The cooperation between the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL) e.V. (Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Waste Disposal) and the FreightTech company TIMOCOM, which always has the interests of small and medium-sized road haulage companies in mind, is being expanded to include the chapter Real Time Transport Visibility. The
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Heading into the 2023 harvest, the adverse flooding in the eastern states in late 2022 and two significant hail events in the Goulburn Valley will no doubt impact the supply of apples and pears in the domestic market in 2023. read more

California almond growers continue to assess potential damage from the recent atmospheric rainstorm in the state. “It brought a lot of water and snow to the valley. With most of the rivers and creeks spilling, all the water alongside orchards was flooded,” says Bikram Hundal of
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Cooperativa Agricola Azzurra has obtained the approval of a project as proposer and lead partner in the IV Mipaaf call for tender dedicated to supply chain and district contracts. Presented in June 2021 (and sponsored by Agrocepi), it envisages a total investment of 19 million and
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The selling prices in wholesale trade were 8.9% higher in February 2023 than in February 2022. The annual rates of change in January 2023 and in December 2022 had been +10.6% and +12.8%, respectively. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, compared with the previous month,
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Fruits Rouges & Co has recently signed a partnership with the Swiss company Insolight. Based in the Hauts-de-France region, the producer and processor specialized in small fruits wants to “strengthen and expand the French production of small fruits. We believe that the dynamic agrivoltaic
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Sales of early table potatoes from imports tend to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market significance any more. From April onwards, they are used in the asparagus potato niche,
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Royal Dutch Paardekooper Group, packaging suppliers, appointed Ian Rasmussen (48) as the new CEO. Rasmussen has a background in Aviation and Space Technology, and Business Administration. He started his career at the European Space Agency (ESA) and, after a number of years, made the switch to
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Serbian seedling producer Ned Boske has a growing demand for blackberry seedlings. At the same time, the production of apple, plum, and cherry seedlings is increasing. read more

The German-Kenyan company LIMBUA works with more than 7,000 certified organic smallholders in Kenya and in 2022 alone produced some 900 tons of cracked macadamia nuts, which are marketed throughout Europe, the USA and Dubai. We spoke with Marketing Manager Doortje Maillard about the harvesting
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In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were first cultivated, EastFruit reports. read more

Windset Farms® introduces SONATA™ Tropical Mini Peppers, the newest addition to the Windset Farms family. The SONATA Tropical Mini Peppers are a Tatayoyo® Mini Pepper variety with a deep orange color, adding brightness and warmth to dishes. With few seeds and sized between a blocky and snack
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Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the world’s more prominent temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers, has officially opened its expanded cold storage facility in the Port of Aarhus, Denmark, strengthening its network of key port locations and providing customers
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In February 2023, most food products in Ukraine continued to rise in price, with onions and carrots rising in price the most. The relevant data on average consumer prices for goods and services in Ukraine was issued by the state statistics service, Ukrinform reports. In February compared to
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Using drones to get all the data regarding an orchard’s status, the fresh produce industry is ready for it says Outfield co-founder Oli Hilbourne: “As the effects of climate change become increasingly concerning, many farmers will be put under pressure to mitigate events out of their
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The president of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the Pomegranate Mollar de Elche, Francisco Oliva, together with the Councillor for Culture of the City Council of Elche, Marga Antón, the general director of the Patronato de la Alhambra y El Generalife, Rocío Díaz, and members of the service of
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Cigarette litter is a real problem, so Australian charity No More Butts and Melbourne-based mycologists Fungi Solutions have teamed up to start CigCycle. CigCycle is a research project which will determine whether Australian fungi can be used to create a viable recycling stream from cigarette butts. read more

Guinness World Records has recognized farmer Aharon Shemoel for growing the world's heaviest lemon on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel. The citrus fruit grew next to another huge lemon; it weighed 5.265 kg. The fruit's circumference was 74 cm and it was 35 cm high; measured on 8 January 2003. read more

The German Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau e.V. - ZVG) welcomes the National Water Strategy adopted by the Federal Cabinet as an important basis for the further necessary dialogue with all relevant land users. read more

At the same time as the meteorological start of spring, the harvest of the first spring onions is currently underway in the Palatinate. Since the beginning of March - and thus about a week earlier than the average of previous years - according to Gemüsegarten Pfalz, in the largest outdoor cultivation area for fresh vegetables in
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