Sorma Group at MacFrut with new weigher for tomatoes and table grapes
Sorma Group will not miss this year's Macfrut, the international trade fair dedicated to the fruit and vegetable sector, which will be held in Rimini (Italy) from 3 to 5 May. Along with the latest

Cereals, the fifth winning range for summer
Wheat and barley are the protagonists of many easy, quick and healthy summer recipes, even more so if the raw material is already cooked, as in the case of those offered in Annatura's 'I Grani'

"Efficient packaging capacity with up to 13 cycles allows high demand to be met economically"
Küsten Bete Ltd in Elpersbüttel has been preparing beets for domestic food retailers for several months. At a site in the heart of the Dithmarschen vegetable-growing region, the regional

Cso Italy, an event to celebrate 25 years of activity
Founded 25 years ago as a common table of Italian fruit and vegetables, an aggregator of innovation and strategies to tackle the sector's problems, Cso Italy celebrates its anniversary on 28 April

Fruit and vegetable imports to UK to require phytosanitary certificates
New physical checks will be implemented at the UK border from January before further security and safety checks for all EU imports are introduced in October 2024. However, the level of physical

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

Chopped Salad Kit line introduces five new flavors
Dole Fresh Vegetables introduces five new flavor varieties to its DOLE® Chopped Salad Kit product line. In addition to the new flavors, the new kits feature a new package design to deepen

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

AMI: German vegetable imports lower than at any time in the last twelve years
Last year, imports of fresh vegetables to Germany veered off their growth course of many years. For the first time, fewer vegetables were imported again and imports were lower than they had been

Almonds and capers create a vegetable battery
Almonds, capers and seaweed for sushi are the basis of the new vegetable battery made by the Italian Institute of Technology. As reported by Corriere della Sera, 'The world's first prototype was

Turkmenistan keeps rapidly increasing apple imports
EastFruit analysts draw the attention of horticultural business participants to an attractive potential apple market, about which very little is known due to the incredible level of closedness of

Páez Aduanas celebrates its 95th anniversary
Translator Translator Páez Aduanas, a family business from Almeria that carries out customs clearance for fruit and vegetable companies, celebrated its 95th anniversary on 1 April at an emotional

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 17 April
The pea campaign started with medium-high volumes. The May 1st holiday is expected to give a new impetus to broad beans. Decidedly lower asparagus prices with the start of the asparagus harvest

Caab, the centre opens up to the productive world
The Caab Open Day was held last Friday. Bologna's large fruit and vegetable platform opened its gates to visitors from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., when many players from the fruit and vegetable world,

Aldi Nord invests to reduce fruit and vegetable prices
Aldi Nord is voluntarily foregoing margin and massively reducing the prices of fruit and vegetables. A clear sign that customers can rely on Aldi Nord in economically difficult times, according to

Brandenburg: Asparagus in figures from 2002 to 2022
On 11 April, the asparagus season was officially opened, making the popular vegetable from Brandenburg the talk of the town again. Last year, the harvest volume recorded a sharp decline compared

March Food Price Index reflects the consequences of stormy end to summer in New Zealand
The release of the March Food Price Index for New Zealand shows yet another month of disruption to the country’s fresh produce industry off the back of a challenging summer. Fruit and vegetable

Energy crisis results: Fewer Dutch greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers in 2022
At 1.8 million tons, the gross greenhouse vegetable yields in the Netherlands were 7.9% lower in 2022 than a year before. The gross yield of greenhouse vegetables in the Netherlands fell 7.9% to

Fruit and vegetable exports from Turkey’s Western Mediterranean region up 26 percent
Turkish fruit and vegetable exports from the Western Mediterranean region increased by 26 percent between January 1 and April 11 from a year ago, coming in at $229 million. Shipments of fresh

Aldi Nord invests to lower fruit and vegetable prices
Aldi Nord is voluntarily foregoing margin and massively reducing the prices of fruit and vegetables. A clear sign that customers can rely on Aldi Nord in economically difficult times. After the

Insurance, a fund to revive policies
The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is trying to revolutionise the world of insurance for Italian fruit and vegetable companies. Firstly, the number of companies insured against

This year's Macfrut is set to break records!
The international trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector at the Rimini Expo Center, to be held this year from 3-5 May, should set records! 1,100 exhibitors are expected to participate in

UK farmers forced to diversify
Due to rising energy costs and a shortage of migrant labor at harvest times (due to Brexit), many British fruit and vegetable growers are in financial trouble. Kent apple farmer James Smith is one

Fruit & Salad school games sbarca in Sicilia