After three years of heightened trading conditions and untold pressures on the supply chain caused by the global pandemic, business group Logistics UK’s annual Logistics Report released yesterday (13 June) shows that recovery is starting to be seen across the sector.  read more

Assuming normal growing conditions for open-field and shade house cultivation, as well continued greenhouse technology use, Mexico’s 2023 fresh tomato crop is estimated at 3.87m tons, a marginal increase over the official 2022 production estimate of 3.8m tons, according to USDA data. Despite
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Greenyard, a global fruit and vegetable supplier, and the German retailer Dohle Trading Group have taken the first steps towards a tailor-made and integrated customer relationship (ICR). Greenyard Fresh Germany is the dedicated supply chain partner for a complete range of healthy fruit and
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Biobest's Trap-Eye™ sticky trap monitoring system, unveiled at GreenTech Amsterdam 2023, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide automated, accurate, fast and affordable IPM scouting, has won the Innovation Award, according to the
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Royal Brinkman and Moleaer will continue their cooperation to improve irrigation water quality in horticultural greenhouses. Moleaer's patented nanobubble technology transfers oxygen into water, and the properties of nanobubbles provide additional benefits to growers. Royal Brinkman and Moleaer
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On the occasion of the draft of a third law for the amendment of toll regulations passed by the Federal Cabinet, which among other things is associated with an approximate doubling of the HGV toll as of 1 December 2023, BGL Board Spokesman Prof. Dr. Dirk Engelhardt explains: "With the
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to the continued increase in the efficiency of banana trade in Uzbekistan, which allows them to reduce wholesale price relative to other countries. In particular, the wholesale prices of bananas in Uzbekistan are now even lower than in Georgia and Moldova. At
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For the control of downy mildew on fresh herbs in greenhouses on sealed surfaces, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product Fonganil Gold (active ingredient: Metalaxyl-M). read more

The Danish Newtec company is a well-known manufacturer of weighing, packing and sorting machinery primarily for the fruit and vegetable industry. read more

HarvestEye is a new technology, based on a 3-D camera system, which can aide potato growers to identify the size and weight of a tuber at exact locations within a field. HarvestEye was launched on to the UK market in 2019. The plan now is to make the technology available in Ireland read more

Summer fruit from Romagna is starting to be seen on the markets, flanked by southern products. We took a look at the main trends in stone fruit and melons with Giuseppe Frino, purchasing and sales manager for Siban srl, a company operating at the agri-food centre
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Ammar's story begins in the Iraqi capital, where he was born and raised. As a young boy, his curiosity was ignited by two seemingly unrelated events: witnessing the age-old traditions of farming around him and an encounter with technology imported from a far-off land. His father's trip to Japan
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For the control of cherry vinegar flies on strawberries, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product SpinTor (active ingredient: spinosad). read more

The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI) slipped again on 9 June as weak utilisation on the Transpacific saw liner operators cutting rates on both the US West Coast and East Coast routes, erasing all of the gains made in the previous two weeks. read more

The worst drought for 70 years has hit the Panama Canal, forcing strict new regulations that slash the capacity of some containerships by 40 per cent and will likely increase the price of UK-US goods, warns the international delivery expert ParcelHero. read more

Trap-Eye, the automated and accurate sticky trap monitoring system from Dutch group Biobest, has won the Greentech Innovation Award read more

Chile’s 2022/23 lemon crop is estimated to increase by 26.4% to 172,000 tons, due to favourable climatic conditions. According to FAS Santiago data, lemon exports will increase by 33.9% to 75,000 tons due to higher production and a decrease in freight costs. Likewise, the 2022/23 orange crop
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New Zealand research institute Plant & Food Research has hosted a visit from Dr Zhigang Wang, China’s minister of science and technology as the two countries celebrated their research links. read more

Coles has awarded Australian producers A$3.6m in grants from its Coles Nature Fund to drive innovation and sustainability. read more

Kuehne+Nagel, a prominent global logistics company, is delighted to announce the appointment of David Roussiere as Managing Director for India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. read more