For the first time, cucumbers grown in one of the greenhouse complexes in the Orlovskaya region have been shipped to the Republic of Poland. A batch weighing 80 tons underwent all necessary inspections at the Orlovskaya phytosanitary testing laboratory. Experts from the Plant Quarantine and Seed
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Mushrooms continue to gain shelf space in Spanish supermarkets despite a price increase caused by the scarcity of an essential raw material for their cultivation: straw. This has posed a significant challenge this season. European regulations are increasingly preventing the use of effective
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Carter & Spencer recently launched a very eye-catching new carton design for their dragon fruit complete with the company's branding. "The new cartons reached the Australian market in time for Chinese New Year," explains Mark Bohringer, Director of International Business at Carter & Spencer. "We
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Spanish startup xNova International has announced the launch of its new technology created to help exporting companies find European importers efficiently and with low risk. With only two years of activity, xNova has managed to develop a solution that uses artificial intelligence and data
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Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas announced today that Bobby Chacko has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He will also become a member of Groupe Bonduelle's global leadership team. Mr. Chacko will report to Xavier Unkovic, Groupe CEO of France-based Bonduelle. Chacko
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Butler Market Gardens grows a wide range of herbs and vegetables in Heatherton, Melbourne and Queensland. The products are harvested packed and sent to their customers on the same day. "Coriander is a popular product and demand continues to be strong. We have not seen any slowdown in demand
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Adm. Ossama Rabiee, leading the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), disclosed that the comprehensive duplication of the Suez Canal's navigational path is currently under extensive review. This phase encompasses several critical analyses, including feasibility, environmental impact, engineering, civil
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Morocco boosts its fruit and vegetable exports to Canada for the fourth consecutive year, EastFruit reveals. The Moroccan export of this produce to the Canadian market grew by 14% in tons and by 33% in US dollars every year from 2018 to 2023! Moroccan exporters shipped almost 94 thousand tons
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Peterson Farms has partnered with TerraCycle to enable school communities to recycle Peterson Farms Treats® applesauce pouches. Most flexible plastic food pouches are considered hard to recycle because they are made of multiple layers of different materials. The Peterson Farms Treats Applesauce
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For the second season in a row, onions remain one of the most discussed commodity items in the world's fruit and vegetable business. Therefore, EastFruit team decided to analyze onion imports for the recent five calendar years (from 2018 to 2022 inclusive) to compile its own ranking of the
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There is energy and enthusiasm in the Prince Edward Island potato industry, judging by the number of exhibitors and attendees at the recent International Potato Technology Expo. The Expo, held February 21st and 22nd at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown, PEI, saw more than 3,100 people in
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EastFruit analysts report that onion prices in the region have remained mostly stable, much to the dismay of "resellers" who expected to profit from buying onions during harvest and selling them at a higher price in the spring. However, different countries have different situations. Furthermore,
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"Garlic production in Spain has recorded a significant drop in terms of volume due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions, which has resulted in abnormal quality and smaller sizes. As a result, the campaign is going to be more challenging," says Borja Mira, of IMPERIO Garlic. "With nearly
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Kamila Valieva, a banned Russian figure skater, attributed her positive doping test to a strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather's heart medication. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) detailed in its report that Valieva, 15 at the time, claimed the banned substance trimetazidine
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The Jordan Farmers Union (JFU) has highlighted a significant threat to the country's potato production due to late blight. This fungal disease, affecting nightshade family plants including potatoes, has been reported to cause severe damage in the Jordan Valley, with losses reaching millions of
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The agricultural organization Asaja Córdoba has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Agriculture through the Food Information and Control Agency (AICA) regarding the marketing at a retail outlet in Cordoba of imported oranges from Egypt labeled as if they were from Palma del Río. This could
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"Conquering the consumers of tomorrow" is the aim of Pommi'z, the new brand launched by Cofruid'Oc. Apple consumption has been declining in France, but the cooperative wants to try and win back the hearts of consumers, especially the younger generation. Grown in Eco-responsible and HEV3
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