AMI: Unexpected price fluctuations for chicory
Chicory is usually a predictable product that is hardly subject to price fluctuations. This year, however, there has been a striking development. For months now, wholesale prices have been going

Change in the Management Board of Edeka Südwest
For family reasons, Caroline Wilkens, Member of the Management Board of Edeka Südwest, will be taking a break and therefore leaving the company at the end of this month after more than 30 years

CTI FoodTech from Italy opened a new US facility
The Italian fruit processing machinery manufacturer CTI FoodTech scales up by opening a new US facility in Lodi, California. This new addition adds to the already well-established facilities of

"We advise clients of their frost risk, whether frost protection is required, how much is required"
The economic costs of frost to agriculture and horticulture can be significant. As winter and early spring frost in Australia and New Zealand is almost exclusively ‘radiative’ in nature, it

Gross apple production expected to be down 7.9% from 2022
Heading into the 2023 harvest, the adverse flooding in the eastern states in late 2022 and two significant hail events in the Goulburn Valley will no doubt impact the supply of apples and pears in

This week in Fruchthandel magazine: early potatoes, asparagus, greenhouse produce
The sale of early table potatoes from imports tends to decrease in Germany during the first half of each year. In the first quarter, origins such as Israel or Egypt have virtually no market

Leading Harvest launches sustainability certification in Australia
US-based Leading Harvest has launched its sustainability assurance programme Australia which is designed to harmonize sustainability reporting across crops and regions. Its Farmland Management

"We produce macadamia nuts via over 7,000 certified organic smallholder farmers"
The German-Kenyan company LIMBUA works with more than 7,000 certified organic smallholders in Kenya and in 2022 alone produced some 900 tons of cracked macadamia nuts, which are marketed

Morocco has overtaken the US in blueberry exports to become the world’s fourth largest exporter
In 2022, Morocco became fourth among the largest exporters of fresh blueberries in the world, leaving behind even the United States, where, in fact, blueberries were first cultivated, EastFruit

“Having drones survey an orchard is convenient and saves man-hours”
Using drones to get all the data regarding an orchard’s status, the fresh produce industry is ready for it says Outfield co-founder Oli Hilbourne: “As the effects of climate change become

Negocjacje cen pomidorów przemysłowych w impasie we Włoszech
Organizacje producentów (Op) pomidorów z południa i północnych Włoch nie mogą dojść do porozumienia z przemysłem konserwarskim w sprawie cen

Using mushrooms to convert cigarette butts into useful products
Cigarette litter is a real problem, so Australian charity No More Butts and Melbourne-based mycologists Fungi Solutions have teamed up to start CigCycle. CigCycle is a research project which will