No sale for stricken Wellpak
No buyer has been found for stricken fresh produce supplier Wellpak. The £31.9m-turnover Alomora Group, whose companies include Wellpak (UK) and Ackio (UK), was placed into administration on 8

The expropriated of Parc Sagunt II threaten more protests
A rally of some 150 expropriated workers from Parc Sagunt II, on whose land the Volkswagen factory is to be built, gathered this Thursday in Puçol, supported by the Valencian Farmers' Association

Magic Star apple coming to the United States
Continuing their goal to offer new and exciting tree fruit options to the industry, Proprietary Variety Management proudly announces they have reached an agreement with Fresh Forward, a plant

“The main reason projects fail to reach the predicted ROI, is that there has not been enough time put into planning"
End-of-line automation in the packing industry has been gaining ground for a number of years. The decrease in labour after Brexit followed by the social-distancing challenges of Covid has really

Strawberry fields flooded in California’s Central Coast communities
A broken levee is having a huge impact on California's farming communities in the Watsonville and Salinas areas. This region is estimated to grow about one-third of California's strawberries. A

Transitioning to low carbon future a high priority at T&G
Some apple orchards in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne did not escape the impact of February’s devastating cyclone, but many others were completely untouched, according to Craig

South African market feels effects of flooded banana fields in Mozambique
Banana availability in South Africa has tightened as a result of the flooding in the southern parts of Mozambique last month. Up to 75% of the bananas sold at Gauteng’s municipal markets come