Planasa, the world's leading Spanish company in advanced varietal research in the agri-food sector, is setting up a new research and development centre in Jacona (Michoacán, Mexico) with the aim of breeding new varieties of red fruits to provide farmers with the best quality products.
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This week the Enza Zaden Winter Leafy Days are being held in El Albujon, Murcia in Spain. Amid demo fields with dozens of familiar and new varieties, Enza Zaden breeders and colleagues will bring visitors up to date on the latest developments in leafy crops. The event is dedicated to emphasize
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United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. The decision is effective immediately. APHIS conducted a pest risk analysis, which was made available for
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With an organic production of thirty thousand tonnes in South Tyrol - South Tyrol and thanks to the expertise of many hands that look after the apples from the orchard to the point of sale, VOG offers the best variety and packaging for every channel and every need in the industry. BIOFACH has
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North Carolina-based Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5 million Series A round to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener ‘inspired by monk fruit,’ and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease threatening global banana
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The anticipation came at Sanremo with the new commercials. Mutti has entered the Italian fresh soup market by pioneering a new segment: tomato soups, with a production of 603 thousand tonnes of 100% Italian product by 2022. An epoch-making innovation for
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Bioland-Präsident Jan Plagge hat sich beim Biofach-Podium "Regulatory Frameworks for new types of genetic engineering in agriculture within and beyond the EU" mit Tia Loftsgard, Canada Organic Trade Association, zu Konsequenzen neuer Gentechnik geäußert. read more

The Japanese Miyazaki, one of the most expensive mangoes in the world will be produced in West Bengal. This mango variety is available for thousands of rupees/kg in the global market. It is a type of Irwin mango that is unlike the yellow pelican mango grown in Southeast Asia. read more

Next week, the first watermelons the Staay Food Group has cultivated in Costa Rica will arrive in the Netherlands. "Our Costa Rican branch SFG Dulce consists of six cultivation sites with a total area of 550 hectares. To spread the risk, these are situated over four cultivation areas: Parrita,
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In January-December 2022, Uzbekistan imported 140.2 thousand tons of bananas from abroad in the amount of 63.4 million US dollars. During this time, banana imports increased by 157.2% (51.0 thousand tons) compared to the corresponding period in 2021. read more

On 1 January 2023, Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils came into force, which establishes a special tax for plastic packaging that is not reusable. This law considers non-reusable packaging to be "packaging that has not been conceived for reuse,
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Lytone Enterprise has partnered with US-based Fortune Growers to successfully trial its proprietary post-harvest preservation solution LytoFresh on broccoli.  read more

In the coming months, California-headquartered Apeel will let go about 105 employees in North America, Europe, and South America. It is part of a plan that was announced in November of last year. The company's total workforce is estimated at 450. read more

The total market value of exported US fruits and vegetables (in US dollars) came in at $5.56 billion for Canada, $1.77 billion for Mexico, $1.05 billion for Japan, $633.37 million for South Korea and $358.63 million for Taiwan. These are the five largest importers of US produce. read more

The Georgian company Achinebuli producing natural juices under the Alali brand currently exports 60% to 70% of its products. read more

Fortune Growers and Lytone Enterprise Inc. teamed up for post-harvest broccoli trials and the result was fascinating. Dr. William Chang, CEO and founder of Lytone Enterprise, shared the story. read more

A facility of 10 thousand square meters consisting of warehouses and yards, and 500 suppliers located mainly in the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, and Apulia, with 40 employees, and over 50 markets supplied in Italy and 3 foreign countries (Germany, Great Britain, and Luxembourg) with which it
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Only a few suppliers call the shots on the world's papaya market. While India is by far the leading producer, it exports little. Mexico is the main exporter, with Brazil in second place. Guatemala also exports quite a lot. Malaysia, the United States (most re-exports), Sri Lanka, China, Spain
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In late January, when the Venezuelan government announced that it had detected the banana-killing fungus known as Fusarium wilt on farms in some areas, it was the latest outbreak of a disease that has been slowly spreading around the world. Last year, Peru declared a state of emergency when it
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Supplies of corn are snug nationwide. On the East coast, production is underway in Florida though colder temperatures have impacted corn crops there. Meanwhile, on the West Coast, production is coming out of Mexico which has also seen some cold weather and freezing temperatures. read more