Port Augusta's fruit fly facility to double in size
The $3 million expansion of the National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility at Port Augusta is now underway, helping to drive down fruit fly numbers in South Australia. The existing site,

Italian fruit sector faces up to heavy cost of “once-in-a-century” flooding
The worst flooding seen for over a century in central Italy choked the roots of fruit trees across Emilia Romagna, causing a major disaster for the region’s fresh produce business. As many as 40

South African fruit exports can’t do without Russia
South Africa has had an unusual amount of rain, overlapping among the summer and winter rainfall areas, and days of harvest have been lost. “Every time you think you can hazard a guess, it rains

Asso Fruit Italia at the Mediterranean diet exhibition
"The D Med Salone della Dieta Mediterranea was an important moment of meeting and confrontation for operators from Southern Italy and other players from different areas of the country," said

Alegra determined to meet its commitments to the large-scale retail trade
"An unprecedented challenge, for us and for fruit growing in Romagna. The Alegra Group is acting on the rescheduling of work to ensure continuity in supplies and respect for commitments made with

Spain leans on non-EU imports
New statistics from Spain’s Department of Customs and Excise have revealed that overall fresh fruit and vegetable imports grew 20 per cent in the opening quarter of 2023. Imports came to

"Clients from all over the world kept asking for a solution to process pineapples"
The interest in fresh and processed pineapple is constantly increasing. PND, a company specializing in machinery for fruit processing and in the development of advanced systems for fresh-cut and

Top 10 facts about fruit and vegetable business in Morocco you might have never heard about
What have you heard about Morocco? Google gives a huge list of answers, including Sahara Desert, which sand dunes flow into the azure coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas Mountains with their

West Michigan expects record blueberry yield this season
West Michigan blueberry fields are inching closer and closer to peak blueberry season. Farms throughout the region have had to suffer weather problems, but this season, the largest projected crop

Zespri debuts at RiminiWellness
Zespri™, the world's leading producer and marketer of kiwifruit, will be present for the first time at the 17th edition of RiminiWellness, the international event dedicated to the world of

'The sector is in an impasse, here's how to revive'
How can the fruit and vegetable sector recover the competitiveness it has lost over the years? First of all by identifying the problems, the same ones that have plagued it for years without any

Schedule reliability improvements slowing down
Sea-Intelligence has published issue 141 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including April 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive

First avocado logistics center opened in Gori, Georgia
Eximcrop operates the first Kenyan avocado logistics center in Georgia, which was opened in Gori and based in Tiriphoni Fruits facilities, reports EastFruit. Eximcrop representative Vakhtang

Unifrutti partners with Tevel to revolutionize harvesting in Chile thanks to AI
The future of the fruit industry is already happening in Chile, where apples are being picked by flying robots driven by Artificial Intelligence Tevel’s Flying Autonomous Robots harvesting

Potatoes, the new wholesale gold
Potatoes sold from 80 cents up to 1.10 per kg. Staggering figures, which have been a reality in the wholesale markets for the last few weeks and will remain so for a few more weeks. Confirming

Serbia nervous ahead of raspberry season
The raspberry harvest will start in Serbia in June. However, growers are concerned about the level of this year's prices. Many have also not yet been paid for the fruit delivered to buyers last

Raspberries in the ground. How to maintain soil fertility for many years?
Exactly 5 years ago, Carbohort began its first experiments with the use of lignite-based products in berry crops. At that time, different doses of this substrate were used in ground

BÖL study: New breeding concepts make organic lettuce more resistant
When line mixtures and cross populations are combined, this can significantly improve the resistance of lettuce to pathogens and stress factors under organic growing conditions. In addition, the

Vietnamese durian gets more farming area codes, enabling increased exports to China
Vietnamese durians will receive 47 additional farming area codes and 18 packaging facility codes from China, enabling more export of the fruit to that country. Farming area codes enable

Vertical Farming: Opportunities for Moldova
Vertical farming and the development opportunities for this sector for Moldova was one of the most discussed topics of the international conference “HortiTech: the latest digital technologies in

Table grapes, 'acinine' increases with rain and humidity
We are now entering the heart of the table grape season and the latest agronomic practices are essential to obtain a high quality bunch. Focusing on rachis elongation is a fundamental parameter

T&G commissions state-of-the-art automated apple packhouse
T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere at its Whakatū site in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. The highly automated facility, with 1.7 hectares of