Grower partners with ag tech firm for fresher, greener cucumbers
HarvestHold Fresh® by Verdant™ Technologies says it is helping the fresh produce industry reimagine supply chains with longer-lasting fruits and vegetables. The company’s latest initiative is

"Высокие цены на лук замедляют экспорт в Западную Африку"
Во время пандемии компания Himilco начала свою работу с трудом, но теперь этот бельгийский поставщик

Transport towarowy w UE: Ciężarówki pozostają najważniejszym środkiem transportu
Na przełomowy rozwój intermodalnego transportu towarowego w UE, łączącego różne środki transportu, trzeba będzie jeszcze poczekać. Dzieje się tak dlatego, że równe szanse dla

Chile: Avocado harvest 2022/23 30 percent lower than last year
"With an estimated production of 155,000 tonnes, we expect about 86,000 tonnes to be exported, so we will stick to the ratio of 45% for the domestic market and 55% for export," Francisco

"We're waiting for spring to sow Dutch sweetcorn, luckily no gaps in the cultivation schedule"
In the Netherlands, it is almost time for the sweetcorn sowing season. "We're in the starting blocks," said Giel Hermans of Hermans Suikermais. "Unfortunately, the weather's not cooperating yet;

"We understand the needs of retailers and growers"
According to research published by Eurostat, only 12% of the EU population consumed the recommended minimum of five portions of produce daily, partly because of the poor taste of the produce.

Saarland: School Fruit Scheme to be continued in the 2023/24 school year
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Petra Berg, the registration forms will be available until 30 April. A later registration is no longer possible. According to Berg, the children in the

Total harvest of berries in 2022 amounted to 579,000 tons
In 2022, the total cultivation area (in the ground and under cover) of all berry species was 130,300 ha, while in 2021 it stood at 130,200 ha. This amounts to an increase of less than 1%. Compared

Multivac: Innovative concepts for closing and labelling fruit and vegetable trays
In the marketing of fruit and vegetables, recyclable packaging is the trend. In addition to full wrap labelling, Multivac now offers two other high-quality and sustainable labelling solutions for

Rijk Zwaan offers cauliflower clubroot resistance
Rijk Zwaan has championed its Paxton RZ cauliflower variety as an option for growers facing up to the threat of the clubroot pathogen. Clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae), which particularly

Corteva Agriscience: готовый к применению состав фунгицидов для обеспечения безопасности действия против поздней пятнистости картофеля
После успешного внедрения на других европейских рынках продукт Zorvec Entecta™, созданный в виде жидкой

Uganda’s jackfruit journey
In many ways jackfruit is a funny old fruit. This spiky tropical colossus is the largest tree fruit in the world, weighing up to 45kg and measuring as much as 100cm long. It has a distinctive,

Optymizm westfalskiego awokado
Popyt na awokado rośnie, choć w nieco wolniejszym tempie niż to, które obserwowaliśmy w ciągu ostatniej dekady. Gdzie widzi Pan najlepsze możliwości zwiększenia sprzedaży

"Цены на лук немного стагнируют; первый провал года"
После небольшого снижения цен спрос на лук снова вырос, отмечает Мариус Янсен из голландской компании JJK

New papaya varieties entering the market
For more than 30 years, HLB Tropical Food GmbH has been marketing papayas, introducing them to customers in the US and Europe. “Before HLB, papayas in Europe mainly came in by boat, green, and

Innovative concepts for closing and labeling of fruit and vegetable trays
Multivac offers two resource-saving solutions for the closing of fresh produce trays with labels with theirTop Wrap and Top Close labellers . At interpack 2023, Multivac will be presenting the new

Polska wznowi eksport jabłek na Białoruś w kwietniu
Indie były solidnym rynkiem zbytu dla polskich jabłek - mówi Jakub Krawczyk, kierownik eksportu polskiego eksportera jabłek Appolonia: "Generalnie sprzedaż jabłek idzie dość sprawnie,

"The producers are the ones whose margins are getting smaller and smaller"
Of all the challenges facing banana growers in Latin America today, including Fusarium TR4 and climate change, the most profound problem is the lack of fair pricing, said the Guatemalan

Belgian producers ready to solve UK vegetable shortage if price is right
This is the message from leading Belgian fresh produce cooperative BelOrta. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme on 3 March, BelOrta CEO Phillippe Appeltans said: “We hope that in