The PFLOPF project aims to reduce the use of plant protection products by at least 25 %. This is to be achieved with precision farming technologies. These include internet forecasting tools, GPS guidance systems and sensor-controlled crop protection and hoeing equipment, says Agroscope. read more

Regionality is the core brand of Omira Milch vom Bodensee and Obst vom Bodensee Vertriebsgesellschaft (OvB). The regional synergy is now being expanded in the form of two new products: Since May, consumers have been able to buy yoghurt made from Lake Constance milk with fruit from Lake Constance in the
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With effect from 1 June 2023, KÖLLA GmbH & Co. KG has appointed Alberto Hoffmann as Managing Director. With this important personnel decision, the KÖLLA Group says it is strengthening the management team around Florian Walther and Benedikt Wetterau and sending a clear signal in its
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Due to the public holiday on 8 June, Fruchthandel Magazine will take a break. On Friday, 9 June, we will be there for you as usual with fresh news about the fruit and vegetable sector. read more

In recognition of his services to BayWa AG, the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Manfred Nüssel, has now been appointed Honorary Chairman of the BayWa Supervisory Board. He is the first to receive this distinction. As a member of the Supervisory Board for 40 years, the 75-year old has
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7 June is World Food Safety Day. Against this backdrop, the Managing Director of Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH (QS), Dr Alexander Hinrichs, discussed on 6 June in Berlin together with Georg Abel (Federal Executive Director, Verbraucher Initiative e.V.), Dr Silke Bollmohr
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The shortage of skilled workers and managers is becoming increasingly noticeable in the fruit industry. Companies are therefore well advised to invest in the further qualification of their employees. In the second half of 2023, the Frische Seminar offers a broad range of topics for the
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The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) and the Federal Committee for Fruit and Vegetables (Bundesausschuss Obst und Gemüse, BOG) have developed a concept for a uniform federal-state subsidy for multi-peril insurance in order to better protect horticultural businesses against weather risks. read more

To further reduce CO2 emissions, Kaufland is working with the AgriTech company Klim. Together, they support farmers in switching to regenerative agriculture, because regenerative practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions and even actively store carbon
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Small children don't like kohlrabi! Radishes taste "bad" - parents may know these statements only too well. The "Vegetable beds for kids" project is different. For 15 years, the Edeka Foundation has been equipping kindergartens and day-care centres with raised vegetable beds. Here they learn
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After delays due to cool days and especially cold nights, strawberry growers are finally starting the harvest. After having already started in North Saxony and the Elbe Valley in week 22, the strawberry harvest in all other regions of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt will also start at the weekend.
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The centre of organic agriculture in Germany will be at the organic farm Grieshaber und Schmid in Ditzingen-Hirschlanden on 14 and 15 June. The Organic Field Days are taking place there for the fourth time and the 345 exhibiting companies, associations and organisations are attracting thousands of visitors.
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The cool spring has significantly slowed down the development of pepper crops and delayed the start of the season. For weeks now, supply has been tighter than in previous years. However, the current sunny weather is gradually having an effect and the availability of goods is increasing. read more

To get their little bodies to take off and stay in the air, fruit flies have to beat their wings extremely fast. To do this, they make use of a trick that is widespread in the animal kingdom: the nerve cells do not keep up with the speed of the wings, but each nerve cell
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At the end of the 2022/23 citrus season, the agricultural organisation La Unió Llauradora is very concerned about the production declines of the past three campaigns in the Valencian Countryside, and that this will most likely be the case in the coming season as well. According to the organisation
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After the last Customer Day 2021 was held exclusively online due to the pandemic, KRONEN GmbH is again inviting customers and interested parties in person to the Customer Day in Kehl am Rhein in autumn. At the in-house trade fair with accompanying programme, on 28 and 29 September, participants from
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The guide to identifying original EPAL pallets is easy to use for any employee directly involved in the exchange process. The logistics industry faces constant challenges when it comes to the safe transport of goods and the efficient exchange of
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In the future, the Volvo FM Electric trucks will be used in the Aldi regional companies Bargteheide (Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg), Herten and Radevormwald (NRW) and Seefeld (Berlin/Brandenburg). According to the discounter, the vehicles will be used in a wide variety of applications.
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Kiwifruit exports from the Andean country are expected to decline by 14 % in the 2022/23 season compared to the previous season. Lower availability combined with a 30 % drop in the volume of green kiwifruit from New Zealand have led to a brisk sales movement on
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Just in time for FRUIT LOGISTICA, VIP, the association of fruit and vegetable cooperatives in Val Venosta, had presented its new strategy with the centralisation of product marketing: With this, the cooperatives are to concentrate entirely on production, while distribution via
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