The GRoW Harvesting Robot, a collaborative effort by Ridder and MetoMotion, is picking XR ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes in Axia Vegetable Seeds' demo greenhouses in the Netherlands. This demonstration provides growers with the opportunity to witness the GRoW robot's performance in a high-tech
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With 13 million kilograms, bananas confirm their position as the best-selling Fair Trade product, although slightly down on the previous year (-3%), due to the general decline in organic volumes. The figure was released in Milan, on the occasion of the
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The Metis® brand made its appearance in Europe almost nine years ago with only one variety present at the end of the season: Sunset Sky. Since then, the range has been expanded with four additional varieties, making it possible to offer continuity of the supply from June to November. read more

A radical change in the approach of the legislative proposals on the reduction of the use of plant protection products and new standards for packaging.
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Agribusiness and fruit and vegetable enterprises are continuously in seek of new opportunities. In light of this, on 6 June 2023, during the 'Italy-Uzbekistan Business Forum,' the president of the Italian consortium Cermac, Enrico Turoni, signed an important cooperation agreement on the
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One of the many consequences of the severe drought that Spain is suffering, which, fortunately, has been recently alleviated by some rainfall, is the reduction in the harvest of cereals and green fodder, which is having a direct impact on all sectors that need straw as a raw material, including
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The contact group from Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal met in Santarém, Portugal, on Monday and Tuesday to analyze the data from the 2022/2023 campaign and forecasts for the current campaign. read more

We enter the Rosa Pitaya greenhouses developed by Novagric and the first thing that strikes us is the colours that surround us. We see bright green cacti as they climb and intertwine around the structure that supports it, covering it completely. From the branches hang a fruit
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"Due to the bad weather in Spain destroying many mini-watermelon crops, demand from the foreign and domestic retail channel has shifted to Italy. Quotations have increased, but the produce is not enough to meet demand," reports Alberto Nocera, president of Agrieuropa in Terracina (Latina). read more

In line with the seasonal situation, Spanish shipments predominated for both peaches and nectarines. They were flanked by Italian goods. The first fruits from Greece appeared in Frankfurt and Munich, but the quality was not always convincing. According to the BLE, availability had expanded
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More than 300 hectares of cultivated land, 4 varieties (Shany, Emek, Ako and Wonderful), a 13,000 m2 property with 18 cold rooms on 7,000 m2, including cold rooms with controlled atmosphere that can store for up to 5 months after harvesting are just some of the numbers that give a glimpse of the
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Fruit Logistica is organising two conferences on sustainable innovation for fruit growers, marketers, auxiliary and technological companies in southern Spain. read more

Fruit Logistica is organising two conferences on sustainable innovation for fruit growers, marketers, auxiliary and technological companies in southern Spain. read more

The rise in temperatures over the last ten days has put crops under threat. Daytime temperatures have rarely fallen below 20°C for more than a week, including in Northern Ireland's premier region for growing apples, Co Armagh. David Kane grows apples on a 60 acre site on his family farm just
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Already close to 12,000 hectares are devoted to organic lemon cultivation in Spain, making the country the largest producer and global supplier of organic lemons. "In the lemon sector, we are very pleased to have achieved such a level of sustainability. We are number 1 in the world both in terms
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There is time until 30 June to take out policies in agriculture for permanent fruit and grape crops. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry has postponed the deadline for subsidised policies, which was 30 May, by one month due to
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The Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigida was a guest at two different events yesterday in Cesena: first at the Orogel plant, then at the Cesena campus. read more

What started as a campaign supported by 150,000 people in Germany encouraging supermarkets to stop buying Spanish strawberries could become a more serious problem. Following this boycott attempt to avoid contributing to the drying up of the wetland Doñana, a group of German MPs is visiting
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The cerasicola campaign is getting into full swing, despite all the difficulties caused by the bad weather that for the past month has given no respite to the main production areas in Italy. read more

In Belgium, loose and vine tomatoes' median prices rebounded last week. That, thus, halted the recent week's steady decline, as evidenced by VBT figures. As the year's longest day approaches, the next few weeks usually have the highest productions. read more