The German Fruit Prize has been one of the most important industry awards for more than 27 years. This year, we want to do more to promote young talent: We are looking for the YOUNGSTAR for the first time. read more

El Niño led to the second-biggest fall ever in Peruvian table grape exports in 2023/24. According to industry association Provid, exports are on course to contract by more than 10 per cent on last season’s total of 71.4m (8.2kg) cartons. The results put an end to seven years of expansion that
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This week, the first Belgian Coeur de Boeuf tomatoes of 2024 were sold at Belgian cooperative BelOrta, grown by producers Wim and Brecht Vertommen of Den Overkant in Sint-Katelijne-Waver.  read more

A new live online seminar from the QS Academy explains what this term means in detail, what dangers and risks exist in this context and how you can effectively protect your company against them. read more

From 2030 onwards, only recyclable packaging is to be used. Certain single-use packaging is to be banned from 2030, e.g. for unprocessed fresh fruit and vegetables or single portions, e.g. for sugar in the catering industry. However, the member states must
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"For our first cherry shipment by air, we chose Maersk's service and it was definitely the best option," said Magdalena Toro, foreign trade expert at Chilean exporter XSUR. "We were able to track our cargo end-to-end, and the
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Citrus Australia and Hort Innovation have announced the next phase of a market development programme designed to increase demand for Australian citrus overseas, ahead of significant production gains projected over coming seasons.  read more

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging. read more

The Summer Berry Company is preparing to offer British strawberries all year round thanks to a green energy solution at its glasshouse site in West Sussex. read more

Plans to introduce a ban on plastic packaging used for almost all of the fresh fruit and vegetables sold in Europe are likely to be discriminatory and damaging for the industry, the environment, and for consumers, leading figures from across the industry have told Fruitnet. read more

With its B2B marketplace for food from the supply chain, SPRK has successfully redistributed over 5,500 tonnes of food - the equivalent of 700 7.5-tonne trucks - since it was founded in March 2020. As a result, SPRK has had a positive impact on the food supply chain in the DACH region as well as in Europe
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The COI is created and checked in the TRACES database. It is released by a competent authority. read more

Kacem Bennani Smires, head of producer-exporter Delassus, has been appointed as the new president of Maroc Citrus, Morocco’s interprofessional citrus federation. read more

Dole has reported on what it described as a “very strong” set of results for 2023, with increases in revenue and net income. read more

A joint venture between two leading Catalan fruit cooperatives, Fruits de Ponent and Actel Grup, has been formally approved after members voted unanimously in its favour on Friday. The deal is the result of more than a year of negotiations between the two groups. read more

Potato growers can manage the increasing incidence of blight resistance with effective fungicide mixing strategies and still retain the benefits of utilising the most potent chemistry to protect crops, according to Syngenta technical manager, Andy Cunningham. read more

Chilean exporters have welcomed the decision by the Indian government to reduce the tariff on imports of Chilean blueberries and cranberries. read more

The harvest season for open-air rhubarb starts in the Lower Rhine and Cologne region around the end of March/beginning of April, depending on the weather. read more

Pop Vriend Seeds joined forces with Tozer Ibérica recently to present its new spinach varieties to Spanish growers at a series of open days at Tozer’s Los Olivos trial farm in El Albujón, Murcia. read more

Sergio del Castillo Valderrama, Managing Director of Procitrus, pointed out that a further increase in Peruvian deliveries of this product is expected this year. read more