Industry pressure to block negotiations on packaging regulation
2024-02-16 00:00
Coldiretti, Filiera Italia, Cia, Confapi, Ancc-Coop, Ancd-Conad, Legacoop, Legacoop Agroalimentare, Legacoop Produzione&Servizi, Ue.Coop, Flai Cgil, Fai-Cisl and Uila-Uil ask the President of the European Parliament to block the negotiations between the Commission, the Council and Parliament
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Brenner, Austria's blockade threatens record exports at 64 billion
2024-02-16 00:00
The obstacles imposed by Austria to the transit of products at the Brenner Pass threaten the historical record of the Made in Italy agri-food industry, which in 2023 exceeded the value of 64 billion euro, the highest ever. This is denounced by Coldirettis based on an analysis of Istat data from the
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Lollobrigida: 'The exemption of agricultural IRPEF for two years confirms the Meloni government's commitment'
2024-02-15 00:00
The go-ahead was given in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday for the government's amendment to cut agricultural IRPEF for two years, exempting agrarian and dominical incomes up to EUR 10,000 and reducing by 50 per cent the amount to be paid for those between EUR 10,000 and EUR 15,000.
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Poste Italiane launches refrigerated delivery service PosteGoFresh
2024-02-15 00:00
Poste Italiane launches PosteGoFresh, the new refrigerated transport service for home delivery of fresh food products purchased online. Its creator isMlk Fresh, the company born from the joint venture between Poste Italiane's subsidiary MLK Deliveries and Mazzocco Srl,
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The path towards internationalisation of the Consorzio di Tutela della Pomodoro di Pachino PGI continues, and in Berlin, at the great Fruit Logistica trade fair, it had the opportunity to present its activities at their best, both in terms of production and
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Avocado at the Super Bowl: the winner you don't expect
2024-02-15 00:00
The Super Bowl (the US National Football League final, ed.) is the country's sporting event par excellence, bringing together hundreds of millions of fans and non-fans every year. The biggest celebrities take part in the occasion, as well as the most unusual ones such as avocados;
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CAAB opens its doors to private individuals
2024-02-15 00:00
The Centro Agroalimentare di Bologna opens its doors to private citizens, who can experience first-hand the quality and convenience offered by producers and wholesalers in the Bologna market.
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Strawberries: no love blossoms on Valentine's Day
2024-02-15 00:00
A flat Valentine's Day for the fruit of love: strawberries. The Centro Agroalimentare in Bologna had expected a livelier demand on the occasion of the anniversary, but instead sales were calm and without exploits. Quotations are down compared to last week,
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Times change, the 4 P's of the marketing mix adapt
2024-02-15 00:00
The famous 4 P's of the marketing mix. Who has not at least heard of them perhaps in an evening marketing course? Often wrongly attributed to the guru of the subject, Philip Kotler, they are, on the contrary, due to E. Jerome McCarthy, an American scholar who theorised them in 1960 in order to give an approach
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Stone fruit diseases, an effective ally
2024-02-15 00:00
There are several fungal diseases that can damage stone fruit production. Among these, powdery mildew, monilium blight, peach blight, red blotch of apricot and cherry trees, and blackening of apricot trees are worth mentioning. Some of these are widespread in different contexts,
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Pears, the numbers of the drama: average plv of 5,000 euro/hectare
2024-02-15 00:00
That the pear sector is in crisis is a fact of life, but, as always, a few numbers are worth a thousand speeches, and those presented by Adriano Aldrovandi, President of UNApera (pictured at top), at the recent conference 'Innovative and sustainable methods to counteract
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The Ferrero Group, through its holding company Ferrero International S.A., approved the Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year 2022/2023, which ended on 31 August 2023. The Group ended the financial year with a consolidated turnover of €17 billion, an increase of +20.7% compared to turnover
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Cosmic Crisp® returns to fly the apple category
2024-02-15 00:00
If at the dawn of its launch in Europe it conquered numerous consumers with its heavenly pleasure, today Cosmic Crisp® is already a shining star in the apple firmament. A true game changer for the category, from 1 February available again thanks to the VOG and VIP Consortia (click
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Apples, brisk sales in January close to 193,000 tonnes
2024-02-15 00:00
In recent days, the customary Assomel Marketing Committee examined the Italian stocks and market situation, as well as the production forecasts for the Southern Hemisphere.
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Syngenta: an emotional video to tell the company's values
2024-02-15 00:00
Ensuring a sustainable future for Italian agriculture, thanks to the heritage of history, values and skills that characterise its work: this is the message that Syngenta Italia, a world leader in science and innovation for agriculture, wanted to launch by presenting
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Eighth edition of 'Lemons for Research®' kicks off
2024-02-15 00:00
Everything is ready for the eighth edition of 'i Limoni per la ricerca®', the project realised thanks to the collaboration between Fondazione Umberto Veronesi ETS and Citrus l'Orto Italiano, which finances the work of doctors and researchers who have decided to dedicate their lives to
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Enza Zaden, the goal is to establish itself as a breeding leader
2024-02-15 00:00
Be One, this is the guiding claim of Enza Zaden, which wants to establish itself as the breeding leader in the segments it has been following for decades. To achieve this goal, the company has always taken the path of innovation;
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Anthracnose scares Italian citrus fruits
2024-02-14 00:00
Among the fungal diseases affecting the citrus fruit sector, Anthracnose deserves a prominent place. In recent years, in fact, thanks to the tropicalisation of the climate (warmer and more humid), a resurgence has been taking place that worries plant pathologists in the sector.
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Vegetables, the downward trend continues
2024-02-14 00:00
After January, the downward trend for wholesale sales continues, especially for vegetables. We took stock of the situation with Andrea Bonizzi, agronomist and price list manager at Veronamercato, who reports prices around 1 euro per kilogram for courgettes,
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Moro Sardo, continued expansion in large-scale retail trade
2024-02-14 00:00
The season continues for the Moro Sardo tomato, the excellence of the Agromediterranea Group, based in Serrenti, southern Sardinia, which is reviving this ancient variety and centuries-old tradition of the area. After analysing the start of the campaign, which came early
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