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The potato market is quite stable at the moment, says Frank Poelman, Dutch potato wholesaler Landjuweel's buyer. "Prices must increase here and there, though, else it'll become harder to convince

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A strawberry patent infringement lawsuit against the former chief of a breeding institute hasn't borne fruit and is running out of steam. The case stems from an underlying dispute between the

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Niemal dokładnie rok temu, na początku ostatniej dekady marca, pisaliśmy na łamach portalu fresh-market.pl o dynamicznie rosnących cenach buraków (tutaj). Faktycznie, wiosna

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"Social alarm": this is how the Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA) describes the current escalation of robberies and assaults that thieves are perpetrating in the agricultural sector of

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In Antwerp, Governor Cathy Berx, MPs Luk Lemmens, Kathleen Helsen, Jan De Haes, Mireille Colson and provincial official Maarten Puls received strawberries from the Ghesellen van de Aardbei van

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The UK’s Soil Association has expressed disappointment at what it described as the government’s “inaction on decarbonising the UK’s farming sector”. This week the UK government chose

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PersiSKIN, the Valencian company that proposes a sustainable solution to take advantage of the surplus persimmon from the Valencian fields through the manufacture of natural leather, has become

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The global bell pepper market had been marked by weather challenges earlier in the season, causing lower availability and higher prices, particularly in European countries. In Germany, the supply

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Irish Food Board Bord Bia has confirmed that “monitoring sanctions” were applied in the case of a company that incorrectly labelled French potatoes, using a Bord Bia quality logo that can only

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Mondi, a prominent player in sustainable packaging and paper, has collaborated with Swiss converter ATS-Tanner to create an innovative paper band that can hold individually labeled products or

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The Region of Valencia will be the leading European producing area when it comes to the expansion of the new Kino extra-late variety, which will allow the Valencian sector to extend the marketing

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Understanding the behavior and avocado seasonality of producers are necessary to identify the opportunities that exist in the US market. By being aware of the fluctuations in availability and