In January 2023, the sales level is only marginally one percent higher than in the same month of the previous year, which means that the segment is performing significantly below the growth of the overall market. read more

Several plant protection products containing the active ingredient zinc phosphide as bait are approved for the control of field mice, ground voles and bank voles for various crops. Depending on how they are applied and in order to ensure safe use of the also for non-target vertebrates (e.g. birds)
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The Spanish stone fruit sector was also represented at FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023. This time, the participation was significantly different from the previous one, when frosts caused a considerable drop in production. The focus this time was on the new campaign. The producers showed themselves
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In 2022, the area under cultivation for outdoor vegetables in Brandenburg was around 6,500 ha. According to the Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office, this was 160 ha less than in the previous year. At 90,700 t, the total harvest was 2% below the six-year average (2016 to 2021) and 11% lower than in the previous year.
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Your tasks: Commercial, technical and organisational responsibility for operations management incl. resource planning, implementation of production plans and operational processesOptimisation of financial performance through adequate resource and cost managementMaintenance and
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According to the company, this latest investment round is a testament to the start-up's success, its potential for further growth and its $1.2bn valuation. Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, G Squared, Coatue Management, Insight Partners and others.
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In Germany, too, the supply of lettuce is currently scarce. The currently milder weather conditions in Spain cannot make up for the missing quantities of the past weeks. In the second half of the past week of week 7, the wholesale market sales prices increased.
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To better position fruit from Europe as more sustainable than imports from Asia or South America is the aim of the three campaigns GET A FRUIT, REFRESH YOUR LIFE and GREEN LIFE, which are funded by the European Union. Depending on the season, different types of fruit and
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The strongly fluctuating weather conditions in the past few weeks in both the Spanish and Italian growing regions have inhibited growth in the courgette crops. As a result, the supply volumes on the German wholesale markets were correspondingly tight. Also the now
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Not only FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023 as a whole - with a significant increase in visitor numbers and exhibitor space - left the previous year's smaller 'April intermezzo' due to the pandemic far behind. Hall 20, the tradition-steeped 'Germany Hall', was also
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Many of the 50 gardeners with their families and helpers are already in the starting blocks: lettuce, coleslaw or the colourful lettuces. Thus, fresh products are already available to the consumers after only 24 hours, Reichenau-Gemüse informs. read more

Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 increased $22.7 million, or 2%, to $1.04 billion compared to the same period last year. For the full financial year, revenue increased by $190.3 million, or 4%, compared to the same period last year. Gross profit for the fourth quarter
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Modiform announces the opening of its new office at the World Horti Center (WHC) in Naaldwijk. From this location, the company says it intends to play an even more active role in the latest developments and innovations in greenhouse cultivation. The WHC is the
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In 2022, 131,295,602 kg worth US$372,252,711 were exported. This is a decrease of 12.02 % in value and -8.19 % in volume compared to 2021, agraria.pe refers to data from the Agrodata Peru portal. Fresh asparagus accounted for 73.36% of total exports in the year under review.
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Albert Heijn had already announced last year that it would source the majority of its fresh produce from the Netherlands and only offer imported products if they were transported by the more sustainable sea or land route. From 1 June 2023, sugar peas,
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Accordingly, on the one hand, the application of Fonganil Gold for the control of downy mildew on lettuce species and fresh herbs in the greenhouse on sealed surfaces and on tomatoes for young plant production in the greenhouse is permitted in the period from 9 February to 8 June 2023. read more

The cauliflower market remains tight. The supply quantities at the German wholesale markets continue to be tight and although more goods are currently available again in France for export, the enormously high prices are dampening the outflow of goods. read more

The agricultural sector often takes a critical view of the shift in dietary habits towards more plant-based and less animal-based products. Yet an increasingly plant-based diet could well increase agricultural incomes in Europe - and that even
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60,000t in-shell at 3.5% moisture and 64,400t in-shell at 10% moisture could be harvested in 2023, according to a climate-based forecast based on scientific modelling by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. read more

For apples, WAPA expects volumes to increase by 5.58 % to a total of 5,130,168 t (2022: 4,859,026 t). Argentina, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa expect a larger harvest, only Australia is expected to see a minus of 8 % to 290,000 t. The Argentine
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