Vellsam Materias Bioactivas has reached an important global agreement with the US producer and marketer Del Monte Fresh through which they will form a new partnership with which they will open new factories around the world that will adapt the way the company works to the new global market.
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Ecuador has been investing in growing its production of white dragon fruit over the past several years and this season, one shipper says all of that investing has broken the market. “We just came off a harvest that produced tremendous volumes over the past three to four weeks. It’s an
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Infoagro Exhibition, the International Intensive Agriculture and Ancillary Industry Trade Fair, is ready to welcome all the innovation and excellence that drives the global agricultural sector to the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Aguadulce on 10, 11 and 12 of
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The mango market is picking up well, according to Marcel van Rooijen of Trofi from Den Hoorn. "In Peru, production has now moved to the Casma area where very few and many small sizes are coming from this year. Sales prices are still 20% lower than last year. I expect those prices to go up
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As the first container of new season New Zealand Sassy™ touches down at the Guangzhou Port, Global License holders, Next Generation Apples (NGA), has announced a Strategic agreement with Shenzhen SVM Ltd. (SVM) as part of their global marketing strategy for year-round supply of their IP varieties. read more

Short-term pain with some long-term gains. That’s what California growers are facing following recent headline-making rains in key California growing regions such as the Salinas Valley. read more

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) performed successfully in the 2022 financial year despite challenging conditions. Group revenue rose by 7.7 % to € 1,578.4 million (previous year: € 1,465.4 million). The consolidated operating result (EBIT) fell by 3.4% to €220.4m.
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Horticulture production in Vietnam is evolving in several ways, showing a steady development of Vietnam’s horticulture industry. read more

the trend of fruit and vegetable sales by imposed weight was still negative in the tenth week of the year, but the performance differential with respect to Lcc reversed from the previous week, this time being in favour of fruit and vegetables. Among the channels,
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A group of Scottish potato farmers are undertaking an aid mission for Ukraine. Farmer Mark Laird from Kirriemuir worked in Poland and Ukraine for many years. His Central Plains Group (CPG), of farmers operating in Ukraine, is now operating UK-wide and is scaling up its initial ambition of
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Looije Packing has been operational in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands, for just under three months now. "Our new way of working is slowly bearing fruit there. After three months of managing a very enthusiastic team in this state-of-the-art building, I can conclude that many processes are
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UK: Sainsbury's continues convenience expansion with launch of new store in Merseyside read more

It is official: Lidl is a UEFA Euro 2024 partner. This partnership begins with this year's European Qualifiers. Lidl is thus a global UEFA partner for the European Qualifiers in 2023 and 2024 and for the finals in 2024 in Germany. The supermarket chain wants to use this partnership to highlight
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Prices of Indian grapes have gone down by 30-40% in the domestic markets compared to last month. In the wholesale market, one kg of quality grapes is available at Rs2S-30. In the retail market, the prices vary between Rs40-50 per kg, depending on the quality. read more

The sale of the earliest and most expensive cherries in the world, grown in greenhouses in Lleida and Huesca, has just started. These are the only cherries filling the gap between late March and late April in both hemispheres. read more

In 2022, Egypt came out fourth in the ranking of countries supplying frozen strawberries to the US market, EastFruit reports. read more

"I think what's happening on the onion market is absolutely amazing. There's confidence in the product, and there's a market again. So you can make good money. That livens things up. I'd love a few more years like this," begins Wouter van der Beek of Bruin Export, laughing. This Dutch company
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Recently, Feeling Fresh sent the first pallets of red peppers to North American customers. Still, according to Marcel van der Pluijm, it will take some time before the larger volumes will be exported. "For that, our peppers are currently still at too high a level. Moreover, Mexico is in the full
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In week 11, the general assembly of the Spanish National Garlic Council (Mesa Nacional del Ajo) took place in Las Pedroñeras/Castilla-la Mancha. With regard to the new garlic season, it was informed that the national cultivation area will probably be 20% smaller than in the previous year.
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