But it was only quite average for wind power. This was the conclusion drawn by Dr Renate Hagedorn, Head of Weather Forecasting at the German Weather Service (DWD). With 2,024 hours of sunshine, 2022 was the year with the most sunshine since records began and was 31 % above the average value of the previous years.
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Cucumbers from Germany and Central Europe are now flooding into the market. But harvest volumes developed sluggishly in 2023. Limited supply volumes, high prices and the cool weather in southern Spain caused a significant slump in the past weeks
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The family businesses Rathgeb Bio and Kellermann Gemüsekulturen have decided to shape their future together from April 2023. According to Christian Rathgeb and Martin Kellermann, they share common values and traditions. All previous fields of activity and locations
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An important contribution to making arable farming more climate-friendly will be made by the research project "Greenhouse gas reduction potentials in organic and conventional farming systems - influence of fertilisation, soil cultivation and nitrogen transfer in crop rotation" (Transfer),
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The first red pointed peppers of the new season were auctioned at BelOrta on 31 March. They were grown by Bart Ceulemans and Elke Hendrickx from Berlaar. In 2022, around 1,800 t kg of pointed peppers were delivered to BelOrta, about a quarter more than the previous year. This was due to the increasing
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With the structural increase of the statutory minimum wage to twelve euros per hour, Germany has taken a big step towards an appropriate minimum wage level in the sense of the European Minimum Wage Directive. However, there is still room for improvement if a living wage is to be achieved.
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On 29 and 30 March 2023, the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). The outcome of the RED III negotiations is considered an acceptable compromise for EU farmers, explains Copa
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In Antwerp, Governor Cathy Berx, MPs Luk Lemmens, Kathleen Helsen, Jan De Haes, Mireille Colson and provincial official Maarten Puls received strawberries from the Ghesellen van de Aardbei van Hoogstraten. read more

Looking back on EFC's successes, CEO Ilse Hayen proudly expresses her satisfaction with the past 20 years. She sees the greatest success in the fact that we have made KANZI® the second largest apple brand in the world within 15 years. read more

According to BayWa AG, the company closed the financial year 2022 with record revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT). In a generally volatile market environment, revenues rose to €27.1 billion (previous year: €19.8 billion). The company achieved an EBIT of 504.1
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Recently, the starting signal was given in Europe for this year's marketing of Cosmic Crisp®. The branded apple is intended for the premium segment and is exclusively marketed on the European market by the South Tyrolean associations VOG and VIP. read more

Overall, South African pome fruit production is considered stable, with small but steady growth driven by the planting of new varieties with better yields. In 2023, this may not be the case. Due to the hailstorms that hit at the end of
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Over the past five years, pineapple exports have been on a steady upward trend, with a significant increase in 2021. However, just one year later, exports have already gone downhill again, by 7.6% to be precise, agraria.pe refers to César Freund, deputy director of Trade
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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

A year-long pandemic with numerous lockdowns, war in Europe, exploding costs for energy and thus also for transport, refrigeration and storage, unstable supply chains worldwide, staff shortages, currency turbulence ... How can the fruit industry cope with this bundle of crises?
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In the past weeks, the supply situation for iceberg lettuce was tight, which led to significant tensions on the market. With the now increasing quantities from Spanish cultivation, the market situation is currently stabilising again. read more

From 3 to 7 April, the delegation will be hosted by Abulkhair Tamabek, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan. Bouke Arends, mayor of the municipality of Westland, says: "On behalf of the municipality of Westland, it is an honour to be the first Dutch mayor to receive
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"Accelerating change" was the motto of this year's World Water Day, which took place on 22 March and which the United Nations has been calling for since 1992. read more

Sustainability is on everyone's lips. The fashion industry also wants to take advantage of this and use sustainable materials. The question is: Would consumers also buy them? The doctoral student Xin Gao will start at the beginning of April with a study on the acceptance of backpacks made of pineapple leaves.
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In March 2023, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) asked people in Germany in a representative survey about their preferences in dealing with used packaging, the topic of reusable packaging and their assessment of the environmental footprint of packaging compared to the
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