"After developing numerous partnerships in Spain, we are ready for a new dimension of our commercial offer," explains Raffaele Lasciarrea, director of ILFRES srl, as he announces the set up of a new company in Spain. ILFRES is an Italian company specializing in the import and export of fresh
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The Spanish pear sector is facing an unprecedented challenge, especially with the Conference variety, which accounts for 53% of the country's pear production and is predominant in Catalonia. From mid-March to early April 2024, there was an alarming lack of flowering in this variety, according to… read more

Benoit Labouille, head of SCEA Pinchagut and SCEA Bio Pinchagut, both based in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, welcomes their 10th sweet potato season. He looks back on the French campaign, which has just come to a close, and on the challenges of the season, in terms of production and
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The Strawberry Contact Group of France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, made up of representatives of producer and exporter associations, including Freshuelva-Fepex and officials from their respective administrations, is firmly committed to technological innovation

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Last summer, Lucas Wennekers launched Bessies, focusing on the buying and selling of blueberries and strawberries. The current Spanish season has its challenges, which is why the trader is eager to start with the first Dutch Elsanta strawberries next week. "Spain was very worried about all the
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With our experience behind us, we think we've seen it all, but - as often happens in the fruit and vegetable sector - one never stops learning. That's what we thought when, at the Milan Ortomercato, we came across a citrus fruit with a strange shape, reminiscent of a read more

Citrus producers in Castellón are facing increasing competition from Egypt, which exported 111,557 tons of oranges to Europe in the first two months of the year, i.e. 56% more than in the same period of the previous year. This massive influx of fruit into key markets such as France, Germany,
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In 2024, the cultivation areas for white cabbage in Ukraine are expected to decrease by 15-18% compared to the previous season, marking a significant decline as reported by the marketing manager of vegetable seed company Syngenta, Yevhen Kolin'ko. Several factors contribute to this decrease.
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TOMRA Food is a world leader in optical sorting, sizing and food peeling solutions. Its main markets are the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia and China. Being such a global company, TOMTOMRA Food required a

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Spain has about 50,000 hectares of broccoli crops that produce 600,000 tons of product a year, 90% of which is exported to Europe. This positions Spain as a leader in broccoli production in Europe. Despite the significant increase in broccoli consumption, which has increased tenfold since 2010,… read more

Artichokes are an excellence for Italy, which accounts for 30% of the world's production. They are also an excellence for Orogel, which holds the leadership in the retail market for frozen artichokes with a 67% overall market share between company brands and production for private labels of the most prominent companies. read more

The intralogistics group Mecalux will equip the PepsiCo plant in Veurne (Belgium), one of the largest crisp factories in Europe. The Belgian entity of the beverage and food multinational has decided to modernise its logistics with the

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Mecalux will be the first company in the world to install the new equipment.
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The Turkish citrus sector is mobilizing to prevent the spread of Psyllidium (Greening) disease from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to Turkey. Hayrettin Ucak, Deputy Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters' Associations and President of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Exporters'… read more

By eliminating a high percentage of flowers, manual thinning is no longer necessary. This is the aim of Florìx, a flower thinning machine developed in collaboration with Agroxx and Rinieri. A technical day was held on 4 April 2024 at the Montanari company in Filetto di Ravenna, Italy. "Florix
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Import of fruits and vegetables to Greece increased by 36.96% in March 2024, according to the Association of Greek Export Companies for Fruits, Vegetables, and Juices, INCOFRUIT-HELLAS, reaching 103,890 tons compared to 75,856 tons in the same month of 2023. Potatoes took the lead in imports,
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Banana suppliers from six Latin American countries have accused Kaufland, one of Germany’s largest retail chains, of failing to meet its commitments on fair pricing. read more

This exceeded the previous year's figure by 22%, while total food sales grew by "only" 9.5% to around 34.8 billion euros. read more

"The medlar is our first fruit of spring before the apricot." Medlars have been the talk of social networks in recent years. As the head of Louis Rosario, Xavier Rosario markets this niche product from March to May. He talks about the production of this PDO-certified fruit grown in Alicante, and
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EU countries are the main destination for Andalusian agri-food production and although Germany remains in first place in January, both in terms of volume and value, Italy stands out as the country to which exports have grown the most in

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European Union countries are the main destination for Andalusian agri-food production.
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On Friday, April 5, the Spanish authorities issued an alert on melons imported from Morocco, stating that a shipment contained "potentially dangerous" levels of pesticides. In response to rising Spanish alerts, several Moroccan exporters accuse Spain of "weaponizing and abusing the RASSF system
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