DBV: Study proves drastic effects of EU plans to reduce plant protection products
The EU Commission's proposal for a regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products (SUR) would make classical arable farming, fruit growing, vegetable growing and viticulture in

New varieties aim to bring high resistance to ToBRFV
Enza Zaden offers 18 varieties with High Resistance to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV). The varieties are available in all significant tomato types and do not compromise on taste, yield,

Fruvo/VAM WaterTech: "We want to get our pears to the consumer as cleanly as possible".
"We don't recommend it to our employees, but you can drink the water as it is," says Martijn Vogelaar from the Fruvo fruit sorting and packaging station in Krabbendijke. Last year, VAM WaterTech

Fyffes celebrates opening of new packhouse in Costa Rica
Fyffes has built a new packhouse at its farm Victoria in Sarapiqui de Heredia, Costa Rica. The modern design of the new packhouse minimizes bruising to the fruit, increases packaging capacity

“Arguably, this could be the latest start of Sonora’s grape season ever”
North America is eagerly waiting for Mexico’s Sonora region to kick off table grape harvest. With Chile, Peru and South Africa having finished early, the pipeline is empty. “On top of this,

How Europe is promoting potatoes to millennials
Under the logo 'Potatoes, they will surprise you; Europe's favourite since 1536', the new promotional campaign will run until the end of 2025. Europe is concerned about the decline in potato

Bosnia and Herzegovina yields to Ukraine and Morocco on the global raspberry market
According to EastFruit analysts, Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of Ukraine’s competitors on the global frozen raspberry market has reduced its exports in value terms by 48%, and in quantitative

Ahold Delhaize sees Europe's food inflation slowing
India: RuKart ties up with SBI for easy loans to customers Agritech firm RuKart, which sells 'Subjee Cooler' to enhance shelf life of fruits and vegetables, has tied up with SBI to help potential

Zespri: Fruit quality has increased, but significantly lower New Zealand kiwi crop 2023
Zespri has confirmed that difficult weather conditions throughout the 2023 growing season have contributed to a lower than expected New Zealand kiwifruit crop this season. According to the latest

Fiber-based packaging for lowering fresh produce’s climate impact
Currently, producers and sellers have high expectations for packaging reliability and at the same time seek to balance this with increasingly ambitious sustainability measures. This includes

Destatis: Vegetables rose by 13.7 per cent, fruit by 6.2 per cent
"The inflation rate has thus weakened for the second month in a row, but remains at a high level," says Ruth Brand, President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Among the goods and