The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and global freight major Maersk have announced the ground breaking of the company's biggest comprehensive logistics zone in the Middle East at the Jeddah Islamic port. read more

Sismatec will hold its Inhouse Days/Opening on Wednesday and Thursday, March 29 and 30, in its Experience Center in the Netherlands. During these days, people can view the company's innovations, stand-alone machines, and complete production and packaging lines. Visitors can also take a peek at
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United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. The decision is effective immediately. APHIS conducted a pest risk analysis, which was made available for
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South Africa has been growing gold kiwifruit for around 10 years, but it is only during recent years that the production is really coming on and has a good consistent export quality fruit. read more

With recent research confirming vegetable sales have decreased during the cost of living crisis, this year’s Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign aims to play a role in supporting families to keep vegetables in their shopping baskets. read more

Chile's table grape exports until week 5 (February 5 of this year), reached 8.9 million boxes of 8.2 kg, which is -5% less than the previous season at the same date. Exports to the main market of the US are -8% lower compared to last season. Export boxes to China are also down by -42%. This
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"We want to sell more mushrooms to keep our packaging facility and marketing costs low," begins Jozef van den Elsen. He owns Nesco Champignons, a Dutch company that cultivates and markets organic mushrooms. However, he notes that, due to inflation, the mushrooms will have to be pricier. "That's
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The Obispo Colombres Experimental Agro-industrial Station from Tucumán-Argentina (EEAOC), together with the Siner, Efficatia, and Citromax companies, carried out a trial to evaluate using drones as a new insecticide application tool to control citrus miners in young plants. read more

North Carolina-based Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5 million Series A round to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener ‘inspired by monk fruit,’ and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease threatening global banana
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A row over a controversial mushroom farm which was approved against neighbors' wishes will be reignited when the matter returns before West Lancashire's planning committee. read more

The resolution passed by the Cologne City Council in 2007, aimed at relocating the Cologne wholesale market from Raderberg to Marsdorf will celebrate its 16th anniversary of non-completion this year. As early as 2020, the relocation of the Cologne wholesale market to Marsdorf should have been
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The fifth estimate of the Table Grape Committee of the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX) maintained the export volume forecast. “We are making a new estimate, in which shipments are projected to reach 67.1 million boxes of 8.2 kilos. This is 9.7% lower than in the 2021-2022
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In October 2020, hand in hand with AGQ Labs and Natural Crops, Frutas Faustino, a partner of the Eurobanan group, launched Avofun Europe, an ambitious avocado cultivation project in the Spanish province of Huelva that today has a total of more than 150 hectares in Villablanca. read more

Even with all the recent challenges facing the fruit and vegetable trade, companies still manage to innovate and renew. Usually, it is a new variety or packaging. A remarkable number of businesses are also processing residual streams. You can find more and more convenience and snack products,
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The Japanese Miyazaki, one of the most expensive mangoes in the world will be produced in West Bengal. This mango variety is available for thousands of rupees/kg in the global market. It is a type of Irwin mango that is unlike the yellow pelican mango grown in Southeast Asia. read more

According to data prepared by Hortoinfo from the Estacom statistical service (Icex-Tax Agency), Morocco was the country that earned the most money exporting fruit and vegetable products to Spain between January and November of last year. read more

North Queensland banana growers will continue to receive support to invest in the future of their farming businesses, and the health of the Great Barrier Reef, thanks to new funding for the Banana Best Management Practice (BMP) program. read more

The Association of Producers of the Orri Variety (Orri Running Committee, ORC) has launched a new design for its promotional image, "focusing on the showiness and the visual appeal as distinctive features of this mandarin." read more

New Zealand is dealing with the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle which hit the country on Monday night. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called Gabrielle the biggest weather event to hit the country in the last century. It is estimated to have affected at least a third of the country’s five
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London Medway’s unaccompanied freight service between the UK and France has reached a new milestone - with trade numbers rising by two-third since its launch. read more