Sorma Group at Macfrut with the new LCP-128A weigher
Sorma Group will be exhibiting again this year at Macfrut (stand 147, hall D1), where it will present the new LCP-128A weigher, specially designed for cluster tomatoes and table grapes, as well as

'Buy British tomatoes,' growers say
Sussex grower Richard Diplock is appealing to UK consumers to buy British tomatoes as the domestic season gets under way. Speaking this week to the Guardian and Sussex Express, Diplock said buying

Duroc reiterates commitment to sustainability
In much of Europe, including the UK, soaring energy prices have forced tomato producers to limit their production or even consider leaving the business. This is placing ever greater responsibility

Oslo: Again cocaine found in banana shipment
For the second time in less than three weeks, Oslo police have seized as much as 900 kilos of cocaine found in boxes of bananas believed to have originated from Ecuador. The police think it was

Tomato, pre-transplantation affects all production
For tomatoes, the first weeks immediately after planting are the most delicate, and it is essential that the seedlings have a good, strong and healthy root system in order to determine optimal

IBO pays tribute to Bernadine Strik
The International Blueberry Organisation (IBO) has paid tribute to Bernadine Strik, who passed away recently. Through her ground-breaking research and trials over more than 30 years, Strik helped

Val Venosta's "Yellow Week" comes to Cordoba
Yellow Week was present in DEZA supermarkets in: - ZOCO - MARRUBIAL - LA ISLA - CASH1 Since a few weeks ago, the different establishments selected by the brand in the area have been offering

New technologies for genetic innovation, focus at Macfrut
At a difficult time for the national fruit-growing industry, grappling with problems of various kinds (climate change, water shortages, alien pathogens and pests), the need for new genotypes, i.e.

Organic fruit acreage enrolled in the Federal Crop Insurance Program grew between 2011 and 2021
The acreage of organic fruits protected by Federal crop insurance has increased notably from 2011 to 2021. For instance, the acreage of insured organic apples more than doubled from about 12,000

'Spanish peaches: we sell them for 7 euro per kilogram'
Spanish peaches have already arrived on the market stalls in Brescia. The fruit has been on sale for a few days with respectable prices, although the low temperatures still do not encourage

Vip, Joachim Rabensteiner is the new export sales manager
The extensive restructuring of the Vip Val Venosta team initiated last autumn and presented at Fruit Attraction 2022 is enabling the consortium to cover as many as four continents and more than 50

Westfalia and Chiquita join European Sustainability Forum
What does sustainability really mean for fruit and vegetables? And how should the trade itself respond? AMI and Fruchthandel Magazin, part of Fruitnet Media International, want to provide answers

Courgette prices fall below 30 cents
Translator With the inflationary crisis registered during the current season, everything has been a continuous increase in production costs in agriculture and livestock farming. This situation