Fast growing Canadian lettuce vertical farm aims to dominate local market
Vertically farmed lettuce represents the future of agriculture as regular supply chain disruptions in traditional crop farming due to the weather, climate, and contamination remain as uncertain as

Cauliflower VIP, the campaign looks promising
The Val Venosta summer cauliflower campaign, an excellence to whichVIP, the Consortium of Valley Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives, is linked by a long tradition, is about to start. The harvest

Russia: Sticky traps installed in greenhouses of the Udmurtia area to monitor pest population
June 2023, the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Kirov Region, the Udmurt Republic, and the Perm Territory installed 780 sticky traps in the greenhouses of JSC TK Zavyalovsky, LLC DCC,

Melons, Fyffes obtain Global Gap certification
Fyffes Suragroh and Soleado farms in Honduras received the certification as a result of the transformation conducted by local management over the past two years. The aim ofGLOBALG.A.P is to

Murcia: IMIDA presents new stone fruit varieties
IMIDA, Murcian Institute for Agricultural and Ecological Research and Development, presented new stone fruit varieties to 25 producers and technicians in KW, including peaches, Paraguayos and

'Moro Sardo, a great campaign'
The Moro Sardo campaign, the pearl of the Agromediterranea Groupwhich breathes new life into the typical Sardinian cherry tomato, is in its final stages. A season characterised by good sales and

Week-long initiative will celebrate Britain's 700 pea growers
The UK’s annual celebration of the British pea harvesting season will return for its eighth year, taking place between 3 and 9 July. It will again be a week-long celebration of one of Britain's

With 28,700 hectares, North Rhine-Westphalia has the largest vegetable cultivation area in Germany.
This corresponds roughly to the area of the city of Dortmund. According to Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen, the state's statistical office, North Rhine-Westphalia had the largest area

Val Venosta summer cauliflower campaign starts
The Val Venosta summer cauliflower campaign, the excellence of Vip, the consortium of fruit and vegetable cooperatives in the valley, has started. The estimated volumes are in line with last year,

Celery stalks: touted in food forums and by influencers
Celery stalks - also known as pale celery or celery stalks - have long led a niche existence in the German vegetable assortment. As recently as 2012, celery accounted for only 0.22% of household

Ovindoli, from Seminis the cauliflower that can also be grown in June
With the Ovindoli variety (click here to read more) from Seminis-Vegetables by Bayer, the dream of growing cauliflower in June has become a pleasant reality. This is a typical autumn cauliflower

Yellow Cantaloupe, a new product on the horizon
The universe of melons and watermelons is constantly evolving and, every year, researchers and seed companies try to improve the references both from an agronomic and organoleptic point of view.

Pomoday, focus di Bayer Crop Science sui pomodori
A Pomodayp was held last week at the Meloni farm in Uta (CA), a consuent but important event for the stakeholders of the fresh tomato chain in Sardinia. More than 100 guests, including the main

Uzbekistan improves banana import logistics
EastFruit analysts draw attention to the continued increase in the efficiency of the banana trade in Uzbekistan, which allows them to reduce wholesale prices relative to other countries. In

Russia: ToBRFV detected in a batch of imported products
On June 14, 2023, specialists of the phytosanitary department of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Zabaikalsky Reference Center of Rosselkhoznadzor" detected one case of ToBRFV during the

7.5% increase in the value of field vegetables in 2022
The value of home-produced vegetables increased by 4.8% to just under £1.8 billion in 2022, and the volume of home production decreased by 5.8% to 2.4 million tonnes. There was an increase of

Italy: Fruitimprese calls for consumption promotion
Italian fruit and vegetable exports have recovered strongly in the first quarter of 2023: compared to 2022, volumes have increased by 6.5 % and values by 10.7 %. Vegetables and pulses (+20.8%) and

Exports on the upswing in Q1 2023
Italian fruit and vegetable exports are on the upswing in the first quarter of 2023. With volumes up 6.5% and values up more than 10 percentage points compared to the same period in 2022 (+10.7%),

Will GlobalG.A.P. certification enable Fyffes to export melons to Europe?
Back in 2021, Fyffes began the transformation of its Honduran and Guatemalan melon businesses with the goal to become GlobalG.A.P. certified. New management was appointed, including the General

Prices for strawberries and raspberries on wholesale markets on 15.06.2023
The uninspiring situation on the wholesale strawberry market continues. Hopes for better prices are brought by the announced cooling and rainfall. Despite the fact that buyers from Lithuania have

60 tons of carrots were sent from the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation to Kazakhstan
On June 13, the regional office of the Rosselkhoznadzor in the Volgograd region announced a new export shipment. This time, over 60 tons of fresh carrots from the Volgograd region were sent to

The agricultural industry in the south of Ukraine has practically been destroyed
The loss of the Kahovka reservoir has become not only the largest man-made disaster for Ukrainians but also a tragedy on a national scale. The agricultural industry in the south of the country has

Major step forward for Fyffes melon business
Ireland-based fruit importer Fyffes has attained GlobalGAP certification for its Honduran melon farm Suragroh, something which it says builds on a two-year transformation of the operation by local

Georgia to export blueberries to REWE and Edeka in Germany and expects price collapse
Blueberry prices in Georgia have experienced a decline as the harvesting season approaches its peak. The head of the Blueberry Producers’ Association of Georgia, Torninke Panjavidze, in