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UK startup showcased as innovative business for global investment
2024-01-11 00:00
FruitCast, the startup behind a novel AI-based forecasting tool for the soft fruit industry, was one of just 13 businesses chosen from across the UK to showcase innovation and investment opportunities to leading global investors.
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2024 blueberry production forecast to show 8 percent increase YoY
2024-01-11 00:00
Mexico’s 2024 blueberry production is forecast at 81,000 MT, an eight percent increase over 2023 on sufficient water access and growing export demand. The rate of production growth is projected to be slower in 2024 compared to 2023 due to competition from Peru. Production in 2023 reached an
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ITC Packaging incorporates its first thermoforming line
2024-01-11 00:00
The introduction of the new thermoforming line is part of ITC Packaging's ambitious strategic plan, designed to position the company as a benchmark in global packaging solutions. With the incorporation of this new technology, ITC will significantly expand its range of products.
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Haulage and courier rates surge as peak season ends, but prices remain lower than the levels observed in previous two December periods across the United Kingdom.
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Garden Salad revenues exceed 50 million
2024-01-11 00:00
Insalata dell'Orto will be present for the first time at Marca (MarcaFresh area, hall 29, stand E/61). The production of references for the mdd represents the core business of the Veneto-based company whose turnover has exceeded 50 million. New developments in the edible flower segment
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The start-up behind a new AI-based forecasting tool for soft fruit was one of just 13 UK businesses selected to showcase innovation and investment opportunity to leading international financiers at a recent summit hosted by the government.
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Growers offer MPs seven-point plan to save UK food producers
2024-01-10 16:00
UK food producer representatives gave a damning indictment of British supermarket pricing and intimidation practices in an EFRA Committee meeting on 9 January.
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Supply of raw materials for Fresh Cut salads remains critical
2024-01-10 13:00
The association announced at the beginning of December 2023 that the capricious weather conditions would have a significant impact on the supply of raw materials and would likely continue to have a massive impact on supply chains in the coming weeks. Maximiliane Overhage explained to Fruchthandel Magazin,
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AgPick Technology has unveiled AgPick ID, a new mobile application that harnesses facial recognition to replace the need for physical ID cards.
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PommaQuality: the app that “instantly assesses apple quality”
2024-01-10 00:00
After PommaFlow in 2021 for real-time harvest monitoring, SAS ArboFlow is now launching the PommaQuality® app, which instantly assesses apple quality thanks to artificial intelligence. This innovation received the silver SIVAL award 2024. Mathieu Gazeau, producer and head of the company,
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"Because of the situation in the Red Sea, many operators are no longer taking orders"
2024-01-10 00:00
In the fruit and vegetable industry, circumstances can change rapidly, and this is exactly what is happening with Chinese ginger and other products coming from Asia to Europe.
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New gripper automates fruit and vegetable punnet packaging process
2024-01-10 00:00
Three years ago, the Dutch company MDE Automation took its first steps into the fresh produce sector with a completely new line for optimizing chicory processing at Reijnpack. That made it clear to MDE Automation founder Edwin Denissen that there were more automation opportunities in that
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80% of all container ships on Suez route divert to Cape of Good Hope
2024-01-10 00:00
The number of container vessels that have re-routed via the Cape of Good Hope due to the Red Sea crisis has risen to 354 units as of 7 January, according to the latest Linerlytica report, translating to 4.65 million TEUs or 16.4% of the global fleet.
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Horgos launches fruit and vegetable export season with "green corridor" and "belt and road"
2024-01-10 00:00
The vegetable and fruit export season has kicked off in Horgos, marked by the dispatch of a refrigerated truck loaded with 2.4 tons of mandarins to Kyrgyzstan. The Horgos customs post ensures meticulous control and swift customs clearance for agricultural products through the "green corridor."
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What are the main motivations of growers and packers as they consider implementing grading and sorting technology? Often the goals and challenges are similar: increasing capacity and providing consistent quality while reducing the dependence and costs associated with manual labor. However, as
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Mango supply is still limited thanks to the El Niño phenomenon and the subsequent winter rains. “Aside from smaller sized mangos, the rain brings additional quality concerns on harvested fruit, so we employ a more strict quality control at the farms and packing facility,” says Ana Paula
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The cultivation of aubergines, whether in a greenhouse or in an open field, is no small challenge to achieve satisfactory production for the supply chain. CHV's Croptimum is an innovative plant activator based on purified plant molecules that is attracting a lot of interest from
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On the new measures to support citrus fruit cultivation launched by the Sicilian regional government, the president of the Consortium for the Protection of the Sicilian Red Orange PGI, Gerardo Diana, commented:
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ILIP opens 2024 confirming its participation in two important trade fairs dedicated to the vegetable and flower nursery industry. From 23 to 26 January, the Bologna-based company will be taking its Hortipack products (propagation trays, carriers with trays, cultivation and transport pot holders
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Maersk will avoid the Red Sea with all its ships
2024-01-10 00:00
The Danish shipping giant Maersk has announced that it will divert all ships from the Red Sea routes around the Cape of Good Hope and, this, will cause significant disruption considering that about one third of global container ship cargo passes through the Suez Canal.
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