Can there be a product that benefits both animals, humans and plants? The answer is yes. This is demonstrated by CHV (crop heat division) with Croptimum (click here for brochure), an innovative plant activator based on purified plant molecules. In fact, the origin of CHV
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Years of field trials, carefully selected and buried potatoes to see if they are more resistant to pests, climate change and less water consumption. This is the starting point for creating new types of tubers that can meet the needs of consumers, but also be
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The wait is over for apple connoisseurs: yello® is back on the markets. The speciality of the yellow-skinned segment produced by the VOG and VIP consortia began sales at the end of October, with slightly increased availability and fruit in excellent condition. read more

Argentina has reopened trade in citrus fruits with the EU by making its first export of organic lemons to Europe, after more than two decades of a ban on exports due to Commonwealth restrictions. The shipment involved around 60
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"Displaying signs with the words 'cultivate ignorance' is an unacceptable provocation that offends 2 million Italian farmers who every day ensure food for the country with their work". This was stated by Coldiretti President Ettore Prandini regarding the
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Just a few days after the double award as 'Sign of the Year 2023-2024' in the Convenience Supermarket category and 'Retailer of the Year 2023-2024' (click here to read more),Lidl Italia, a supermarket chain with over 730 shops nationwide, celebrates a new
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In the past few weeks we have published an in-depth article on Italian aniculture with some declarations by the Il Noceto Op (click here to read more). In particular, the company appealed to the European Union for greater protection for domestic production,
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Surpassed all records for the 2023 edition of Speciale Frutta & Verdura. Research into customers' perceptions of the fruit and vegetable departments of the various brands, devised with the support of UNAPROA, is bringing an attendance of national modern distribution operators
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The arrival of autumn fills the Italian fruit and vegetable markets with a great variety of typical seasonal products. Fruits and vegetables such as persimmons, pumpkin, apples and pears are invading the fruit and vegetable counters and represent real nutritional resources in
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The kaki campaign, which started around 10 October for the Fabbri farm in Santarcangelo di Romagna (Rimini), is going full steam ahead. Together withFilippo Fabbri, producer member of the Agribologna consortium and active witness for the 'I made this myself' project, and his cousin
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A cucumber with remarkable earliness, it lends itself well to different transplanting periods: in Sicily in particular from mid-October to the end of December, while in the rest of Italy from January to March and from mid-July to the end of August. This is Cannitello F1, the new hybrid variety proposed by
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Glyphosate can be used for another ten years. The news comes directly from Brussels, where the European Commission has renewed the use of the substance. As reported by various newspapers, the decision was entirely 'forced' considering that in a vote of the
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During the first meeting with the Sicilian organic districts, organised by CREA with the support of the National Rural Network, at the Agriculture Department of the Regional Department of Agriculture, the president of the Distretto Produttivo Agrumi di Sicilia, Federica Argentati, raised the following issues
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Macfrut, the international fruit and vegetable fair scheduled from 8 to 10 May 2024, was presented on Tuesday 14 November to the authorities, associations and stakeholders of the Dominican Republic at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture in Santo Domingo. read more

Crunchy and colourful: excellent quality for Verona radicchio, which is flying in the South. The product from Verona, historically consumed in Northern Italy, is also gaining ground in the South thanks to its taste and beauty. read more

ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a leading multinational supermarket chain, continues the process of digitising its services by offering customers a digital flyer via WhatsApp. Designed to make the shopping experience always
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The 2023 tomato processing campaign in Italy closed with a production of 5.4 million tonnes, slightly down (-1.3%) on 2022. The processing industry had to cope with a long and complex campaign with costs of
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Desparin's market share in Calabria and the Cosenza area is growing: the municipality of Mirto has also embraced the colours of the Fir sign, with the inauguration of a brand new Eurosparin Via della Repubblica. In this way, Despar Centro-Sud further expands its presence
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There is a lively market for kiwifruit and clementines these days. We interviewed Francesco Gioffrè, sales manager of New Som, a company operating at the Verona wholesale market, to investigate the trends of these two autumn fruits that deserve a
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Potatoes are undoubtedly a very important category within the fruit and vegetable department, with the entire supply chain trying for years to improve its offer in all aspects: varietal innovation, packaging, sustainability and development of PDO and PGI recognitions. read more