"In Florida, the lowest citrus harvest in a century will be recorded, and also the most expensive due to the climate and the very dangerous 'Greening' phytopathy. The news published by the Washington Post and relayed by Agrapress, prompts us to denounce once again the serious
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Conservation and innovation: this is the binomial that guides the work of Fondazione Agrion's Boves experimental centre, which has an operational section specialising in research on strawberries, small fruits and horticultural crops. With the will to maintain and improve tradition, with 5.5
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In recent days, the President of the Consorzio di bonifica della Romagna Occidentale (Western Romagna Land Reclamation Consortium), Antonio Vincenzi, attended a hearing in Rome at the Environment Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, dedicated to the examination of the problems following the flooding events in May in
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In Sicily, the Bianchetto lemon campaign continues, which is produced by the members of CAI, the Cooperativa Agricoltori Ionici based in Furci Siculo and which can boast 70% organic lemon production. Started a few weeks ago, the Bianchetto harvest will end at the beginning of the year.
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"We can only be grateful to the European Union for a first concrete and rapid response in favour of agriculture in the areas of Romagna affected by the floods. read more

From 12 noon on Monday 3 July, it will be possible to submit applications for the MIA Loan (Flood Intervention Measure), ISMEA's new intervention aimed at ensuring agricultural and fishing enterprises, affected by the recent flooding events, liquidity for all processes
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The 17th 'City of Cherries' National Cherry Festival was held in Bracigliano (SA) during the customary Cherry Festival, this year particularly important for obtaining the I.G.P. European Quality Mark.
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It is now the end of June and, as every year, we expected tomato prices to fall, but this year we are telling a different story and quotations are extraordinary for almost all varieties; read more

Returning to discussion and debate in presence, to be even more of a cooperative 'leader in thought and action', constantly capable of interpreting consumer needs and innovating by experimenting with new commercial policies, to protect the purchasing power of members and the
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Gabriele Ferri (in the opening photo) is the new president of Cpr System - the Emilia-based co-operative company and national leader in reusable sideboard and pallet packaging - unanimously elected by the company's Board of Directors, which met in Bologna last Friday for the traditional
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In the tomato greenhouses of northern Italy, TSWV (Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus) is the number one enemy of growers (followed closely by Tuta absoluta) as it threatens to compromise the entire harvest. Containment strategies can be adopted with the lepidoptera,
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ince five years of waiting and a bureaucratic process that seemed interminable. But in the end, on 14 June last, the Regulation was published in the European Official Journal approving and making applicable the amendment to the specification for the Pesca e Nettarina di Romagna PGI, which allows new
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A box containing 15 prized cherries in Japan was sold at the first auction of the season for 500,000 yen, the equivalent of 3,200 euro, in the northern prefecture of Aomori, an auspicious sign for local farmers, although lower than the price paid in 2022. read more

Etna is in bloom with its most representative fruit, the prickly pear. An expanse of 'sluices' (the plots destined for the cultivation of the prickly pear, ed.) colour the slopes of the volcano and companies begin the first operations between the shovels, and hopefully a
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China is losing an important primacy and Italy is ready to take its place. In the current season, in fact, the large Asian state has drastically reduced its export volumes of apples, in which it has long been a leader. The drop in exports, according to analysts from
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Della Casa - At the end of last week came like a thunderbolt the anticipation of the outcome of the additional investigation in the impact assessment, requested from the European Commission by no less than 17 Member States at the end of last year regarding the proposal of the
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The campaign for mountain strawberries produced by the VIP farmers, cultivated in Val Venosta and the adjacent Val Martello, in the heart of the Stelvio National Park, where, thanks to the glacier of Monte Cevedale, the fresh air slowly ripens the fruit and
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We often have preconceptions not only about people, but also about the fruit and vegetables we find on sale, and this compromises our purchase. But what if, as consumers, we found additional information on how to use the product according to the degree of ripeness? It is that
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Once again this year, Nova Siri Genetics (NSG), a company researching and testing new varieties of strawberries and berries, participated in the Red Fruit Congress in Huelva on 20 and 21 June. read more

By now, summer is in full swing and there is hope for a revival of the typical good season. But the last few days of trading in the wholesale markets, with the exception of melons and watermelons, have been dull for stone fruits and cherries. Quotations are average but - as we
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