During the closing ceremony of the event, he detailed that 2,600 business meetings were held, 1,600 more than in the 2022 edition (1,000) and 580 exhibitors, both national and foreign, were present. Likewise, more than 20 thousand visitors were received, of which 1,200 were from abroad. read more

According to Diario Financiero, the lawsuit, filed at the Chilean Court of Defense of Free Competition, lists practices such as deliberate cargo delays and unjustified charges by MSC, which allegedly affected 994 containers on more than 20 different routes, representing some 16,000 tons of fruit. read more

Italian almond cultivation is in the midst of a crisis, a complex dynamic that risks leading a historic sector straight into the abyss. Between Sicily and Apulia, the main almond-producing regions, there is a risk that more than 50 thousand hectares will be abandoned or uprooted. read more

Growers across Jammu and Kashmir are experimenting with persimmons as a new fruit crop. According to Naveed Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of SKUAST-K’s Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship Centre, persimmons hold immense potential as a cash crop. read more

More than 1,500 tonnes of fertilisers that were not regular in their composition were seized yesterday morning by the ICQRF (Central Inspectorate for Fraud Repression) Tuscany and Umbria and the Forestry Carabinieri of the Agri-food and Forestry Environmental Police Investigative Unit of
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The Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, Alexey Bogdanov, pledged a "worthy, affordable price for domestic apples" this season. Bogdanov claims self-sufficiency in apples in Belarus this year, planning to allocate 23.4 thousand tons to stabilization funds for the inter-season period.
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Chiquita presents the innovative Yelloway projectin collaboration with KeyGene, MusaRadix and Wageningen University and Research (WUR) with the aim of producing bananas that are resistant to both pathogenic diseases, in particular Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and Black Sigatoka, and to
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The harvest of Kissabel, the red-fleshed and red-skinned apple, has just ended in Italy. The expansion of the national production to one thousand tonnes and the good quality of the harvest will carry the marketing season through to Christmas. Increased sales in large-scale retail trade Apple packaging
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This action is part of the campaign called "Terrifyingly delicious", an initiative of Love Klabaza, which unites pumpkin farmers in Spain and Portugal to promote pumpkin consumption. In addition, the most terrifying decorated pumpkin will be awarded a prize through a competition on
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D.IT in the 6 years since its inception has consolidated a high reputation and solid business credibility. The common denominator of the meeting held on 26 October was the need to overcome a causal approach and the need for a clear corporate vision
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In October 2023, the volume of exports of fresh table grapes from Uzbekistan is expected to be approximately 30% lower than in the previous month and up to 3 times lower compared to the same period of 2022, EastFruit analysts forecast. read more

A statement like the one in the headline of this article raises questions. After all, is it sustainable to fly for holidays? Before you know it, a discussion ensues, and camps for and against emerge. read more

In the MY 2022/23, Egypt has set a historical record for exporting dates to the Moroccan market, more than doubling its export volume in this direction, according to EastFruit. Such a rapid growth of exports allowed Egypt to also become the second largest date supplier to Morocco. read more

A haul of cocaine worth £10 million has been seized after divers found it underwater off the coast of Kent. The drugs, with a weight of 137 kg, were discovered by the Border Force National Deep Rummage Team in four large North Face holdalls at Sheerness Port on 14 October. read more

In October 2023, the volume of exports of fresh table grapes from Uzbekistan is expected to be approximately 30% lower than in the previous month and up to 3 times lower compared to the same period of 2022, EastFruit analysts forecast. read more

In the MY 2022/23, Egypt has set a historical record for exporting dates to the Moroccan market, more than doubling its export volume in this direction, according to EastFruit. Such a rapid growth of exports allowed Egypt to also become the second largest date supplier to Morocco. read more

Fusarium is a fungus that’s been prone to infect lettuce – predominantly iceberg - in several parts of the world. In Arizona, the disease has been around since 2001. While it was first contained in one field, it has since then spread through lettuce production areas of the Southwestern US.
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The supply of limes out of Mexico continues to be inconsistent. “It’s due to weather and other ongoing conditions in Mexico,” says Alex Teague of World Groves. Those conditions include some aging trees, some disease problems in nursery stock and the drought. “The fruit sizing and fruit
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Sweet onion supply has transitioned to coming out of Peru and supplies look steady. “Our New Mexico sweet onion season ran a little bit later but the transition was right on schedule,” says Jeff Brechler of Little Bear Produce. Supply will continue to come from Peru through the first of
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