Greenyard Fresh Belgium aims to save over 100,000 m³ of water for fresh fruit and vegetables each year
2023-03-22 00:00
Greenyard Fresh Belgium and Pidpa, a Belgian integrated water utilities company, have announced that they have entered the final phase of their plans to install a new on-site water purification system on Greenyard’s site in Sint-Katelijne-Waver.
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Lineage Logistics opens headquarters in Madrid, Spain
2023-03-22 00:00
Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers worldwide, has opened a new Southern Europe headquarters in Madrid, Spain on 17 March, at an event attended by the Company's Southern Europe Management team, as well as European
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Tesco shoppers are not 'getting less food'
2023-03-22 00:00
Tesco has calmed down customers who feared they were "getting less" food amid complaints over their multipack of peppers changing from a three-pack to a two-pack at the same price. A woman who visited her local Tesco store shared a video on TikTok at the beginning of the month and questioned the
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Peru starts exporting grapes to Japan
2023-03-22 00:00
The Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) has reported that grape exports to Japan will start tomorrow. Vice Minister of Agrarian Development Policies and Supervision of Midagri, Segundo Regalado: “Grape exports to Japan open tomorrow, after several years of
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Top 10 importers of Egyptian potatoes in 2021
2023-03-22 00:00
According to data from the international Trade Centres, Egypt exported 194,955 USD worth of potatoes in 2021. The top 10 importing countries of Egyptian potatoes in 2021 were: Russian Federation - 70.913 million USD Greece - 13.951 million USD Italy - 10.043 million USD United Arab
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Record container throughput for King Abdulaziz Port
2023-03-22 00:00
King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia handled 18,553 TEUs on a single vessel, making it the highest throughput ever recorded across Saudi ports. The previous record of the port was 18,021 TEUs set in the second quarter of 2022.
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The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador and parts of the North of Peru, this past weekend (Saturday, 18 March 2023) did not affect banana production, producers and exports say. Instead, heavy rains destroyed infrastructure and reduced production somewhat as efforts to repair the damage are
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"Ahead of Easter, demand for asparagus will exceed supply"
2023-03-22 00:00
There is plenty of demand, but due to the cold weather and lack of sunshine hours, the larger volumes of Dutch asparagus are still a while away. "We also still have to do quite a bit of ploughing up and laying foil at our outdoor fields, it has just been too wet for that recently. For Easter,
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Will California be able to re-start grape exports to Asia?
2023-03-22 00:00
It would be an understatement to say that 2022 was a challenging season for California table grape exports. “Inflation reared its head, but what played a bigger role is that the dollar went incredibly high, which made our product super expensive abroad,” says Nick Dulcich with Pretty Lady
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According to Donegal’s IFA Potato Chairman, Donald Logue, steps should be taken urgently to prevent a ‘mass exodus’ of potato farmers. Logue said that while the cost of production continues to rise, this is not reflected in the marketed prices of potatoes and called for government to take
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From September, which marks the start of the apple season in Georgia, to the end of February, Georgia has exported 6 300 tonnes of apples – 17% more than in the same period but a year before. Export prices were practically unchanged from the previous season, so the revenues from exports in USD
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Cypriot Cabinet approves aid for citrus farmers
2023-03-22 00:00
The Cypriot cabinet decided on Tuesday that citrus growers farmers will receive financial support. The council of ministers allocated €100,000 for aid for citrus growers in communities affected by the buffer zone.
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Nature's pride speaker at UN 2023 water conference
2023-03-22 00:00
Nature's Pride is attending the UN Water Conference in New York as a speaker of the official programme this week. Following World Water Week in Stockholm and the European Commission, Nature's Pride is now taking the stage at the United Nations headquarters to speak on collective action for
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Shufersal reported a steep drop in fourth-quarter profit
2023-03-22 00:00
Top 10 supermarket retail chains in Austria
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WRAP to encourage retailers to sell fruit and veg loose
2023-03-22 00:00
Not-for-profit organization WRAP has set a target of the amount sold loose to double to 30% by the end of 2025. The aim is to target 50% by the end of 2030. In 2021, the figure was 15%.
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The worldwide increase in the popularity of pigmented citrus varieties is not only due to their attractive color and great flavor but also for the purported health benefits because of their lycopene content. Biogold North America, a citrus variety development company, is now licensing growers to
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The evolution of the microgreens business
2023-03-22 00:00
In an expanding space such as indoor and greenhouse growing, how do you make your company stand out? For City Roots Organic, it starts with the story. The company is a South Carolina-based family-owned business that specializes in one item: organic microgreens.
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On March 18, 2023, the abolition of a temporary ban on the exports of onion from Uzbekistan was reported. Just a few hours after the corresponding announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture requests for trucks to ship Uzbek onions to foreign markets started appearing in the logistics
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Year-round eggplants from Sicilian specialists
2023-03-22 00:00
The Melanzì brand was launched in 2016, originally for a line of products that included jams, competes, and other canned fruit and vegetable products. However, in 2020, the founders of the Sicilian cooperative Ortonatura reverted back to their early business years, over 30 years ago now, with
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New Zealand’s Posy apples on the way to global markets
2023-03-22 00:00
Mr Apple is excited to launch the 2023 apple season with PosyTM apples now en route to customers across the globe. “We stand by our 5 Point Promise which is our promise of apple excellence, juicy and sweet with exceptional taste and texture, customers are eagerly anticipating the arrival of
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