Fyffes announces new sales manager for German business
Gunnar Seitz will be the new sales manager at Fyffes International, one of Europe's largest importers of tropical fruits, the company said. He starts work at Fyffes on 15 August 2023. Seitz comes

Newly updated harvesting robot runs 8 times faster than previous version
inaho Europe B.V. introduces the latest version of their autonomous tomato harvesting robot, eight times faster than the previous ver. With this update, the robot's functionality has been

Rockit apples partners with Lulu hypermarkets across Middle-East
As new season fruit begins arriving in-market, New Zealand apple brand, Rockit Global has championed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its category, signing a 12-month deal with Lulu

Saudi Arabia intercepts largest consignment of Captagon pills, hidden in vegetable shipment
Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s city of Al Hadithah have seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, also known as ‘jihadi drugs’. Saudi zakat, tax and customs officials reported that

Conad Adriatico grows: 2 billion turnover in 2022
The Annual General Meeting of Conad Adriatico was held a few days ago to present to its Members the positive results of the last year. The Cooperative, in fact, closed 2022 with a turnover of

Batch of Serbian strawberries returned to sender after inspection in Pskov region
At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries

Fluid market and good prices for the 2023 French asparagus campaign
Fleuron d'Anjou has celebrated the end of its asparagus campaign. After a rather “timid” start due to cold weather in April, the 2023 season has turned out to be very positive. “There are

Exceptional kiwi campaign marked by stability of prices
At almost 1,700m above sea level, Nooyenskopje in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, has had an exceptional kiwi crop, running across all colours. “In February we started with kiwi berries of which we had

'Any asparagus shortage in South African market will only be temporary'
Grahame Osler, a manager at the asparagus company Denbi, which supplies large retailers, explains that they imported less asparagus from source markets outside of Africa this year compared to

Uzbekistan’s problems with size and volume of sweet cherry harvest benefits Turkey
According to EastFruit analysts, after a bad year for sweet cherries in 2022, Uzbek farmers again note problems with the harvest of this most important stonefruit for the country. At the moment,