Zespri’s 2022/23 financial results reflect a challenging period for the kiwifruit industry, with grower returns down on the back of fruit quality issues that have primarily been driven by the industry’s severe labour shortage, along with cost increases and supply chain challenges. read more

In Linares, Chile, a never-before-seen collaboration is taking place, and even more so in the agricultural sector: robots guided by artificial intelligence are harvesting apples. This extraordinary feat is the result of a partnership between Tevel, an Israeli start-up specialising in
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The asparagus season in the northwest usually starts mid-April, but this year the crop was almost a month late due to a really cold spring. “When Mexico stopped shipping the third week of April, we weren’t even packing asparagus in Idaho,” says Shay Myers with Owyhee Produce. The late
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Brisbane Markets Limited (BML) has officially opened Building H1, a new A$25m warehouse and administration building. read more

Online at www.pearswithlove.eu is the website of the EU project 'Pears with love: a case study of sustainable agriculture', promoted by Apo Conerpo Sca and co-financed by the European Community. The aim of the programme is to explain the agricultural chain of the pear
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The Italian nut supply chains gathered at a working table at the recent edition of Macfrut 2023. An opportunity to take stock of a sector that counts important numbers and growing potential, especially in some areas, as well as an increase in the preferences of
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This is an unprecedented pilot project in this sector in Germany and indeed Europe: using its own infrastructure, Linde Material Handling (MH) is now producing green hydrogen to power 21 fuel cell forklift trucks in its in-house fleet. On Thursday 11
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Citrosol, European leader in technology and post-harvest fruit and vegetable treatments, joins the Agro-Rural Innovation Hub (ARI Hub), an initiative promoted by the international food holding company Vicky Foods, which was created in the Valencian region of La Safor with the aim of
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The central warehouse of online delivery service Knuspr in Garching covers 10,000 m², together with the Autostore Fresh facility. Up to 7,000 boxes can be filled and delivered to customers daily via the Autostore facility. "For fresh produce, we work with two temperature zones, with one zone at
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On May 24 and 25, the international logistics industry went to Hamburg for the 20th Logistics Days. The two-day congress, accompanied by a trade exhibition, was once again a meeting place for experts from trade, industry and science as well as a showcase for approaches and projects to exploit
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Climate change and the related weather phenomena are increasingly bringing focus on agricultural production systems. In May, Italy was plagued by bad weather, and while Emilia Romagna suffered more than any other region, the weather in Sicily also showed little spring-like conditions. Prolonged
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Vidalia onions are starting the transition from shipping fresh onions to moving into storage onions. “We finished harvesting last week and it’s about a week transition because you’re still sizing the onions that have come out of the field,” says John Williams, director of sales and
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Renewed consumer purchasing habits, a focus on sustainability and new certifications. These are the trends that the organic sector is facing in this latest period. This was discussed last Thursday in Bologna during the 34th Assembly of the Consorzio Il Biologico
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SanLucar, a producer and distributor of premium quality fruit and vegetables, has chosen Hispatec Agrointeligencia as its technology partner to carry out the digital transformation of its agricultural operations. The company, headquartered in Valencia, currently has
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The issue of temperature control in greenhouses has become one of the most important aspects in crop management also due to climate change and the swift temperature changes that often occur in the production areas. In particular, high daytime temperatures throughout many months of the year make
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Eximcrop operates the first Kenyan avocado logistics center in Georgia, which was opened in Gori and based in Tiriphoni Fruits facilities, reports EastFruit. Eximcrop representative Vakhtang Gogaladze told Business Insider Georgia that the first batch of Kenyan avocados has already been shipped
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Post-harvest specialist Citrosol has joined the Agro-Rural Innovation Hub (ARI Hub), an initiative backed by food and drink company Vicky Foods to promote innovation and rural development in the agri-food sector. read more

Manufacturing PLU fruit stickers with a compostable construction – adhesive, face stock and inks – to meet food safety standards, certification requirements and performance requirements has been quite the undertaking, according to Duncan Jones of Sinclair. read more

SanLucar has chosen Hispatec Agrointeligencia as its technology partner to carry out the digital transformation of its agricultural operations. read more

Reemoon has completed its largest Australian installation to date delivering a new six-lane sizer to Mario’s Packhouse in Griffith, New South Wales. read more