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Zim, the world’s 10th-largest ocean carrier, announced a big earnings beat for the fourth quarter and paid out a higher-than-expected dividend. However, it faces a tough year ahead. The company’s shares surged Monday on news of the earnings beat, jumping as much as 25% in morning trading.
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Ag growers and shippers in affected parts of California are taking stock following late last week and the weekend’s rains…and the ones still coming. read more

The Pewex brand is one of the 12 brands that belong to Cedi Gros (Selex), one of the strongest in the region in terms of the number of sales outlets, some thirty located in Lazio with a significant presence in Rome. Giancarlo Amitrano, Cedi Gros purchasing office, explains the strategies of the
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Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the arrival of the first avocado container of the season from Tanzania and parallel, the first air shipments to India from Westfalia Fruit Peru have been received, marking the beginning of another strong and exciting season, for 2023. read more

"The onion market appears to be stabilizing," says Kees van den Bosch of the Dutch company Freeland. "For a while, it seemed the sky was the limit, but, as it turns out, that's the case after all. The yellow onion bale prices are now leveling out slightly at around €0.90 for the 60/80 grades.
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For the control of click beetle larvae (wireworm) in potato cultivation (field), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has issued emergency authorisations for the plant protection products Trika Expert and SoilGuard 0.5 GR. read more

As noted earlier by EastFruit analysts, a downward trend in wholesale prices for onions has set in Uzbekistan. Last week, their prices continued to decline, more rapidly than in previous weeks. At the same time, wholesale prices for onions in Uzbekistan have decreased to the lowest
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Azerbaijani producer ID Agropark launches a new brand of pomegranates of the variety "Minashirin" on the European market under the name Narvill, announces Irada Guliyeva, HR Director of the company. read more

The marble bug control coordinating center of the National Food Agency of Georgia has started implementing the activities scheduled for 2023. read more

Fertile, the film by Donne dell'Ortofrutta, a documentary about what lies behind the production of fruit and vegetables in Italy, directed by Alessandro Quadretti, arrives on Amazon Prime Video. And it does so by analysing the very women who deal with
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In order to take action against food waste and distinguish the committed players of the food chain, the French government has set up a national anti-food waste label, launched during the Agriculture Show in Paris. Since March 3rd, distributors can claim the new “anti-food waste” label. This
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It usually takes about two decades to bring a new apple cultivar to market. With universities and private breeding programs trying to speed up the process, new varieties are launched fairly often nowadays. An example of a new variety is the WA 2 cultivar that was bred in 1994 and released for
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