AI agritech company Neolithics has announced the launch of Neolithics Light, an automated, portable produce inspection system. read more

One of Spain’s leading soft fruit companies is making a play for the autumn blueberry window to offer European customers a fresher and more sustainable alternative to berries imported from the Southern Hemisphere. read more

Kent fruit grower Bardsley England is in the process of being wound down by parent company Camellia Plc after suffering “unsustainable losses”. read more

According to the forecast, the country's banana exports will fall by around 3% to 2.206 million tonnes. This would make the country the third largest banana exporter in the world, falling behind Guatemala, which will record higher exports of 2.45 million tonnes in 2023. Ecuador also remained the
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M&S is the latest retailer to announce a round of price cuts on grocery lines. read more

British Berry Growers chairman Nick Marston has described The Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) as “not fit for purpose” ahead of a debate in Parliament this afternoon (22 January) to determine its future. read more

When writing about logistics problems and their potential resolution, the metaphor that writers usually reach for is the light at the end of the tunnel. But if fruit exporters in the Western Cape do currently see any such thing during these dark days for South African ports – by no means
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UK discounters Aldi and Lidl have once again outperformed the ‘traditional big four’ supermarkets in getting behind British apples this season. read more

It’s been more than seven years since Yello, a new yellow-skinned apple bred in Japan and grown in the Südtirol region of Italy, was officially unveiled at Interpoma in Bolzano. Since that initial launch, the variety has apparently built up a committed customer base as its production volumes
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Alongside other products, fresh fruit and vegetables naturally play an important role in these results. Important markets now include Saudi Arabia, to which over 66,000 tonnes of apples were exported, India, where 51,000 tonnes of apples from Italy ended up, and the Arab
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According to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, this is an important step towards the digitalisation of container handling and transport. The next step will follow soon; in the coming weeks, other users will also gradually switch to CPu. By the end of January, the
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In 2023, the newly launched microwave potatoes were an important milestone for the company. The company is now testing how far the elimination of plastic could go: "The bag already only contains a minimal amount of plastic anyway. We are currently testing whether we can
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Mexico’s papaya production has almost doubled in the past decade. According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, production grew 48.3 per cent, from 765,000 tonnes in 2013 to 1.135m tonnes in 2023 as a result of increased acreage and higher productivity. read more

Collaboration between different sector organisations is increasingly important to achieving shared targets for the timber industry, according to John Dye, president of the UK’s Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (Timcon). read more

Unifrutti has acquired South American grower-exporter Verfrut as part of its strategy to build a globally diversified premium fruit platform. read more

Spain’s Agroponiente Group’s sales grew 4 per cent in volume and value in the first half of the 2023/24 campaign, despite what it described as a difficult start to the season. The figures build on 2023’s record results, in which sales hit €340m. read more

Van Lange turned away from the traditional chemical processes for manufacturing plastics and developed a completely new method for producing durable and reusable plastic in a completely new way. The trick? Physical forces. read more

Japanese vertical farm and development group, Spread, has started construction on a new fresh-cut lettuce processing facility Techno Fresh Hadano. Located near Kyoto, the facility will be the first to implement company’s latest shelf-life increasing technology.  read more

M&S has unveiled plans to invest £30 million in bricks and mortar stores across Scotland. read more

The British Tomato Growers’ Association promises an “action-packed” new year in which it will work to “support, represent and empower” British tomato producers during increasingly challenging times. read more