Continuing its commitment to drive innovation and advance new technologies in agriculture, McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights. A newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, Presia is the result of a decade of collaboration to develop digital technologies,
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Berry Global has launched a new version of its Omni® Xtra polyethylene cling film for fresh food applications, which provides a high-performance alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films. read more

Have you ever wondered what a fresh produce section looks like in US supermarkets? How do you imagine it: small, big, non-existent or replaced by frozen products? And what is the produce like, high or low-quality? And what about the prices? Can the US be the new market frontier for Italian
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Australia’s vegetable industry is set to receive an unprecedented level of protection against exotic pests through a unique $10 million levy-funded collaborative biosecurity strategy. read more

The harvesting campaign of brassicas, spinach, celery and spiked chicory by Futuragri, a leading Apulian fruit and vegetable producer, began at the turn of October and November. We spoke to Giuseppe De Filippo, sales manager, about the season that has now begun.
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Polish truckers and farmers are staging an around-the-clock blockade of the southeastern Medyka crossing. This has resulted in lorries lining up at the Poland-Ukraine border. This blockade has significantly complicated the delivery of imported products from Europe, the priority of retail chains
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In the final quarter of the year, the outlook for seaborne reefer trade has weakened with cargo demand now expected to post a second consecutive year of decline. Meanwhile, transit restrictions on the drought-stricken Panama Canal are starting to impact vessel capacity serving exports of
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Diving freight rates have inevitably led to plummeting carrier Q3 returns, and the outlook for the full year is bleak while next year's expectations have sunk well below the waterline. read more

Climate and logistics are primary factors in the success of a trade campaign. Chile is well aware of this and has had to revise downwards the estimates for its cherry exports, which have fallen by 14.6% in volume compared to the previous forecast. Reporting the news is the newspaper
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Promotion of fresh produce in the region, internationalisation of fruit and vegetable markets, the role of large regional platforms in guaranteeing product safety and quality, solidarity-based logistics with the third sector: these were the central themes of the conference 'Fresh is good!
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The journey of Fresh Select, a prominent player in the Australian salad and leafy green industry, is marked by resilience and innovation. John Said, Founder and CEO of Fresh Select, sheds light on the challenges and advancements shaping the industry this season. read more

In the current market environment, there seem to be two essential catalysts capable of transforming economies: the digitisation of companies and the sustainable overhaul of their operations, both internally and in value chains. These two elements reinforce each other
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A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as it recycles nutrients from wastewater streams, reduces leaching of
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According to HHLA, this is a continuation of its policy of successively replacing the last remaining fossil fuel-powered devices with battery-electric alternatives. read more

One new and two returning board directors have joined the grower-owned research and development corporation for Australian horticulture, Hort Innovation. read more

The new Italian NRP (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) has been approved, doubling the resources allocated to agriculture. Resources for the primary sector have been doubled and now amount to EUR 6.5 billion: EUR 2 billion are added to the initial EUR 3.6 billion for the
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According to the president of Augura, Emerson Aguirre, banana producers are complying with all the requirements demanded by European retailers in terms of environmental and social sustainability. For example, all the jobs in the Colombian banana sector are 100% formal; 92% of them are unionized
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It seems like Zimbabwe's blueberry sector is under threat from a currency crisis and high borrowing costs. In this nation, climatic conditions allow high yields from open field planting and early delivery into export markets doubled blueberry production to 7,000 tons this year. read more

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued a notice that Tesco is recalling certain batches of Growers Harvest Garden Peas due to contamination fears. These products may contain an unknown type of berry which may make the product unsafe to eat. read more

The Port of Paracas has announced that, as last weekend, the Maersk shipping company will begin a direct transport service from the aforementioned port to Europe, plus routes to the United States and Asia. read more