Arkansas and Georgia researchers developed a robotic hand to pick blackberries
Researchers in Arkansas and Georgia have shown that delicate fresh-market blackberries typically picked by human hands to maintain quality, can now be picked by robots as well. Renee Threlfall,

Fruit and vegetables, packers look to a sustainable future
Macfrut 2023 was a key stage for the world of packaging machines, as could be seen by visiting the Ulma Packaging stand. Among the models exhibited by the company from Gragnano Trebbiense (PC):

"Kaki still the most popular persimmon variety, but Sharon fruit has won some ground recently"
The new South African Sharon fruit season has begun at Special Fruit. This Belgian importer started working with Sharon fruit several years after the company was founded. "South Africa's crop is

New NFF horticulture chair appointed
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of Jolyon Burnett as the next chair of the Horticulture Council. The appointment follows an exhaustive search triggered by