South Africa's past table grape season challenging due to unexpected weather patterns
The South African Table Grape Industry (Sati) together with the Fresh Produce Exporters' Forum (FPEF) reflected on the past 2022/2023 table grape season, which they described as a challenging one.

Avocado campaign intends to boost sales and expand per capita consumption in Brazil
Abacates do Brasil has launched an initiative to promote avocado superharvest and impact retailers and consumers; actions include advertising film on free-to-air television, digital assets, OOH

“There is definitely an increase in kiwiberry consumption”
The kiwiberry is gaining popularity and consumers who try it usually come back for seconds, says Ricardo Machado, export manager of berries for Portuguese berry trader Minikiwi Farm: “We expect

A tomato seed for the high-end retail market
An open-day event was held jointly by Progene Seed and Southern Seed, aimed at showing support to the operators in the industry. It was an eventful morning, made up of comparisons and curiosity on

Blueberry in bloom (monitoring of plantations, Lublin region 09.05.2023)
The phenological phase of highbush blueberry plants was determined for three cultivars of different earliness: 'Duke' (early), 'Bluecrop' (medium) and 'Last Call' (late) on a plantation located in

Austria: Corrugated board is the number one recyclable packaging
Nothing works in the supply chain without corrugated board. More than two thirds of all goods produced in Austria travel in fibre-based corrugated board. This makes corrugated board the number one

Great May Day with Timac Agro Polska
A great Timac Agro May Day was held in Serock, near Warsaw, on 8 May. Farmers supplying the company's fertilisers received an invitation. The meeting was attended by approximately 700 growers. The

Lemon exports pull ahead of last year
The South African lemon harvest which started three to four weeks earlier than last year has resulted in accelerated exports: by week 17, exactly two million cartons (15kg) more than last year YTD

Australian budget bolsters biosecurity
Industry body the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (AFPA) has welcomed the federal government’s additional investment in biosecurity of over A$1bn billion for the next four years. The AFPA has

Ondine flat nectarines are in the starting blocks
Summer can come - and this year it brings juicy news: "We believe in Ondine because the quality of our flat nectarines and peaches is simply so high," stressed Matteo Mazzoni of the Italian

“We'll increase our production capacity by 35% and seek to continue growing in exports”
Tropical Millenium, one of Spain's leading avocado, mango, papaya, and pitaya producers and marketers, has just appointed Ramon Ojeda as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ojeda is a graduate

Opening of Infoagro Exhibition
The fourth edition of Infoagro Exhibition opens its doors with great expectation on the part of the entire industry surrounding the primary sector, which has been waiting four years to meet again

Latvian fruit growers lose harvest due to cold spring
Last weekend, in some places in Latvia, the temperature at night dropped to -7 C. Many berry and fruit farms confirmed yield losses of up to 80%-90%. The industry association plans to turn to the

Fyffes opens Costa Rica packhouse
Fyffes has continued to invest in its own banana production in Costa Rica by building a new packhouse at its farm Victoria in Sarapiqui de Heredia, Costa Rica. According to the group, the new

"Europe has been key for the good results achieved by Peruvian avocado so far in 2023"
In the first months of the campaign, Peru exported 166,790 tons of avocado worth 308 million dollars, i.e. 32% more volume and 40% more value than in the same period of the previous campaign. The

"In Extremadura, we have been lucky that this year the flowering has been delayed in all the trees"
The Spanish stone fruit season is starting in Extremadura, where Frutas Biomova has just begun harvesting its biodynamic fruit. "We are going to have good production volumes of all fruits, except

Cucumber pricing remains difficult, including organic
The cucumber price continues to hover at low levels. In week 18, the average price dropped slightly again after a small rebound of the average price in week 17. With an average price of 12.7 euro

Gene-editing trial reaches potatoes
Researcher Daniel Moñino-López of Wageningen University (Netherlands) has used this technique to modify resistance genes susceptible to late blight (downy mildew) by genetic variants in wild

UK students work with industry experts to commission latest robot
A group of students from Harper Adams University’s Engineering Department have been working closely with the Small Robot Company in a project that looks at the building and commissioning process

Save Foods’ commercial strawberry pilot
Save Foods, an agri-food tech company specialising in eco-crop protection has announced it will begin conducting a large scale commercial pilot with Congeladora Nino, a large Mexican strawberry

The tuber that the CAP does not want
"We don't need aid from Brussels. A crop that costs around 12,000 euros per hectare does not need a handout of 300, but to be allowed to be competitive. It is absurd to ban pesticides that are

Ocean Spray and Hershey launch new partnership
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., the agricultural cooperative owned by roughly 700 farmer families, has today announced a new partnership with The Hershey Company, an industry-leading snacks

New basil variety helps indoor grower to differentiate
With basil being one of the most, if not the most, popular fresh herb that consumers want to cook with, one indoor grower is introducing a new basil product just in time for spring. Square Roots

Intuitive and Fleming, the new Tobrfv-resistant tomatoes from Hm.Clause
At Macfrut 2023 Hm.Clause was a guest at the stand of the Tomato Igp from Pachino. Giovanni Canino, foodchain specialist at Hm.Clause Italia, told us about the launch of two important novelties: