Investment in Australian horticultural leadership
Hort Innovation is encouraging growers around Australia to apply for a range of levy-funded leadership development opportunities. Chief executive officer Brett Fifield said the grower-owned

Seeka looks to jujubes for expansion
Seeka, the largest producer of kiwi fruit and nashi pears in Australia, is investing millions in a fruit that might be unknown to many Australians. The company, founded in New Zealand, is planning

Port of Bilbao community presents multimodal offer tailored to customers
The Port of Bilbao Authority and UniportBilbao, together with VIAL - Vitoria Álava Solución Logística, will participate in the international transport logistic trade fair in Munich, which will

Portugal/Spain: Campaign promotes sustainability and quality of the European almond
European Almond has brought Portugal and Spain together as part of a three-year campaign to shape the future of the sector. In addition to the EU, it is supported by the industry associations of

Onion prices skyrocket as its production falls by 30%
Producers and consumers have seen onion prices skyrocket. During 2022, onion prices increased by 238% due to the increase in production costs, a reduction in planted hectares, and the decrease in

New Zealand red pear PiqaBoo® gently combines Chinese, Japanese and European pear characteristics
The new season of PiqaBoo® pear imported from New Zealand has recently arrived in China and is selling well on the market. PiqaBoo® (variety name "PremP009") is a new IP pear variety bred by the

A dream Macfrut
I could start this commentary on Macfrut 2023 by rattling off all the record-breaking figures of this edition, but I think it is fairer to emphasise that what we experienced last week was

Majority of British Columbia cherry trees have completed pollination
Just seven days ago the team at Global Fruit was seeing the very first flowers starting to emerge, and right now the majority of orchards have blossomed. “Most likely, in 80 percent of British

South African strawberry afficionados in for a Woolworths treat
South African retailer Woolworths is always looking to distinguish itself through fruit. This week's introduction of the Florida Pearl white strawberry, wholly unknown to local consumers, follows

Food Futures Conference Program Released
The program for Australia’s largest conference on agricultural development in northern Australia has officially been released. The three-day, Northern Australia Food Futures, program features a

Fem, Maurizio Bottura as Director of the Technology Transfer Centre
As of 1 May 2023, Dr Maurizio Bottura will be the new manager of the Technology Transfer Centre of the Edmund Mach Foundation. The appointment was unanimously resolved at the last meeting of the