Maersk has signed a contract with Dutch manufacturer OCI Global to supply green1 bio-methanol for the maiden voyage. The 21,500 km voyage from Ulsan, South Korea, to Copenhagen, Denmark - more than halfway around the world - will provide real-world operational experience
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Akorn Technology is excited to announce a strategic collaboration with Cutri Fruit to extend the shelf life of its produce. read more

In 2022 alone, the State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries (LALLF) examined almost 600,000 samples of various kinds, including about 38,600 samples from the plant protection service and almost 15,000 samples from food and feed monitoring. This goes
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Logistics giant Maersk has announced that it is expanding its use of Microsoft Azure as its cloud platform, as it aims to digitise its processes further on the path to decarbonisation. read more

OGS Südbaden was able to offer the first cherries grown in Baden at the start of week 23, managing director Lorenz Boll tells us. "Usually we receive the first delivery around May 25. However, due to weather conditions, the vegetation has been delayed by about ten days compared to normal
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Agricola Lusia presented its first sustainability report prepared in accordance with the Gri (Global Reporting Initiative) guidelines. "We describe our goals and our commitment on the path towards sustainable development that is combined with the growth of our business,
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A string of General Rate Increases (GRI) starting in March-April hasn't helped the container spot rates. The Shanghai Composite Index which had a momentary upside to US$1,028 slipped back to,979 even as its longer-term counterpart in the Chinese Containerized Freight Index (CCFI) fell further to
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To control the cherry vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted a further emergency authorisation for the plant protection product KARATE ZEON (active ingredient lambda-cyhalothrin). read more

Logging in the fruit and vegetable sector is a discriminating factor that is too often underestimated. A load that arrives late at the Ce.di. is often sent back to the sender or is subject to heavy penalties, as it generates a multitude of problems, which can even lead to the suspension of the supply. read more

Building resilience is important for agrifood systems – such as tropical fruit value chains – to prepare, withstand and adapt to a wide range of risks, including climate and non-climatic shocks and stresses. read more

Agricola Lusia presented its first Sustainability Report, which provides a transparent and detailed overview of the company's activities and performance on the Corporate Social Responsibility front. read more

A fresh taste reminiscent of citrus, yuzu and kaffir lime. This freshness is combined with peppery and spicy nuances. Eating the Sansho leaves gives a soft tingling sensation, similar to Sechuan Button, explains Koppert Cress. read more

Recently, Smart Oasis, a Ukrainian vertical farming company, has successfully launched its products and is now piloting 'a commercially promising business model' for sales of living herbs under the brand name Localista with one of the largest Ukrainian Food chains, SILPO. read more

In the Netherlands, BayWa r.e. and its subsidiary GroenLeven have begun construction on Europe's largest "Fruitvoltaic" project. The plant, which involves mounting PV modules over raspberries, has a record-breaking output of 8.7 MWp, according to the
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Precision agricultureis the new frontier of development in the agri-food sector: with an added value of 64 billion euro in 2021 and a number of employees approaching one and a half million, the application of technology in agriculture has become increasingly
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Aerobotics' app allows growers to capture yield information on the ground, by taking pictures of fruit on the tree. The AI software automatically identifies and sizes the fruit, saving time and allowing for much larger sample sizes to build weekly size distribution graphs. More importantly,
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ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a multinational reference reality of the large-scale retail trade among the world's most important operators, celebrates an important milestone in its growth path: five years of success in Italy based on quality, convenience,
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"We started processing Sicilian Victoria and Black Magic grapes on May 7th 2023, which have been performing well. Of course reference prices change as the season progresses: they initially reached €4/kg, while now exporters working with us can reach €2.50/kg from their warehouse, packaging
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At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries with signs of infection with strawberry anthracnose. The 11.5 tons of strawberries were transported
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Last Friday, as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded, the Oscar for innovation in fruit and vegetables promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association of Women in Fruit and Vegetables and
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