Fruit exporters are struggling to get their cargo through the port of Cape Town as staffing problems, failing equipment and the notorious summer South Easter Wind cause delays. read more

Danish shipping giant Maersk warned customers on Friday to prepare for significant disruption after announcing it will divert all vessels from Red Sea routes around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope for the foreseeable future. read more

Specifically, the DUH had requested to be summoned to a lawsuit filed by the insecticide manufacturer SBM Developpement SAS (case reference: 10 OB 125/23 (1 A 247/22)). The company sells the insecticide Sherpa Duo, among other things, and is suing because of an application restriction against the
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The year 2023 saw a race involving mainline operators’ market positions, according to Alphaliner. Mediterranean Shipping Company overtook Maersk as the world’s largest container carrier in January 2022 and the gap between the two has widened by 1.12 million TEU over the past year. read more

Dubai has announced a ban on single-use plastic bags. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, issued the resolution on December 31, 2023. The ban applies to single-use and recycled products, including plastic and non-plastic items, regardless of their material
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Vincenzo Sabato, an Italian strawberry grower who is well aware of the effects of soil salinity, decided to turn to Pan Agri, a company with more than 40 years of experience in irrigation and fertigation and the creator of the Irrifarm system. read more

"From a production point of view, the requirements have changed completely. We are fortunate that we have a large fleet of machines, because this year certain packaging machines - workhorses in terms of the quantities produced in previous years - have not sold. I am referring in particular
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The organic mushroom farm Reiser, located in Rohrau, Lower Austria, is pioneering new methods in the production of high-quality mushroom substrate for organic mushroom cultivation. Just in time for the new year, the new substrate hall with a total capacity of 1,200m2 was put into operation.
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The second shipping disruption in the Red Sea, in early January, has put Egyptian fresh produce exporters in a difficult situation, unable to export to key markets in Asia. Mina Eissa, an Egyptian exporter of a wide range of fresh produce, reports on the situation. read more

The Defra Secretary Steve Barclay has announced what he claims is the biggest upgrade to the UK’s farming schemes since leaving the EU. read more

A report launched at the 2024 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) firmly states that the practice of farmers subsidising consumers’ appetite for cheap food cannot continue. read more

Due to the length of the phenomenon, the mobility of calcium was reduced, leading to changes in quality and greater spoilage of the fruit. Avocados, for example, were barely hanging on the tree. But mangoes were also severely affected, which was a
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As there has been criticism claiming the government's latest move could push up food prices, PM Albanese has defended changes to a labour hire initiative. The opposition has criticized the new minimum hour requirements for temporary workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM)
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The Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria, Pesquera, Alimentaria y de Producción Ecológica (Ifapa) has signed a collaboration agreement for the next four years with the multinational Bayer to carry out research-related activities.
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The Port Augusta Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility has released one billion sterile fruit flies over the Riverland area, as an ongoing effort to address fruit fly outbreaks in the region, which pose a significant threat to both commercial and residential horticulture. read more

Sea freight Chilean cherries entered in the peak arrival period, and the price continued to rise in the days before the end of the year. On December 31, the price and sales were the best in recent days. After New Year's Day on January 1, the selling price began to decline. The decline is larger
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"Exotic Roots had a great 2023. The holiday season provided a fantastic finale, particularly for the sale of items like beans from Kenya and baby vegetables from South Africa. There's always a noticeable peak in the run-up to Christmas. Availability-wise, it wasn't the easiest few weeks for
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The Partida Logistics branch in Almeria is now up and running. In this way, the Algeciras-based customs agency is getting closer to its customers not only in the province, but also in the Region of Murcia and a large part of the Spanish Levante region. read more

"In late December, due to the emergence of the Red Sea shipping crisis, shipping companies announced that they would increase sea freight rates. Many customers hoped to place orders for shipment before freight rates rose, which led to a surge in garlic orders at that time, especially orders from
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