Thanks to air-conditioned greenhouses, Emirati producers can grow tomatoes during 45 °C summer
Emirati tomato growers are preparing for the beginning of the summer, when they can produce tomatoes in difficult conditions, and temperatures reaching up to 45 degrees, thanks to air-conditioned

Hydroponic tomatoes seeking more ground in central and southern Italy's large-scale retail sector
Within a few months, another 10 hectares of greenhouses in hydroponic cultivation at Fri-El Green House in Ostellato (Ferrara) will come into production. This means that the total production will

Berg River grape farm forgoes a packhouse for field packing
The table grape season is in its final days on Lac du Soleil in the Berg River, one of In2fruit’s table grape farms where the last Adora and Scarlotta grapes are being picked – and then packed

‘EU is putting draconian measures on South African citrus’
The Citrus Growers Association of South Africa has requested Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel to counteract the ‘restrictive and expensive measures’ imposed by the EU regarding orange

"We have opted for Hass avocado cultivation without the use of pollinators"
A new, large-scale avocado project has been launched by Valle del Guadiana in the Spanish municipalities of Ayamonte and Villablanca. "We have a total of 430 hectares between our three farms: La

Waxes to improve look and shelf-life, there are alternatives #hort fruit
Spanish courgettes larger than the Italian organic product due to the use of waxes (E 901) that would retain moisture? Videos are circulating on social networks telling these theories. We asked

Lower Saxony: Kale cultivation recovers only slowly
According to the results of the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics (LSN), in 2022 a total of 830 farms in Lower Saxony cultivated vegetables in the open on an area of about 22,000 ha. The

"German cucumbers are still very much in demand"
For about a week now, the first cucumbers from the Papenburg horticultural center have been available in stores in northern Germany. However, these are extremely small quantities that are

South African grape season nears its end
The South African table grape industry (SATI) has further reduced its export prediction following a lower-than-expected harvest in the biggest growing region, the Hex River Valley. “We

Australian avocados clinch India access
Australia’s avocado industry is celebrating the news that India has opened its doors to its Hass avocados. Final approval of the protocol is subject to Australia completing ten successful trial

AVA-ASAJA calls for maximum prevention measures to face a pest which affects citrus, kaki, and avocado
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) calls for extreme control measures to stop the advance of the Scirtothrips aurantii quarantine pest, which has expanded both geographically and in