Maungatapere Packing (MPL) is now in it's second full packing season, set up in 2021 the facility packs blueberries for the Australian export market with the very latest in blueberry packing machinery.  read more

International Blueberry Days will open with a preview at the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona on Tuesday 2 May. It is called Blueberry School, a full day reserved for young researchers and technicians on the main scientific topics of the blueberry: genetics, nursery,
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In recent months, two Dutch companies, Scherpenhuizen and Kamps Sperziebonen, have discussed further cooperation. That recently led to Scherpenhuizen taking a strategic interest in Kamps. read more

Packaging is becoming increasingly important for the presentation of a product, which is why nothing should be left to chance, not even the choice of packaging machine. read more

In agriculture, communicating content, without falling back into the classic 'bucolic' rhetoric aimed at giving a benevolent but superficial image of the farming world, seems to be a mission impossible, and often the culprits are the farmers themselves who are not very inclined to tell the world
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Italy enters the last quarter of the strawberry campaign. A year which, as in other production areas of the Mediterranean Arc, was characterised by high temperatures. This situation did not affect the production and commercial development of Inspire, which belongs to the
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A decrease in selling prices was recorded on the onion market in Ukraine this week, EastFruit project analysts report. The main reason for the downward price trend was the massive supply of imported onions from Poland, Egypt and the Netherlands. According to the project’s daily
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The export season of walnuts from Ukraine in 2022 began with record lows, and prices for the walnut kernels in the Ukrainian market continue to disappoint producers and suppliers, EastFruit reports. read more

The harvest of onions at Premium Fresh is almost done for the year, the harvest conditions have been very good except for a some rain in the last few days. read more

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Although, as EastFruit previously reported, a short-term cold snap at the end of March does not pose a big threat to fruit growing in Moldova, some cases of damage have been recorded. Among them is damage caused by a storm wind to several greenhouses where strawberries are grown. read more

FEDEMCO has announced the appointment of Guillermo Arregui Ferrando as its new director. With a strong background in marketing, business development and proficiency in four languages, the appointment highlights the high standards and the new direction of the association. read more

One of Australia's most iconic car manufacturing plants in South Australia is set to become one of the largest exotic mushroom production facilities in the world. read more

The President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, urges the protection of agricultural land on the occasion of the agreement reached by the government coalition on climate and energy policy. read more

Agrocolor, a leading certification body in the agri-food sector worldwide, inaugurated in Merida its new headquarters in the community of Extremadura. The event was attended by the company's directors, partners, and representatives of the Board of Directors, as well as by professionals and
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The Egyptian pound lost ground on the black market again in recent days in a sign that halving its official value over the past year could still not be enough and the central bank may have to let it slide further. read more

The University of Lincoln is part of an innovation to deliver an accelerated programme of robotic crop harvesting for horticulture and is one of just three projects to be chosen for a share of £9m funding from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs’ Farming Innovation Programme. read more

On the occasion of the new Bimi® campaign, the Murcian countryside has welcomed a visit from communicators and journalists from all over Spain. The guests of honour were nutritionist and influencer Mario Ortiz, MasterChef Fabián León and healthy lifestyle influencer Anna Ribes. read more

The Signor Datterino project developed by Bayer through its Vegetables division was created with the aim of satisfying the growing consumer demand for quality in the production chain through one of the most widely used products in Italian cuisine: the date tomato. read more

Argentina’s citrus export sector is facing strong headwinds due to an ongoing drought and heatwave, a currency crises and 102.5% year-on-year inflation increase in February 2023 that has seen a doubling in prices of most consumer goods. read more