The open-field season for Belgian asparagus has started much earlier than last year. While many growers struggled to harvest the 'white gold' from open ground before Easter last season, this year, the timing appears to be far more favorable. "We've been busy for over a week now, and things are." read more

From April 10 to 12, the international fruit industry gathered in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki for Freskon 2025. With almost 300 exhibitors and around 5,000 international trade visitors from some 40 countries, the organizing team can look back on a successful event. Due to strikes at the read more

The freezing temperatures lasted for five nights in a row, says Bogdan Baianu, CEO and co-founder of Romanian fresh produce exporter Cerasus Grup Romania: "For the past week, from Sunday the 6th of April, stone fruit growers in Romania had to endure some extreme weather conditions. read more

The watermelon harvest from Hermosillo, Mexico is starting. "Compared to this time last year, the harvest is progressing well despite the recent cooler-than-usual weather in the area. We expect the season to begin this week and continue until early June, following a fairly standard timeframe for the crop." read more

The wholesale distribution logistics center "Frutsiti" has started operating in the Omsk region, Russia, with a focus on storing and selling fruits and vegetables from the Ferghana region, Uzbekistan. This announcement was made by the regional administration. The first phase of the... read more

The project "Nutritionists among shopping carts," launched in 2019, has entered a new phase: from training retail professionals, it now shifts to companies in a B2C perspective. The initiative of the Italian Association of Nutritionists in the Kitchen (Ainc), involving around fifty members. read more

Genesis Fresh and The Enforcement Organization (TEO) would like to remind the public that the grace period for illegal Sigal plantations, which was announced in December 2024, will end on May 1, 2025. Both organizations have agreed not to pursue legal actions against unauthorized producers during this period, however, read more

UK: Four new Morrisons Daily franchises launched
Morrisons has announced the opening of four new Morrisons Daily franchise partnership stores. This included Shree Sai Convenience UK in Helmsley, York. Other new franchises are Fruits Foyce in Withington, Manchester; KPI & Sons in Hillmorton, Rugby. read more

The quantities of German asparagus available are increasing weekly. However, there are significant regional price differences. For example, in Munich, a kilogram of white asparagus costs EUR 31.80, while in Berlin and Cologne, fans of the healthy spears can find them at a lower price. read more

The data from the European food alert system shows a worrying trend: in the first three months of the year, there was an 11% increase in interceptions of fruit and vegetables imported from non-EU countries containing unauthorized active substances or with levels of residues. read more

High-tech is being used more and more in fruit cultivation and trading in Germany's Altes Land region. At the Hauschildt fruit wholesale company in Guderhandviertel, single-armed industrial robots from the regional supplier Palm Systems are now assisting in pallet packing. "We can pack around 100 tons a read more

At Dr. Paweł Krawiec's plantation in Karczmiska, the first treatments are starting as part of the Raspberry Factory 2025 project. This year, one of the event's partners is the company Agrosimex, which has prepared a comprehensive program for the protection, fertilization, and biostimulation of raspberries. read more

A renovated and expanded retail store to introduce a wider range of products and ensure a more functional layout of the spaces. Basko, a brand of the Sogegross Group (Agorà), has reopened the supermarket on Via Barchetta, in Genova Bolzaneto, expanded by about 200 square meters and now extended to read more

The website Myfin.by analyzed statistics to see which countries import potatoes from Belarus. It is challenging to determine the volume and geographical distribution of Belarusian potato exports since Belstat no longer publishes detailed foreign trade statistics. To assess this, data from Belarus's trading partners is needed. read more

"One of our goals is to establish a regional walnut industry for Missouri," said Ron Revord, Interim Director of the MU Center for Agroforestry. "With our River Hills soils and favorable climate, we are very well positioned for this, especially compared to..." read more

Sunny April has brought the first commercial quantities of this season's British-grown strawberries just in time for Easter. read more

The latest estimate from the Obispo Colombres agro-industrial experimental station (Eeaoc) suggests that the harvest in this season will be 10% lower than in the years 2023/24. According to a recent report in La Gaceta, the lemon industry is currently in a read more

Among them are also special varieties such as, for example, a black cocktail tomato on the vine, which is unique in Germany in organic quality. The season for the organic vegetables from Pretschen runs from the end of March to mid-November, totaling almost eight months a year. Gradually, read more

But now, with the sun and mild temperatures, a good harvest is being done on the highly premature asparagus fields, and the asparagus fields covered with black-and-white foil are also ready to go, so there will be plenty of asparagus for Easter. read more

Existing models often struggle to capture extensive dependencies and fine-grained features in images, leading to poor recognition especially in complex backgrounds. To address this challenge, this study explores the use of read more