FreshPlaza Special on Automation
This month FreshPlaza will focus on Automation. More and more companies are turning to automation, are you involved in manufacturing or supplying automated systems or is you company busy

Spain extends VAT reduction on food
Spain is extending the tax relief on food purchases, which was originally intended to cushion the price increases resulting from the Ukraine war for six months since the beginning of the year. As

UK expects bumper blueberry crop this summer
The British blueberry season kicked off a week later than usual this year; it started on 9th June and is set to run until 30th September. Experts predict that the crop will be particularly sweet

"The melon and watermelon shortage will continue during the first three weeks of July"
The situation of the Spanish melon and watermelon season has changed drastically from May to June and July, going from a clear oversupply in the markets and the collapse of prices to a shortage

Europatat welcomes the Polish Seed Trade Association as new member
Europatat has welcomed the Polish Seed Trade Association (PIN), the only chamber of commerce in the seed industry in Poland. The origins of the formation date back to the 90s of the twentieth

The demand-supply gap in agriculture must be closed
The Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry Francesco Lollobrigida spoke a few days ago via video link at the Labour Festival held in Bologna. "There must be attention on the

ASAJA Alicante warns that the heat and drought in March will cause a drop in the orange and mandarin harvest.
ASAJA Alicante states that the extreme heat that occurred in the province in March this year, with peak temperatures that exceeded 30 degrees, as well as the lack of rain in the same period have

While food runs, fruit and vegetables sleep
Not a day passes that, analysing what the various generalist media report on the food sector, I do not come across product launches, initiatives and communication campaigns, or even just the