Swiss agrivoltaic systems developer Insolight installed agrivoltaic system “insolagrin” at bioschmid GmbH in the canton of Lucerne, reports EastFruit referring to Freshplaza.com. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, there are several factors that will have a decisive influence on the Moldovan sweet cherry market in 2023. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, farmers in Poland on June 29, 2023 blocked the first raspberry freezing enterprise in response to what they consider to be unsatisfactory prices for raspberries offered by processors. We are talking about the purchase price of 5 zł per kg, which is equivalent to
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A trio of roboticists at CREATE Lab, EPFL, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a robot that can pick raspberries. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering, Kai Junge, Catarina Pires and Josie Hughes designed and tested their robot based on a new idea to
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A strategic partnership between Tenderstem and Action Against Hunger has left a lasting impact on hundreds of families facing food poverty in the UK, Spain and Kenya, following 12 months of community initiatives. read more

The forthcoming European pear harvest will be one of the smallest in the last ten years, with a forecast of around 1.9m tonnes. read more

Yesterday, the Dutch Staay Food Group got its first shipment of grapes - the Black Magic variety - from Puglia in southern Italy. Buyer Sander Rutten visited those grape growers last week. Four growers cultivate grapes for the Staay house brand NERO Premium. They are all modern family businesses
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According to the first estimates made public today in Interpera, the international pear congress held in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 30 years with around 1,900,000 tonnes forecast. According to these initial estimates,
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If there is one duo that is particularly popular with producers of honeydew melons from the Ionian arc up to northern Italy, it is Tripudio F1 and Graffio F1, varieties of HM.Clause.The two types act as a link between the end of early Sicilian greenhouse production and the beginning of the
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The Moroccan-Tunisian group RioFresh, which specializes in supplying fresh produce to supermarkets, relocated part of its operations to Montenegro at the beginning of this year, announced Fatma Zramdini, the company's CEO. A few months into this venture, Zramdini looks back on the successes and
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Fresh Del Monte launches a range of Hpp (High Pressure Processing) juices on the Italian market without added sugar (almost a prerequisite for new products in the segment). High Pressure Cold Pressing preserves the nutritional qualities read more

On Monday, in the Netherlands, the Berrybrothers team began picking the new season's first blueberries. "The timing surprised us a bit. With the wet, dark March and April, we thought we'd start a little later this year. However, the past few weeks' beautiful weather accelerated everything. With
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In the melon market, supply dynamics and weather conditions have been influencing the availability and prices of various melon types across different regions. In the Netherlands, the supply of Spanish watermelons has seen a drastic decrease due to hailstorms that occurred in May, causing crop
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According to initial estimates released today at Interpera, the international pear congress held in Lleida, the forthcoming European pear harvest will be one of the smallest in the last 10 years, with a forecast around 1,900,000 tonnes. read more

According to first estimates released today at Interpera, the International Pear Congress in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 10 years, with around 1,900,000 tonnes expected.  read more

Austrian industrial vegetable supplier AMMA Import Export Ltd is seeking to recover damages of some €4.5 million owed by North Macedonia's agricultural company Dena Produkt Import Export Veles over failed contractual obligations and misappropriated funds. According to Austria's embassy in
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Spaniards spent 2.7% more on food in 2022, a year marked by inflation, although this did not translate into higher consumption, which fell by 7.1% in volume compared to 2021. read more

The Spanish Guardia Civil, aided by Europol, has dismantled a criminal network involved in the multi-ton trafficking of cocaine from South America to the EU. During various operations, 8 locations in Cádiz and Málaga were searched, 13 people were arrested, and seizures included: 6.5 tons of
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After low pressure "Lambert" caused massive damage in Germany, the damage is becoming more and more visible. In Hesse, for example, the storm with hail, storm and heavy rain moved mainly over Kassel and the Waldeck-Frankenberg district. In North Rhine-Westphalia it was mainly
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From July 1, 2023, a new decree banning selling unprocessed fruit and vegetables in plastic packages comes into force in France. So reports the Dutch Agroberichten Buitenland. This new regulation appeared on June 21 in the Journal Officiel (Government Gazette), six months after the Conseil
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