The willingness to sell of local onion growers has shown a marked increase in recent weeks. "Everyone has realised that prices will not rise any further," says Hendrik Hachmann of the Central German Trading Desk. Overall, the quality of onions is
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Trustpack Services has specialised in the repackaging and packaging of fruit and vegetables for many years. "My father Yurdal has been in the business for forty years and we have been operating under the Trustpack name for seven. We started on the premises of VDH in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, but we have exhausted the
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The Novara F1 carrot continues to win acclaim in other cultivation areas. After Sicily, Fucino, the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo, it has 'landed in Rome' in Maccarese, an important carrot production area in the winter months. Novara F1 Sowing takes place
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The start of the Belgian asparagus season is not progressing as many traders had hoped. There is always great expectation for this seasonal product, but for now prices remain high. "We are currently working with purchase quotations that simply do not allow us
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Disqualified Russian skater Kamila Valieva attributed her positive doping test to a strawberry dessert contaminated with her grandfather's heart medication. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) specified in its report that Valieva, then 15 years old, claimed that the
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The number of households that have bought cucumbers at least once in the last twelve months is increasing. According to the permanent observatory of Consumer Panel Services GfK, which monitors the purchasing behaviour of Italian families with a sample of 15,000 consumer products
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The video clip competition 'Plant Protection in a Minute', now in its fourth edition and organised by the Italian Plant Protection Association (AIPP) and the International Association of students in Agricultural and
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The Polish company Bio Plast Pom, in cooperation with the Gdansk University of Technology and other scientific institutions, has developed a compostable and biodegradable material, NOPLA, based on potato starch, which aims to reduce environmental impact, CO2 emissions and
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The last word is not yet said, but Monday's vote penalises fruit and vegetables due to restrictions on single-use packaging. "The EU Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on the proposed regulation on packaging and packaging waste
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A future that is already present, thanks to drones capable of distributing liquids on extensive, horticultural and fruit crops, as well as useful insects. On Tuesday 5 March 2024, a technical demonstration day was held at the La Clorofilla farm in Mercato Saraceno (Forlì-Cesena).
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By means of diversified strategies, which also aim directly at the end consumer through the retail channel, one can remain competitive in the horticultural sector and, in particular, in the tomato sector. With a big project called 'Mr Datterino', Vegetables by Bayer from
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In Bulgaria, local mushrooms, such as white champignons, are reported to be worm-infested and of poor quality. Therefore, Bulgarian companies increasingly prefer imports from Romania. This is stated by Julian Kolev, president of the Association of Fruit Processors
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