Australian Bananas has launched a new back to school campaign highlighting how the fruit has remained a staple of Australian lunchboxes throughout the years.  read more

Pistachios were exported from Turkey to 96 countries in 2023. While $151 million 568 thousand of income was obtained from exports, the country with the most sales was Germany. Pistachios are grown mostly in Sanliurfa and Gaziantep. read more

IFCO, a prominent provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs), announced today the launch of Dora, a revolutionary reusable plastic pallet across Europe. read more

The potato market is experiencing a brief lull. "Given that there are still some problem batches on the market, sales towards the french fry industry are slightly slower. But the long-term prospects look better," says potato trader Leen Meijer from the Dutch company of the same name. read more

"The year 2023 was unprecedented: weather anomalies affected 90 per cent of the references within the department, to the extent that it caused a kind of 'climate' inflation. The question is whether we are facing a particularly unlucky year, or a new
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The organised fruit industry of South Africa has set out its intention to take legal action against the state-run ports authority Transnet in a recent communiqué. read more

In a stench-filled protest against the government's agricultural policies, disgruntled French farmers dumped heaps of manure and rotting produce in front of city buildings in Toulouse. The farmers, numbering around 1,000 from across southwest France, claim that the policies are causing them
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Pistachios were exported from Turkiye to 96 countries in 2023. While $151 million 568 thousand of income was obtained from exports, the country with the most sales was Germany. read more

On land where one of Gauteng’s most important aquifers surfaces, where traces of human occupation hark back to the Stone Age and the Iron Age, a farming enterprise is planning on becoming South Africa’s dominant supplier of cherries during October, when it’s not available anywhere else in
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At the opening conference of Marca 2024, the president of Coldiretti, Ettore Prandini, spoke in depth on the topic of the strategic relationship between production and distribution for the development of the competitiveness of Made in Italy, thinking not only of the economic plan but also of
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The Moldova Fruct Association, citing the customs service of the Republic of Moldova, reports that in December 2023, more than 7.5 thousand tons of fresh apples were exported from the country for a total amount of about US $4.5 million. In November 2023, Moldova exported little more of these
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In December 2023, US container import volume increased by 0.4% from November 2023. The slight aggregate increase masks counter intuitive swings in volume at West, East and Gulf Coast ports. The top East and Gulf Coast ports saw increases, while the top West Coast ports saw decreases. read more

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. is pleased to announce South African multi-national agricultural technology business Microbial Biological Fertilizers International (MBFi) has commenced trials of BVT products in South Africa. They will be evaluating BVT’s patented bee vectoring
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South African pome fruit producers are looking forward to exports bouncing back. This is on the back of a lower pome fruit export crop due to hail damage in some of the major fruit producing areas during 2023. read more

E.Leclerc the best performer in France in December read more

EastFruit experts have repeatedly drawn attention to the rapid expansion of the greenhouse business in Turkmenistan, where the main emphasis is on growing greenhouse tomatoes thanks to access to cheap natural gas. In particular, we wrote about the prospect of doubling the area under greenhouse
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Plant Genetics, the licence holder for the Volcani Institute in South Africa, has come under the full ownership of Denau Holdings. The Volcani Agriculture Institute was established in 1921 and is Israel's national Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), the driving force behind Israel's
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"This year, unlike in the past, we went beyond the mere idea of business and services. We decided to take advantage of the Berlin trade fair to present the concept of 'Sicily in the World.' We were driven by the idea that it is impossible to separate the two, since companies are born and develop
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In the citrus market, Egypt and Spain are in the game with oranges. "The Egyptian oranges' share is increasing. Spanish importers can also meet their needs at prices that they can't compete with in Spain. All in all, a unique situation," begins Marcel van der Welle of Van Ooijen Citrus in the
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Zimbabwe has put a halt on importing potatoes and related goods from South Africa, following the detection of the pepper ringspot virus in South African potato cultivars. read more