Excellent sales campaign for Sicilian cherry tomatoes
"This year, we can say we are pleased with the tomato campaign despite the difficulties that the production sector has had to face because of the weather," reports Salvatore Albani, president of

Bonet claims "the strategic value of the agri-food sector from an economic, social and environmental point of view".
At today's opening ceremony in Barcelona, the 1st International Agri-Food Summit was attended by the sector's main authoritative voices, who highlighted its relevance in this context of

Why Macfrut is a different fruit and vegetable fair #freshtalks with Renzo Piraccini
The new edition of Macfrut will be held from 3 to 5 May 2023, in the halls of the Rimini exhibition centre, with different focuses and high expectations, starting from the expansion of the spaces

The Pachino PGI consortium is McDonald's Italian official supplier
"On the basis of the mandate that our consortium members have entrusted to us, we have continued to seek new commercial outlets for our branded tomatoes," said Sebastiano Fortunato, president of

Campoejido inaugurated a new seedbed in Dalias
Carmen Crespo, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development, inaugurated the new seedbed of Campoejido in Dalias together with Francisco Lirola, the mayor of Dalias, and

20% less garlic area
"A problem that worries us a lot, given that garlic is an economic engine for many municipalities in Spain", regrets the president of the National Garlic Board, Julio Bacete, who added that this

Polish farmers warn about apple market price drop
Despite the increase in the supply of apples to the countries of Southeast Asia and Latin America, Polish growers could not fully compensate for the loss of the market for their fruits in Russia.

Cajamar plants 12,000 trees in Sierra de María
The environmental action 'Cajamar Forest', a comprehensive reforestation initiative that facilitates the recovery of the landscape, flora and fauna on a 27.54 hectare estate located in the La

Further dismay for UK growers as they continue to be omitted from energy support scheme
NFU president Minette Batters has expressed fresh concern that protected crops and poultry have continued to be left off the government’s Energy & Trade Intensive Industries support

Minimal impact on exports by nationwide protest action
The national shutdown of the country by the Economic Freedom Fighters and some labour unions on Monday, ahead of Human Rights Day tomorrow, a public holiday has had the country holding its breath.

Recommendations for strawberry growers at training in Jasieniec
A meeting of the Strawberry Growers Association was held on 18 February 2023 at OSP Michalczew. A report on the activities undertaken in 2022 was presented by President Dr Janusz Andziak. As

The weather takes its toll on the Spanish artichoke campaign
Spain is the world's second-largest producer of artichokes, behind only Italy, and Murcia leads its production by concentrating approximately 40% of the total national harvest, according to the

Rajpol in favour of selling apples from crates. "5 arguments to change the position"
Author: Paulina Piwowarek 17 March 2023 15:45 Every year, in autumn, there are sales campaigns in Lidl for apples straight from the orchard (from crates). Afterwards, pictures of bruised and

Wicketed bagger is the solution for smaller produce
Fox Solutions manufactures a wicketed bagger with a small footprint that is capable of running raw, uncut produce under six inches in diameter or length, supporting weight from one pound to twenty

Anecoop increases turnover by 4.2 per cent in one of its most difficult financial years
Anecoop presented the balance sheet for the 2021/22 campaign to more than 250 people at its general meeting in Valencia in week 11. According to the report, turnover reached €823.6m, up 4.2% on

Development of fully automated harvesting and transportation robots with AI
A system of robots that harvest and transport crops on their own without human assistance has been developed for use in agricultural facilities such as smart farms. The research team under Choi

Fires in Chile: Asoex draws attention to the situation of producers
In Chile, devastating fires repeatedly occur in the individual regions, claiming human lives and destroying large areas of forest and agricultural land. In the Ñuble region, which was hit

With the exception of Chile and South Africa, global citrus producers projected to produce less in the 2022/23 season
Charif Christian Carvajal, the former president of Shaffe (Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters of the Southern Hemisphere), and current marketing director of Asoex for the markets of Europe, the

IFA calls for an speedy increase in retail potato prices
Tim Cullinan, the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association, is calling for an immediate and significant increase in retail potato prices. He addressed a national meeting of growers in Dublin

Budget ‘fails to meet farmers’ needs’
The Chancellor’s Spring Budget has received a largely negative reaction from farming groups. NFU president Minette Batters said Jeremy Hunt’s Budget “fails to address the needs of

The Alhambra plants four pomegranate trees from the Designation of Origin of Elche in the orchards of the Generalife
The president of the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) of the Pomegranate Mollar de Elche, Francisco Oliva, together with the Councillor for Culture of the City of Elche, Marga Antón, the

Peru: Avocado exports to start at an increased pace in 2023
21,609,113 kg were exported in the first two months of 2023. This is an increase of 44.3% compared to the 14,974,810 kg of the same period last year, reports agraria.pe with reference to the

Industry bodies address Lords hort inquiry
Industry representatives are taking their turn to address the Horticultural Sector Committee’s inquiry into the key challenges facing the sector. At 10.30am on Thursday 16 March the Lords

Apple producers in huge crisis. Many may not survive it
The year 2023 will be another difficult year for Polish fruit growers, the president of the Polish Fruit Growers Association, Miroslaw Maliszewski, admitted to Radio RMF24. - We are unfortunately

“Obtaining the PGI has created a real dynamic around the French asparagus du Blayais”
Danielle Chambaraud has been cultivating asparagus for 35 years in the north of the Gironde department, on about 12 hectares today. A long history that has recently taken another turn since for a