French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish peach and nectarine producers analyze forecasts for 2023
The peach and nectarine contact group, which is made up of government and sectoral organizations -including FEPEX- from the group's member countries (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal), will meet

Get your free copy of Produce Plus at Hort Connections
Hort Connections delegates can grab a free copy of Produce Plus Winter. This edition includes a full preview of the three-day event (5-7 June), taking place at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

Farmers are the first to lose everything and the last to throw in the towel
While you are intent on salvaging what can be saved after a flood the likes of which cannot be remembered in living memory, shoveling mud all day long, any help is welcome and the mobilisation

Agrofresh expands offering in Brazil
AgroFresh Solutions has expanded its offering in Brazil after with the announcement its SmartFresh InBox had been approved in the South American market. Fabiano Coldebella, commercial manager for

marktguru founds advisory board
The new expert committee, in which renowned specialists from industry, market research and retail will be represented, will advise and support marktguru in particular in establishing its

Esselunga, new opening in Genoa
Esselunga opens its 186th shop in San Benigno on Via di Francia today, the second in the city of Genoa after the one in Via Piave opened in 2020, and the fourth in Liguria, where Esselunga is

Italy floods: millions of fruit trees must be replanted
At least 15m and as many as 40m fruit trees across Emilia Romagna will need to be pulled up and replanted, after thousands of the region’s orchards were inundated by the worst flooding to hit

"Unfortunately, in my case, I must consider my fields as lost"
Although the rains of recent days have brought some relief, drought and the depletion of water reserves in the Axarquia and the Costa Tropical de Granada have been causing great difficulties to