Cherries, the campaign gets into full swing in Piedmont
The IFN survey on the state of the art in the main Italian cherry-growing areas continues, and today we are in Piedmont, where Luca Nari and Valentina Roera, researchers in the fruit-growing area

More small limes and fewer large limes than last year
The supply of limes right now looks fairly similar to last year. “The concentration on small fruit is higher than last year and the large fruit is lower than last year,” says Alex Teague of

Morrisons said it was cutting the prices of 47 products by an average of over 25%
7-Eleven to test robot delivery with startup Korea Seven, the operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, said it plans to carry out another test run for robot delivery services in

Waddington Europe first to supply full range of easier-to-recycle punnets that use less plastic
European thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington® Europe, a division of Novolex®, has become the first to supply a full range of soft-fruit punnets to the UK market that are easier to

Citrusdal community bands together to get back on their feet after flood
Rain is still falling over Citrusdal where food has had to be flown in by helicopter to stranded inhabitants after the town's entrance road was washed away, and now the remaining electricity line

“The harvest potential of labeled products is much greater than last year”
49 tons of apricots and 29 tons of Red Label peaches and nectarines: these were the volumes sold last year, which is quite an achievement. In 2020, the sales of apricots and peaches/nectarines

Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture talks to Citrusdal farmers
The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer addressed the Olynfenboschkraal Farmers’ Association in Citrusdal on 13 June 2023.

Frederick Hiam invests £2.5 mln in vegetable factory in Brandon
East Anglian vegetable producer Frederick Hiam has invested £2.5 mln in machinery, which will replace 20 seasonal workers. Frederick Hiam has upgraded its factory in Brandon with a new trimming