The morning was subdued in terms of sales, probably a drop in turnout due to the holiday effect. For watermelons, we report a slight but not significant drop in price; for melons, we report a drop in price, especially on the retato, while the smooth keeps
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After the positive tests in the Piana del Sele, which involved sowing rocket and other baby leafe on paper, the promoters of the new company 'Paper-be', namely: Ortomec, for the mechanical part,PRO-BE, a consulting company, for the agronomic part, and the
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After rain, hail and windstorms that lasted until June, now summer arrives and does so with equal violence. In fact, the African anticyclone Cerberus will descend on the Peninsula with unprecedented force and with temperatures that will even touch 42°C. The areas most affected by the
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Whereas until last week, consumption of peaches and nectarines was in freefall (click here to read more), sales seem to have recovered slightly since yesterday; read more

Today at 9 a.m. expires the notice of extension of the terms of the Notice for the appointment of no. 2 representatives of the Municipality of Florence in the board of Mercafir; read more

According to BMTI's elaborations on the wholesale data recorded in the Rome wholesale market, which belongs to the ITALMERCATI network, the anomalous weather pattern that affected our country until the first half of June affected demand, production and prices of two
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One of the hottest trends in food today is certainly protein products, which now find dedicated lines in almost all product categories. Can this situation be exploited to the advantage of fruit and vegetables? Certainly it is not easy to find a high
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Rijk Zwaan Italia expressed great satisfaction with the success of Demo Days 2023 - Speciale Villa Torlonia, a historic annual event in San Mauro Pascoli (FC) and linked to the Villa Torlonia Tower Festival. Despite the organisational difficulties related to the recent flooding
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In the first five months of the year, the domestic agricultural machinery market had a two-speed trend, characterised by a contraction in sales of tractors and trailers, and an increase in combine harvesters, flatbed tractors and telehandlers.
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'Luckily there is Spain'. In the last few days, this is a phrase we have heard frequently from several operators in the wholesale markets dealing in pears. In fact, starting last week, the first consignments of
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Back after a few years, the Tomato Excellent, now in its fourth edition, was held in Ragusa at the Donnafugata Castle, an ideal location rich in history and beauty. The 'Tomato Excellent' award is aimed at companies operating in the coastal strip with a vocation for horticultureintensive
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F.lli Orsero, the brand synonymous with high quality exotic fruit, presents an innovation in the IV gamma segment. An absolute novelty for the Italian market, which until now has only offered the public dehydrated or dried products: fresh coconut in snack version. The coconut snack
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Continuity of quality, earliness, vigour, great adaptability, resistance, as well as an excellent shelf life: these are some of the main characteristics of Sensation, Vision and Canyon, the Nunhems-branded valerian varieties offered by BASF's vegetable seed division. read more

The VIP mountain cherry harvest is starting in the Vinschgau Valley. It will start this week and is expected to last until mid-August. read more

That the 2023 melon campaign would be characterised by a lower-than-average supply was expected by the industry's 'biggies' (click here to read more), but the prices that have been characterising the market since the beginning of June were certainly not predictable,
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The new Board of Directors of MAAP (Padova Food Market), appointed - together with the Board of Auditors - by the Shareholders' Meeting held a week ago, took office a few days ago; read more

Chiquita, a leading banana company, launches 'It Peels So Good' (click here to read more), a new global campaign that aims to reinforce the brand's leadership role in its category by celebrating, together with the quality of its bananas and their unmistakable taste, the
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"With the flows decree approved by the Council of Ministers, the Meloni government shows that it is working to promote legal immigration, which can only be fostered with certain rules that can counteract illegal immigration. In this field, after years in which flows were approved after
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Assosementi welcomes the European Commission's proposal to update EU legislation on seeds and other plant breeding material. The text confirms the pillars of seed legislation that have put Europe in a position of
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Insulin can be grown in lettuce leaves and taken orally. This is the discovery made by a group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and represents a big step forward for the international scientific community; read more