Eurofruit’s Fruit Logistica Edition · Part I is out now. As the fresh produce business prepares for next month’s Fruit Logistica, the magazine takes a deep dive into some of the game-changing new technologies being showcased in Berlin that will shape the future of the business. read more

Spar North has added a new range of herbs supplied by James Hall & Co.  read more

The US has resumed imports of Spanish bell pepper a year after banning their entry due to Mediterranean fruit fly. Almerian producer organisation Coexphal said the first shipments bound for the US left Spain on Wednesday. read more

Biobest Group and Antilsan have announced the acquisition by Biobest Group of Antilsan’s remaining 40 per cent share in Biobest Antalya. read more

This was reported by reefertrends with reference to the Association of Hass Avocado Producers and Exporters of Colombia (Corpohass). Corpohass found that the peak month of the season was February 2023, when 929 containers were shipped, followed by December with 698.
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He holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from Loyola Andalucía University and an Executive MBA in Corporate Management from the Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI), as well as additional training at the University of Amsterdam. read more

Lidl is switching over its British root veg suppliers to long-term contracts in response to ongoing weather challenges. read more

The struggles of the glasshouse sector – in the UK and indeed Europe – have been well documented by FPJ over the past few years. Soaring energy prices and insufficient retail prices have forced many growers out of business, probably never to return. read more

Favourable weather has made for a positive outlook for the Costa Rican melon campaign, which has just got underway. El Niño has had minimal impact on production and the first containers have left Costa Rica bound for the European market. read more

The experienced Oskam breeding team deserves a big compliment for their efforts, as they were able to harvest around 6 kg net fruit from the tree in the first year of production, and that with very little experience. read more

Huelvan berry association Freshuelva, has written to Spanish agriculture minister Luis Planas asking him to step in to ensure that protests by French farmers do not block exports of berries being transported by through the neighbouring country by road. read more

Fepex is calling for action to prevent French farmers from blocking the free movement of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports. Demonstrators blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce this week, demanding urgent action on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade policies. read more

A consortium led by Blue Whale has launched a major project to make the French apple industry more sustainable. (Re)Generation Fruit is a five-year initiative to test and combine innovative technologies to ensure the agro-ecological transition of the apple sector. It is being supported by the
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The marketing director of one of South Africa’s leading apple exporters says he welcomes the chance for a “back to normal” season after last year’s hail-affected campaign. read more

Gone definitively are the days when the banana multinationals were perceived as either exploiters, colonisers or power brokers behind corrupt regimes. The US banana multinationals, not long ago the scourge of fairtrade NGOs, have all invested heavily in first securing and then publicising the
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Asia Fruit Logistica has announced a new strategic partnership with three of China’s leading wholesale markets – Guangzhou Jiangnan Market, Shanghai Huizhan Market and Hebei Sunhola Market. read more

The high temperatures driven by El Niño are posing a major challenge for Peru’s blueberry industry this season. This circumstance, together with other factors such as water quality or excessive radiation, means that genetic innovation is a key alternative to face this new and complicated
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And with its professional peeling principle, it ensures perfect peeling results for green and white asparagus - with an individually defined cutting pattern depending on the thickness of the asparagus. It is perfectly suited for use in food retail, because with its integrated compressor and water tanks it requires
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The leek harvest was recently hampered by the weather. Numerous rainfalls at the end of the year flooded some leek fields and limited the supply. There were supply bottlenecks in some areas. The subsequent frost made harvesting more difficult in some regions and even led to the loss of leeks in some places.
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Farmers' President Joachim Rukwied calls on the members of the German Bundestag to use their mandate in the Bundestag to rebuild the trust that has been destroyed among farmers: "The loss of trust among us farmers in this traffic light coalition is immense. If you want to restore some trust in
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